Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2024

The CISA warning explicitly states that its employees "will never contact you with a request to wire money, cash, cryptocurrency, or use gift cards and will never instruct you to keep the discussion secret." As artificial intelligence capabilities advance, the threat of highly convincing impersonations increases.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. In 2023, we might see a slight decline in ransomware attacks, reflecting the slowdown of the cryptocurrency markets. I believe cybercrime is the biggest threat to end-users, but mainly in an indirect fashion.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 2023

Using the anonymity provided by Telegram , caller ID spoofing, and voices generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI), a person or group of persons calling themselves Torswats is suspected to be behind dozens, if not hundreds of swatting incidents. Payments are made in cryptocurrency to maintain anonymity.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2022

For several years, the #1 Cybercrime type has been Business Email Compromise followed by the #2 of Romance Scam. The criminals have discovered how many people don't understand investing in cryptocurrency and have turned Investment Scams into a new money factory. . #1 But this year, we had a change! com/android/download/2264221."

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 22, 2023

ESET's latest report highlights the abuse of the ChatGPT name, the rise of the Lumma Stealer malware and the Android SpinOk SDK spyware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is particularly notable in the case of Lazarus APT, specifically its attacks against cryptocurrency investors in May. For instance, several days ago, personal data related to Amazon employees that was allegedly leaked over the course of the MOVEit vulnerability attack was leaked on a cybercrime forum.

IoT 115

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

It uses proprietary technology combined with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and clustering technology to generate invaluable security insights to help thwart brand abuse and cybersecurity incidents.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By late 2024, market analysts labelled artificial intelligence (AI) a “bubble” that might soon burst. Ransomware attacks help hacktivists attract attention and damage targets while funding their campaigns through cryptocurrency. Adversaries will use these LLMs to access data faster and exploit vulnerabilities.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By late 2024, market analysts labelled artificial intelligence (AI) a “bubble” that might soon burst. Ransomware attacks help hacktivists attract attention and damage targets while funding their campaigns through cryptocurrency. Adversaries will use these LLMs to access data faster and exploit vulnerabilities.

Social Engineering 52

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Judische would repeat that claim in Star Chat on May 13 — the day before Santander publicly disclosed a data breach — and would periodically blurt out the names of other Snowflake victims before their data even went up for sale on the cybercrime forums. prosecutors and federal law enforcement agencies. “Negotiate a deal in Telegram.”

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In conclusion, the vulnerabilities in social media platforms present significant risks for identity theft and other cybercrimes. For instance, hackers have been known to use stolen information from social media profiles to access confidential company data, leading to ransom demands in cryptocurrency ( LifeLock ).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. cryptocurrency holdings online. attorney general.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The security firm CrowdStrike dubbed the group “ Scattered Spider ,” a recognition that the MGM hackers came from different hacker cliques scattered across an ocean of Telegram and Discord servers dedicated to financially-oriented cybercrime. ” Beige members were implicated in two stories published here in 2020.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 17, 2021

(I am also not convinced that the AML Act sufficiently addresses money laundering via cryptocurrencies – but that is a topic for another time…).

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2024

While the above scene is fictional, it’s indicative of what the FBI and Department of Homeland Security agree is the fastest-growing cybercrime of the last three years. Then she gave Charlie three days to get her the money, otherwise she’d share the compromising photos with his friends and family.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

ChatGPT—the much-hyped, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that provides human-like responses from an enormous knowledge base—has been embraced practically everywhere, from private sector businesses to K–12 classrooms. As of November 2022, people can no longer ignore the artificial elephant in the room.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Enter the age of the deepfake, where artificial intelligence becomes a weapon of misinformation, and celebrities like Taylor Swift are just pixels away from a digital doppelganger nightmare. Social engineering: Deepfakes can impersonate celebrities, extract sensitive information from fans, or manipulate public opinion.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 3, 2024

” Ian Ahl , senior vice president of threat research at Permiso, said attackers in possession of a working cloud account traditionally have used that access for run-of-the-mill financial cybercrime, such as cryptocurrency mining or spam. Image: Shutterstock.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2021

ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, actually put out technical guidance on addressing Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities back in March, mentioning the LemonDuck cryptocurrency mining botnet , and DearCry Ransomware being delivered via these methods.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ransomware was a relatively obscure form of malware until the early 2010s , but it has increased in scope and the amount of damage it has caused year after year, aided by a proliferation of botnets , cryptocurrencies , and sophisticated criminal enterprises. A deepfake can be a digital image, video, or audio file.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

This makes Vidar capable of stealing cryptocurrencies from digital wallets. The good news is that an unparalleled acceleration of research has commenced in next-gen network architectures, including distributed databases, advanced encryption, datafication and artificial intelligence.

Cybercrime 124

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2025

The president fired all advisors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board, called for the creation of a strategic cryptocurrency reserve, and voided a Biden administration action that sought to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence poses to consumers, workers and national security.

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