Topic: cybercrime trends
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OpenAI: AI Supercharges Cybercriminal Operations
OpenAI reports that cybercriminals and state-sponsored groups are increasingly using AI to enhance malicious activities like surveillance and disinformation, while the company has disrupted over forty such networks since early 2024. AI is being integrated into criminal workflows to boost efficien...
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2026: HackGPT and Vibe Hacking Emerge as Top AI Threats
AI is democratizing cybercrime by lowering the technical barrier, enabling novices to launch attacks through tools like FraudGPT that guide users and boost confidence. The criminal underground commodifies AI jailbreaking to bypass safety filters and rebrands traditional scams as "AI-powered," foc...
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Avast's Free AI Scam Protection Now Available Worldwide
Avast has globally launched its free AI scam protection tool, Scam Guardian, via its Free Antivirus platform to make advanced scam defense accessible to all, addressing the rise in AI-enhanced, personalized scams. The tool uses proprietary AI to analyze communication context and language, identif...
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Whisper Launches 'God Mode' to Combat Cybercrime
Whisper, a Dutch cybersecurity startup, launched a predictive threat-neutralization platform called "God Mode," which analyzes 45+ billion data points for real-time global internet visibility. The platform uses entropy-based scoring to preemptively identify and disrupt cyber threats, contrasting ...
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London Police Arrest Suspects in Nursery Data Breach, Child Doxing Case
London's Metropolitan Police arrested two 17-year-olds in connection with a ransomware attack on Kido nurseries, which exposed sensitive data of children and families. The cybercrime group Radiant Group claimed responsibility, stealing and publishing private information to extort money, but remov...
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