#025 - Cyber AI Chronicle - The 75$ billion scam

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Cyber AI Chronicle

By Simon Ganiere · 30^th June 2024

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Table of Contents

• What I learned this week

  • TL;DR

  • Pig Butchering: The $75 Billion Scam

• Worth a full read

  • ONNX Store: Phishing-as-a-Service Platform Targeti …

    • Key Takeaway

  • Using Generative AI defensively is crucial to coun …

    • Key Takeaway

  • Everything About Social Media Intelligence (SOCMIN …

    • Key Takeaway

• Research Report

  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence Applications i …

• Some more reading

• Wisdom of the week

• Contact

What I learned this week

TL;DR

• I keep running some small changes on last week agentic workflow. Slowly getting there. As i’m still on holiday this week, I wasn’t paying much attention to the news (and my phone to be honest). However, based on some emails and other chat groups I’m part on, two situations got my attention: Hubspot and TeamViewer. So I decided to run that workflow for those two topics: Hubspot & TeamViewer. Let me know what you think, is this value add? What is missing?

• Geopolitics is still one of the most significant drivers in the cyber space. Like or don’t like it, it is the case. From the ban of Kaspersky anti-virus and the sanction of 12 top executives to the revival of hacktivism to Microsoft continuing to report impact from their compromise by midnight blizzard…if this is not the definition of a gift that keeps on giving.

• The AI world is taking no rest either. From the launch of Gemma 2 by Google, OpenAI announcing they are delaying the advance voice mode announced earlier this year. In the chapter of vulnerability and AI product, the Rabbit R1 was already facing a lot of troubles including a significant vulnerability. Microsoft also shared a new way to do jailbreaking and give it the name of “Skeleton key” not to be confused with the Active Directory Skeleton key attack.

• On the deep dive topic for this week, Let’s uncover the hidden dangers behind 'pig butchering' scams, where a simple message can lead to a $75 billion criminal enterprise. Learn how these scams exploit trust and digital vulnerabilities, crucial for safeguarding against online fraud » MORE