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As small businesses increasingly adopt artificial intelligence (AI) tools to streamline operations, cybercriminals are seizing the opportunity to deploy ransomware through deceptive campaigns. According to a recent report by Cisco Talos, attackers are masquerading as legitimate AI software providers, embedding malware within counterfeit applications that mimic popular services. With 98% of small businesses using at […]

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OpenAI just published its annual report on malicious uses of AI.

By using AI as a force multiplier for our expert investigative teams, in the three months since our last report we’ve been able to detect, disrupt and expose abusive activity including social engineering, cyber espionage, deceptive employment schemes, covert influence operations and scams.

These operations originated in many parts of the world, acted in many different ways, and focused on many different targets. A significant number appeared to originate in China: Four of the 10 cases in this report, spanning social engineering, covert influence operations and cyber threats, likely had a Chinese origin. But we’ve disrupted abuses from many other countries too: this report includes case studies of a likely task scam from Cambodia, comment spamming apparently from the Philippines, covert influence attempts potentially linked with Russia and Iran, and deceptive employment schemes...

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A newly identified wave of cyberattacks by the notorious Scattered Spider hacking group has zeroed in on help-desk administrators at major technology companies, leveraging advanced social engineering techniques to breach corporate defenses. Known for their adept use of psychological manipulation, these threat actors have demonstrated a chilling ability to exploit human vulnerabilities as effectively as […]

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What if your smartwatch could spot a heart condition before your doctor did? That’s not science fiction, it’s today’s reality. Powered by artificial intelligence, wearable...Read More

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To combat malicious actors across Europe, Microsoft has introduced a comprehensive European Security Program designed to tackle sophisticated cybercriminal networks targeting European infrastructure. Announced in Berlin on June 4, 2025, the initiative specifically targets ransomware groups and state-sponsored threat actors from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, who continue to evolve in scope and sophistication. […]

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The latest wave of Mirai botnet activity has resurfaced with a refined attack chain exploiting CVE-2024-3721, a critical command injection vulnerability in TBK DVR-4104 and DVR-4216 devices. This campaign leverages unpatched firmware to deploy a modified Mirai variant designed for IoT device hijacking and DDoS operations. Exploitation Vector & Payload Delivery Attackers exploit the vulnerability […]

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A critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24993, has been discovered in the Windows New Technology File System (NTFS), posing a significant threat to millions of Windows users globally. The flaw, patched during Microsoft’s March 2025 Patch Tuesday, was actively exploited as a zero-day in the wild, prompting urgent advisories from both Microsoft and […]

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The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently issued a detailed report confirming the persistent distribution of ViperSoftX malware by threat actors, with notable impact on users in South Korea and beyond. First identified by Fortinet in 2020, ViperSoftX is a sophisticated PowerShell-based malware designed to infiltrate infected systems, execute remote commands, and steal sensitive […]

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