Deepfake” face swap” attacks increased by 704 % between the first and second half of 2023, according to recent research. According to a report from the biometric company iProov, “face-swapping” fraudsters are increasingly using unlicensed software to produce altered images and videos. There are many low-cost, easily accessible generative AI tools that can produce highly…

For fifty years, Chinese hackers have been operating unnoticed in critical infrastructure in the United States Volt Typhoon, a hacking group funded by the Chinese government, has been incorporated into some of the nation’s most important infrastructure networks for at least five years, according to the U. S. government on Wednesday. The U.S. and Guam…

The Hacker NewsUnified Identity/Cyber Security, February 8, 2024 You may have noticed that “unified” has quickly become the buzzword that everyone is using to describe their portfolio if you’ve recently listened to software vendors in the identity space. This is fantastic, too! Amazing advantages come from unified identity! However, there’s always a but, right? Not…

According to Fortinet, the Toothbrush DDoS attack claim was mistranslated The cybersecurity company at the center of the story has now released a statement in response to hundreds of media outlets around the world repeating the untrue accusation that three million toothbrushes were used to attack an American company: To be clear, the discussion of…

Is this a true story? Is this merely a figment of your imagination? As Valentine’s Day approaches, be on the lookout for pig butchers, and take a moment to feel sorry for the poor ransomware gangs. A company in Hong Kong is the victim of sophisticated deepfake duping. In the most recent episode of the”…

A distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attack was launched by a fictitious smart toothbrush botnet in the last 24 hours, as follows: There were also a lot more. A report published in the Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung last week served as the basis for the reports. The article begins dramatically in German. The…