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Upload a video selfie to get your Facebook or Instagram account back

Malwarebytes

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram says its testing new ways to use facial recognition—both to combat scams and to help restore access to compromised accounts. The social media giant is testing the use of video selfies and facial recognition to help users get their hijacked accounts back. What do you think?

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AI tool GeoSpy analyzes images and identifies locations in seconds

Malwarebytes

GeoSpy is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) supported tool that can derive a persons location by analyzing features in a photo like vegetation, buildings, and other landmarks. Protect your social media accounts by using Malwarebytes Identity Theft Protection. And it can do so in seconds based on one picture.

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Cybercriminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Invoice Fraud

Security Affairs

Crooks created a new tool that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) for creating fraudulent invoices used for wire fraud and BEC. Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams.

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How AI was used in an advanced phishing campaign targeting Gmail users

Malwarebytes

In May, 2024, the FBI warned about the increasing threat of cybercriminals using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their scams. These often start with a call to users, claiming their Gmail account has been compromised. Monitor your accounts for signs of unauthorized access or data leaks.

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National Consumer Protection Week: Keeping your personal data safe in a digitally connected world

Webroot

This month, take advantage of all that NCPW offers, including access to free tools and information that can help you identify and prevent online scams, fraud, and identity theft. Fraud alerts and credit freezes Protect you from identity theft. Secure payment methods Ensure safe processing of financial transactions.

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Hackers using AI Hologram to conduct identity theft

CyberSecurity Insiders

And weed out any image which is frozen, as it can be a video of a fraudster who can use deep fake technology and then ask the other participants to wire money to a bank account. NOTE- Deep fake is an Artificial Intelligence-based technology used by hackers to impersonate others.

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Identity theft is number one threat for consumers, says report

Malwarebytes

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published a report on The State of IT Security in Germany in 2023 , and the number one threat for consumers is… identity theft. Set up identity monitoring. As you can see, it’s usually not the victim’s fault that their data become available to cybercriminals.