Browsing: cybercrime

Experts warn that North Korean cybercriminals are exploiting AI platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini, making it difficult to stop their illicit activities.

Microsoft has exposed a large-scale malvertising campaign distributing infostealers via illegal streaming sites, infecting over a million computers.

Kolkata police shut down a call center impersonating Microsoft technical support and defrauding US citizens.

Kolkata police shut down a fraudulent call center impersonating Microsoft technical support and defrauding US citizens.

Dubai-based Bybit, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a massive security breach, losing $1.5 billion in Ethereum and reaching out to cybersecurity experts.

Europol reports on Operation Cumberland, an international effort resulting in arrests related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material. The rise of deepfake imagery and legislative responses are also discussed.

Authorities across 19 countries arrested two dozen individuals involved in distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material, marking a significant step in addressing this emerging threat.

Microsoft is taking action against developers who bypassed AI safety measures to create deepfake images, highlighting the real-world harms of AI misuse.

Microsoft identifies alleged key players in a global cybercrime network involved in hijacking and selling Microsoft accounts used to generate harmful content with AI tools.

Microsoft has identified key members of the Storm-2139 cybercrime gang responsible for developing tools to bypass AI safeguards and generate deepfakes and explicit content.