Chinese and Iranian hackers are using US AI products to bolster cyberattacks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chinese and Iranian hackers are using US AI products to bolster cyberattacks

Live Mint  

Google’s new research sheds light on how foreign actors are using generative AI to boost their hacking efforts. Hackers linked to China, Iran and other foreign governments are using new AI technology to bolster their cyberattacks against U.S. and global targets, according to U.S. officials and new security research. In the past year, dozens of hacking groups in more than 20 countries turned to Google’s Gemini chatbot to assist with malicious code writing, hunts for publicly known cyber vulnerabilities and research into organizations to target for attack, among other tasks, Google’s cyber-threat experts said. Groups with known ties to China, Iran, Russia and North Korea all used Gemini to support hacking activity, the Google report said.

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North Korea seen using ChatGPT for AI studies amid cybercrime fears: Report
1 month ago

North Korea seen using ChatGPT for AI studies amid cybercrime fears: Report

India Today  

North Korean researchers at Kim Il Sung University are reportedly studying ChatGPT as part of their AI research, according to The Korea Herald. While the report did not confirm whether the AI model is being used for practical applications, the study of ChatGPT suggests an interest in integrating AI into North Korea’s technological development. NORTH KOREA'S USE OF AI FOR …

OpenAI Discovers Evidence Of AI-Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool Tracking Real-Time Discussions
1 month ago

OpenAI Discovers Evidence Of AI-Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool Tracking Real-Time Discussions

ABP News  

OpenAI recently announced that it had discovered evidence of a Chinese security operation developing an AI-powered surveillance tool designed to track real-time discussions of anti-China sentiments on social media platforms in Western countries. According to the company’s researchers, they were able to detect this campaign—dubbed Peer Review—because one of the developers working on the tool used OpenAI’s technology to troubleshoot …

OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities
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1 month ago

OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities

Deccan Chronicle  

OpenAI has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea who the artificial intelligence company believes were using its technology for malicious purposes including surveillance and opinion-influence operations, the ChatGPT maker said on Friday. In one instance, users had ChatGPT generate news articles in Spanish that denigrated the United States and were published by mainstream news outlets in Latin …

China’s AI surveillance? OpenAI bans accounts using ChatGPT for social media monitoring
1 month ago

China’s AI surveillance? OpenAI bans accounts using ChatGPT for social media monitoring

Live Mint  

ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it has banned several accounts from China that attempted to write sales pitches and debug code for a suspected social media surveillance company. According to a report published by OpenAI, the banned accounts were using ChatGPT to promote and augment an AI assistant capable of collecting real-time data and reports on anti-China protests in the US, …

OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities
1 month ago

OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities

The Hindu  

OpenAI has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea who the artificial intelligence company believes were using its technology for malicious purposes including surveillance and opinion-influence operations, the ChatGPT maker said on Friday. In one instance, users had ChatGPT generate news articles in Spanish that denigrated the United States and were published by mainstream news outlets in Latin …

Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Foreign Hackers Are Using Google’s Gemini in Attacks on the US

Wired  

The rapid rise of DeepSeek, a Chinese generative AI platform, heightened concerns this week over the United States’ AI dominance as Americans increasingly adopt Chinese-owned digital services. As the platform promotes its cheaper R1 reasoning model, security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s chatbot and found lagging safety protections as compared to Western competitors. According to a report by …

OpenAI says Chinese firms like Deepseek try to copy U.S. AI tech
1 month, 3 weeks ago

OpenAI says Chinese firms like Deepseek try to copy U.S. AI tech

The Hindu  

ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Wednesday said that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models, prompting increased security measures and closer cooperation with U.S. authorities. OpenAI's statement came after Chinese startup DeepSeek sparked panic on Wall Street this week with its powerful new chatbot developed at a fraction of the cost of its U.S. competitors. "We know …

Tally of telecom firms hacked in massive Chinese espionage campaign rises
3 months ago

Tally of telecom firms hacked in massive Chinese espionage campaign rises

LA Times  

A ninth U.S. telecom firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials said this month that at least eight telecommunications companies, as well as …

US says China-linked hackers behind ‘significant’ cyberespionage campaign
4 months, 1 week ago

US says China-linked hackers behind ‘significant’ cyberespionage campaign

Al Jazeera  

FBI announcement follows alleged targeting of mobile phones used by Donald Trump and JD Vance. US authorities say they have uncovered “a broad and significant” cyberespionage campaign carried out by China-linked hackers aiming to steal information from Americans working in government and politics. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a joint statement on Wednesday that …

China hack enabled vast spying on US officials, likely ensnaring thousands of contacts
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China hack enabled vast spying on US officials, likely ensnaring thousands of contacts

Live Mint  

Hackers linked to Chinese intelligence used precision strikes to quietly compromise cellphone lines used by an array of senior national security and policy officials across the U.S. government in addition to politicians, according to people familiar with the matter. The emerging picture of the intrusion’s reach helps confirm the intelligence community’s concerns about the potentially dire national security consequences of …

Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach
55 years, 2 months ago

Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach

Wired  

The Chinese spy operation adds to the growing sense of a melee of foreign digital interference in the election, which has already included Iranian hackers’ attempt to hack and leak emails from the Trump campaign—with limited success—and Russia-linked disinformation efforts across social media. Ahead of the full launch next week of Apple’s AI platform, Apple Intelligence, the company debuted tools …

