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Swatting as a Service

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, cyberattack, impersonation, police, Security technology, Uncategorized

Motherboard is reporting on AI-generated voices being used for “swatting”: In fact, Motherboard has found, this synthesized call and another against Hempstead High School were just one small part of a months-long, nationwide campaign of dozens, and potentially hundreds, of threats made by one swatter in particular who has weaponized computer generated voices. Known as … Read More “Swatting as a Service” »

A Device to Turn Traffic Lights Green

Posted on By infossl
cars, impersonation, police, radio, Security technology, Uncategorized

Here’s a story about a hacker who reprogrammed a device called “Flipper Zero” to mimic Opticom transmitters—to turn traffic lights in his path green. As mentioned earlier, the Flipper Zero has a built-in sub-GHz radio that lets the device receive data (or transmit it, with the right firmware in approved regions) on the same wireless … Read More “A Device to Turn Traffic Lights Green” »

Defending against AI Lobbyists

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, essays, impersonation, laws, Security technology, Uncategorized

When is it time to start worrying about artificial intelligence interfering in our democracy? Maybe when an AI writes a letter to The New York Times opposing the regulation of its own technology. That happened last month. And because the letter was responding to an essay we wrote, we’re starting to get worried. And while … Read More “Defending against AI Lobbyists” »

Experian Privacy Vulnerability

Posted on By infossl
identification, identity theft, impersonation, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

Brian Krebs is reporting on a vulnerability in Experian’s website: Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report successfully answer several multiple choice questions about their financial history. … Read More “Experian Privacy Vulnerability” »

Obligatory ChatGPT Post

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, impersonation, Security technology, Uncategorized

Seems like absolutely everyone everywhere is playing with Chat GPT. So I did, too…. Write an essay in the style of Bruce Schneier on how ChatGPT will affect cybersecurity. As with any new technology, the development and deployment of ChatGPT is likely to have a significant impact on the field of cybersecurity. In many ways, … Read More “Obligatory ChatGPT Post” »

Complex Impersonation Story

Posted on By infossl
fraud, impersonation, scams, Security technology, Uncategorized

This is a story of one piece of what is probably a complex employment scam. Basically, real programmers are having their resumes copied and co-opted by scammers, who apply for jobs (or, I suppose, get recruited from various job sites), then hire other people with Western looks and language skills are to impersonate those first … Read More “Complex Impersonation Story” »

Nation-State Espionage Campaigns against Middle East Defense Contractors

Posted on By infossl
attribution, cyberespionage, espionage, impersonation, linkedin, malware, reports, Security technology

Report on espionage attacks using LinkedIn as a vector for malware, with details and screenshots. They talk about “several hints suggesting a possible link” to the Lazarus group (aka North Korea), but that’s by no means definite. As part of the initial compromise phase, the Operation In(ter)ception attackers had created fake LinkedIn accounts posing as … Read More “Nation-State Espionage Campaigns against Middle East Defense Contractors” »

Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS

Posted on By infossl
authentication, bluetooth, impersonation, Security technology, securityengineering, vulnerabilities, wireless

This is new research on a Bluetooth vulnerability (called BIAS) that allows someone to impersonate a trusted device: Abstract: Bluetooth (BR/EDR) is a pervasive technology for wireless communication used by billions of devices. The Bluetooth standard includes a legacy authentication procedure and a secure authentication procedure, allowing devices to authenticate to each other using a … Read More “Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS” »

New SHA-1 Attack

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, certifications, cryptography, encryption, forgery, impersonation, keys, pgp, Security technology, sha1

There’s a new, practical, collision attack against SHA-1: In this paper, we report the first practical implementation of this attack, and its impact on real-world security with a PGP/GnuPG impersonation attack. We managed to significantly reduce the complexity of collisions attack against SHA-1: on an Nvidia GTX 970, identical-prefix collisions can now be computed with … Read More “New SHA-1 Attack” »

Fabricated Voice Used in Financial Fraud

Posted on By infossl
artificialintelligence, cybercrime, fraud, identitytheft, impersonation, Security technology

This seems to be an identity theft first: Criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a chief executive’s voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of €220,000 ($243,000) in March in what cybercrime experts described as an unusual case of artificial intelligence being used in hacking. Another news article. Powered by WPeMatico