AI-Fueled Tax Scams on the Rise
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The growing ecosystem of agents, chatbots, and machine credentials that outnumber human users by an order of magnitude is creating a poorly understood but potentially major security issue.
Threat actors are targeting people searching for pirated or cracked software with fake downloaders that include infostealing malware such as Lumma and Vidar.
Hackers have been busy again this week. From fake voice calls and AI-powered malware to huge money-laundering busts and new scams, there’s a lot happening in the cyber world. Criminals are getting creative — using smart tricks to steal data, sound real, and hide in plain sight. But they’re not the only ones moving fast….
In January 2025, cybersecurity experts at Wiz Research found that Chinese AI specialist DeepSeek had suffered a data leak, putting more than 1 million sensitive log streams at risk. According to the Wiz Research team, they identified a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek. This allowed “full control over database operations, including the ability…
The emerging cybercriminal gang, which initially targeted Microsoft Windows systems, is looking to go cross-platform using sophisticated, multithread encryption.
Fortra, Microsoft, and Health-ISAC have combined forces to claw back one of hackers’ most prized attack tools, with massive takedowns.