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New Phishing Kit Uses AI to Fully Automate Vishing Attacks

A new phishing kit is using generative AI to fully automate voice phishing (vishing) attacks, according to researchers at Group-IB.

The phishing platform, called “Balonx,” includes a module dubbed “CallFlow” that the researchers say “represents a fundamental evolution” in the phishing-as-a-service market. This module uses four commercial AI services to conduct the attacks: OpenAI’s GPT-4o-mini, ElevenLabs’s AI voice generator, OpenAI Voice, and OpenAI Whisper.

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Hacking the Healers: New KnowBe4 Whitepaper Highlights Record Security Breaches in Healthcare

When an organization has a security breach, it can cause significant financial, reputational and logistical damage. But in healthcare, where patient lives are on the line, the consequences can be much more catastrophic.

KnowBe4’s latest whitepaper on healthcare cybersecurity, “Hacking the Healers: How the Digital Workforce Became Cybersecurity’s Frontline,” examines how decentralized clinical operations, remote staff and autonomous AI agents have dissolved traditional network perimeters, leaving healthcare organizations and patient safety vulnerable to targeted cyberattacks.

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Warning: Replying to a “Wrong Number” Text Marks You as a Target for Scams

Attackers are using “wrong-number” texts to identify potential targets for scams, according to researchers at Malwarebytes.

These texts appear to be harmless messages meant for another person, such as “Are we still on for dinner tomorrow?” or “Where’s the PowerPoint?” Recipients often try to be helpful by replying to let the person know they’ve got the wrong number. This reply, however, informs the threat actor that the phone number is active and marks it for future scams.

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