AI-fueled cyberattacks are increasingly targeting entities across Africa, according to Robert Lemos at Dark Reading.
Lemos cites two recent reports from Microsoft and Group-IB that warned of a rise in attacks targeting African organizations, with threat actors using AI to assist in various steps of the attack chain.
A phishing campaign is using invisible characters to evade security filters, according to Jan Kopriva at the SANS Internet Storm Center.
Researchers at Appknox warn that malicious apps are impersonating popular AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E to trick users into installing malware on their mobile devices. Some of these apps simply collect user data to be sold to advertising services, while others act as full-fledged malware.
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I received this email the other day to my personal email account. It is a “Security Alert” from “Microsoft Helpdesk.” Oh, my!
A phishing campaign is targeting LastPass users with phony notifications informing users that someone has notified the company of the user’s death and is trying to gain access to their account. The emails have the subject line, “Legacy Request Opened (URGENT IF YOU ARE NOT DECEASED).”
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A study from Malwarebytes has found that one in three mobile users has been targeted by an extortion scam, and one in five of these users has fallen victim. Additionally, one in six users has been targeted by sextortion, with a higher number of these attacks (38%) affecting Gen Z users.
Human error remains the primary exploitation vector in mobile security incidents, according to Verizon’s latest Mobile Security Index (MSI).
