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Turns out decades-old email tricks still work against some LLM-powered email filters
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Turns out decades-old email tricks still work against some LLM-powered email filters
Also, YellowKey Gets CVE, 7-Eleven Breach, Linux Maintainers Warn on AI Bug SpamThis week, more incidents than we can list here. Among them: cloned Shai-Hulud malware, a new maximum CVSS Cisco flaw. Edge to stop loading passwords in plaintext. Tycoon 2FA offers a way around Microsoft multifactor. Convenience, taquitos and data breach: The 7-Eleven story. A MENA crackdown.
Social engineering attacks have entered a new era—and they’re coming fast, smart, and deeply personalized
PLUS: 5.4M healthcare records leak; AI makes Spam harder to spot; Many nasty Linux vulns; and more Infosec in brief A former US Army sergeant has admitted he attempted to sell classified data to China.…
Barracuda observed a big spike in spam emails generated using AI tools, making up the majority detected in April 2025
Real-time video deepfakes? Not convincing yet RSAC Spam messages predate the web itself, and generative AI has given it a fluency upgrade, churning out slick, localized scams and letting crooks hit regions and dialects they used to ignore.…
A new AI-powered framework dubbed “AkiraBot” has successfully spammed 80,000 websites since September 2024
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that's used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious search engine optimization (SEO) services such as Akira and ServicewrapGO
With Android Scam Detection for messages and calls, Google wants to push scam detection further than traditional spam detection
Google has stepped in to clarify that a newly introduced Android System SafetyCore app does not perform any client-side scanning of content
The trend toward remote working over the last several years has bred all kinds of tools intended to help us improve productivity and facilitate easier, faster digital communications with colleagues. So why does workplace productivity still feel impossible to achieve? Unfortunately, email—one of the most integral vehicles for business communication—is also one of the biggest drains on employee time and energy. According to data from Microsoft, employees spend as much as 8.8 hours each week checking and responding to email. And while many email communications are essential, one recent report found that nearly half of all emails are spam or other unwanted mail.
What if it's not AI but the algorithm to blame? Opinion It was a bold claim by the richest and most famous tech founder: bold, precise and wrong. Laughably so. Twenty years ago, Bill Gates promised to rid the world of spam by 2006. How's that worked out for you?…
Google's new AI-powered 'Search Generative Experience' algorithms recommend scam sites that redirect visitors to unwanted Chrome extensions, fake iPhone giveaways, browser spam subscriptions, and tech support scams. [...]
Researchers Created Worm That Can Exfiltrate Data, Spread Spam and Poison AI ModelsResearchers have created a zero-click, self-spreading worm that can steal personal data through applications that use chatbots powered by generative artificial intelligence. Dubbed Morris II, the malware uses a prompt injection attack vector to trick AI-powered email assistant apps.
AI is beefing up the cyber arsenals of both attackers and defenders Sponsored Feature Email is a popular target for cybercriminals, offering an easy way of launching an attack disguised as an innocent message. One moment of inattention on the part of the recipient and the door is open to malware, spam, phishing, perhaps even a dose of the dreaded ransomware. Entire organisations can suffer, not just individual victims.…
In a weird way, we can blame this on AI being a better bet than blockchain India's IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar will ask WhatsApp to explain what's up, after the Meta-owned messaging service experienced a dramatic increase in spam calls.…
Maybe – just maybe – messages and calls from +91 might become more trustworthy India's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has announced a fresh crackdown on TXT spam – this time using artificial intelligence, after a previous blockchain-powered effort delivered mixed results.…