Top 6 Most Widely Used AI Tools In July 2024: ChatGPT, MetaAI, Google Gemini & More
8 months ago

Top 6 Most Widely Used AI Tools In July 2024: ChatGPT, MetaAI, Google Gemini & More

ABP News  

Artificial Intelligence has rapidly transformed various industries by enhancing their capabilities and streamlining processes in ways that were earlier unimaginable. MetaAI aims to create AI technologies that improve user experiences, enhance communication, and solve complex problems across various applications. Their projects often involve developing new algorithms, improving existing AI models, and applying AI to Meta's products and services, such as …

Hackers broke into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, report claims
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Hackers broke into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, report claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. OpenAI also did not inform US law enforcement agencies of the incident, the report said, because the …

Hacker infiltrated OpenAI’s messaging system and ‘stole details’ about AI tech: Report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Hacker infiltrated OpenAI’s messaging system and ‘stole details’ about AI tech: Report

Hindustan Times  

A hacker gained access to the internal messaging systems at OpenAI last year, it was reported. The hacker also stole details about the design of the company's artificial intelligence technologies, the New York Times reported, after they lifted details from discussions in an online forum where employees talked about OpenAI's latest technologies. In April last year, OpenAI executives informed employees …

Today’s Cache | Microsoft partners with OpenAI rival; Meta looks to counter AI abuse in elections; India features in the top five most breached countries
1 year ago

Today’s Cache | Microsoft partners with OpenAI rival; Meta looks to counter AI abuse in elections; India features in the top five most breached countries

The Hindu  

Microsoft partners with OpenAI rival Microsoft announced an artificial intelligence partnership with the French startup Mistral AI that could lessen the software giant’s reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products. Meta looks to counter AI abuse in elections Facebook owner Meta will set up a team to tackle disinformation and the …

British spy agency warns rapid development of AI will cause massive increase in cyberattacks
1 year, 2 months ago

British spy agency warns rapid development of AI will cause massive increase in cyberattacks

Firstpost  

The National Cyber Security Centre, a division of Britain’s GCHQ spy agency, issued a warning on Wednesday, stating that the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence tools is likely to result in a surge in cyberattacks. The agency anticipates that the lower entry barriers facilitated by these advancements will empower less sophisticated hackers to inflict digital harm, contributing to a global …

8 AI companies set to handover their chatbots to hackers. Here’s why
1 year, 7 months ago

8 AI companies set to handover their chatbots to hackers. Here’s why

Live Mint  

ChatGPT, Bard, and Llama 2 are some of the major artificial intelligence tools in the market. The advent of these chatbots has ignited a debate on various sensitive topics like regulation of AI, privacy issues, replacement of human workers, etc. Responding to all such threats, the AI companies are participating in 20 hours at the DEF CON conference in Las …

China to regulate AI use amid ChatGPT frenzy: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

China to regulate AI use amid ChatGPT frenzy: Report

Hindustan Times  

China will introduce rules to govern the use of artificial intelligence across a swath of industries, moving to regulate emergent spheres as ChatGPT fever sweeps the world’s No. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s conversational bot has captivated users since its rollout months ago, prompting a plethora of American and Chinese corporations to unveil similar projects and inflaming AI-linked stocks. Beijing Deep Glint …

Viral ChatGPT poses propaganda and hacking risks, researchers warn
2 years, 2 months ago

Viral ChatGPT poses propaganda and hacking risks, researchers warn

LA Times  

Cybersecurity experts warn that ChatGPT and similar AI models could lead to increasingly sophisticated online influence operations and lower the bar for hackers to write malicious code to target existing or newly discovered vulnerabilities. “Our bottom-line judgment is that language models will be useful for propagandists and will likely transform online influence operations,” according to a blog accompanying the report, …

Chinese hackers can breach routers and steal passwords, FBI and NSA warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Chinese hackers can breach routers and steal passwords, FBI and NSA warns

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Over the last few years, a series of high-severity vulnerabilities for network devices provided cyber actors with …

Iran-backed hackers accused of targeting critical US sectors
3 years, 4 months ago

Iran-backed hackers accused of targeting critical US sectors

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Hackers linked to the Iranian government have been targeting a “broad range of victims” inside the United States, including by deploying ransomware, according to an advisory issued Wednesday by American, British and Australian officials. The warning is notable because even though ransomware attacks remain prevalent in the U.S., most of the significant ones in the past year have …

Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs living abroad
4 years ago

Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uighurs living abroad

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it has detected a group of hackers in China that used the platform to hack accounts and distribute malware. The hackers, known in the security industry as ‘Earth Empusa’ or ‘Evil Eye’, used various cyber espionage tactics to identify vulnerable targets and infect their devices with malware to enable surveillance, according to Facebook. It also …

Chinese hackers target Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Report
4 years ago

Chinese hackers target Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Report

India TV News  

Chinese hackers target Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Report Chinese and Russian-linked hacking campaigns in recent weeks targeted Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech, cyber intelligence and threat discovery platform Cyfirma said on Monday. Chinese and Russian-linked hacking campaigns in recent weeks targeted Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech, cyber …

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