Cybercriminals

Protecting your crypto assets is a vital aspect of staying alive within the market for traders. The growth of the cryptocurrency market has also, unfortunately, prompted the growth of cybercriminals infiltrating crypto spaces and leaving investors nursing extensive damages. For people who hold valuable coins like Bitcoin (BTC) or Cardano (ADA), being protected against such malicious attacks is critical. Fortunately, LockYourCrypto is a new platform that works as an excellent bulwark against hackers by providing you with…

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Online payments have become increasingly popular, but so have instances of cybercrime, which make them unsafe. Cybercriminals can cause significant monetary losses. To protect yourself, here are five safety tips to follow when making online payments using…

After Jamtara, the Mewat region spread over three states -- Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh -- is the new ground zero of cyber scamming.The new satellite towns and villages that are spread across the region are mounting countless scams on hapless cellphone owners across the country.Steps ahead from Jamtara cyber criminals, the scammers in Mewat region, falling under three states' jurisdictions, also keep the police on their toes.Sextortion is their new skill and they leave no stone unturned to churn out money from…

ChatGPT is being used by Cybercriminal to create Malware. According to cybersecurity specialists, cybercriminals have begun leveraging OpenAI’s artificially intelligent chatbot ChatGPT to quickly construct hacking tools. Scammers are also trying ChatGPT’s potential to construct other chatbots tailored to impersonate young ladies in order to catch prey, according to one specialist who monitors criminal forums. Many early ChatGPT users were concerned that the app, which went popular in the days following its release in…

OpenAI’s new chatbot has something more than being a cyber rogue. ChatGPT is fooling scientists too There are not many areas left ChatGPT has proven to be capable of turning things around. The catch lies just here. It has developed sneaky ways of ruining the very concept it is supposed to help. Writing research papers and strengthening cybersecurity measures are two key areas it has come to be known for manipulating. ChatGPT app is caught fooling researchers like con artists! The free-to-use, OpenAI-developed tool,…

Experienced and novice cybercriminals are using ChatGPT to create hacking tools and code Security researchers have reported that both experienced and novice cybercriminals are using ChatGPT to create hacking tools and code. One such instance is the Israeli security firm Check Point, which discovered a thread on a well-known underground hacking site by a hacker who claimed to be testing the famous AI chatbot to “recreate malware strains”. The hacker later compressed and distributed Android malware created by ChatGPT…

Arrested, seized, doxed and detained. These are just some of the ways police and prosecutors around the world took down the biggest cyber-crime operations of the year, even if it meant resorting to new and unconventional eyebrow-raising methods. From stashing billions of bitcoin under the floorboards to teenage hackers gatecrashing Fortune 500 networks, this year saw some of the most jaw-dropping breaches — and the highest-profile apprehensions. As we close out 2022, we look back at the cybercriminals we lost this…

Kaspersky's security systems reportedly discovered an average of 400,000 new malicious files distributed every day over the past 10 months, indicating a 5% increase compared to the previous year. The number of certain types of threats also rose, with Kaspersky experts reporting a 181% increase in the proportion of ransomware detected daily. These findings are part of Kaspersky's annual Security Bulletin, which offers predictions and analytical reports on key shifts within the cybersecurity industry. In total, Kaspersky's…

From fake entry permits and betting sites to fake cryptocurrency, cybercriminals have spun all the tricks to lure football fans in the name of the FIFA World Cup, IT security intelligence firm CloudSEK warned on Monday.While India is not part of the FIFA World Cup, the Indian community is reportedly estimated to be the largest among the expatriate population in Qatar which is hosting the biggest football tournament.The Bengaluru-based cyber security firm said that several Telegram channels were found selling Hayya cards…