Cyber News & Articles

Scammers are once again using deepfake technology to dupe unwary internet Facebook and Instagram users into making unwise cryptocurrency investments.

AI-generated videos promoting fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platform Immediate Edge have used deepfake footage of British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and His Royal Highness Prince William to reach an estimated 890,000 people via Meta’s social media platforms.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 90 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including a whopping six zero-day flaws that are already being actively exploited by attackers.

In episode 11 of The AI Fix, OpenAI battles a Shakespearean lawyer, Graham sings an uncanny bluegrass acrostic, Google drops the ball with a terrible AI ad, and Mark wonders why there’s no sound on a video of an AI dentist.

Graham finds religion with a little help from a man named “L Ron”, a traffic cone saves the world, and Mark has a heated argument with belligerent ChatGPT.

All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley.

A notorious ransomware group has demanded more than half a billion dollars from victims in less than two years.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

According to the FBI, billions of dollars have been lost through Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks in recent years, so you may well think that there is little in the way of good news.

However, it has been revealed this week that police managed to recover more than US $40 million snatched in a recent BEC heist just two days after being told about it.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

In January, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about rapper Punchmade Dev, whose music videos sing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. That story showed how Punchmade’s social media profiles promoted Punchmade-themed online stores selling bank account and payment card data. Now the Kentucky native is suing his financial institution after it blocked a $75,000 wire transfer and froze his account, citing an active law enforcement investigation.

Cybersecurity journalist Joe Tidy has found himself in the unusual position of being targeted by a scammer calling herself “Jessica”, he revealed this week.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Are you eager for your credit report to be “cleaned-up” so lenders and landlords will have a better opinion of your financial responsibility and creditworthiness?

You might be wise to read my article on the Hot for Security blog.

In episode ten of “The AI Fix” podcast, Graham attempts to say “quinoa”, Mark draws a line in the amper-sand, ChatGPT becomes an expert in solar panels and bomb disposal, and our hosts watch a terrifying tailer for a creepy new AI friend.

Graham discovers that the world of AI cookery is a soggy, limey mess, and learns an unusual trick for making a great mojito, while Mark pits his co-host against the cleverest AI brains in the world.

A ransomware group called Dark Angels made headlines this past week when it was revealed the crime group recently received a record $75 million data ransom payment from a Fortune 50 company. Security experts say the Dark Angels have been around since 2021, but the group doesn’t get much press because they work alone and maintain a low profile, picking one target at a time and favoring mass data theft over disrupting the victim’s operations.