Phishers Now Increasingly Automating Scams with Telegram

Phishers Now Increasingly Automating Scams with Telegram

blankCybersecurity experts at Kaspersky have identified a new trend in phishing techniques, with threat actors increasingly utilizing Telegram to automate their activities and provide various services.

In a recent advisory, Kaspersky web content analyst Olga Svistunova revealed that phishers create Telegram channels to educate their audience about phishing and share links to these channels via YouTube, GitHub, and phishing kits. Many of these channels offer tools to automate malicious workflows, such as generating phishing pages or collecting user data.

Källa: Phishers Now Increasingly Automating Scams with Telegram

American Companies Are Helping Power Russia’s Massive Facial Recognition System

American Companies Are Helping Power Russia’s Massive Facial Recognition System

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Russia’s fighting a war in Ukraine and a war at home. As residents express their displeasure with their government, the government’s cameras and facial recognition AI are going into overdrive to ensure Putin and his pals control the narrative.

Unfortunately, the Russian government is getting some help from the United States, albeit inadvertently.

Russia has been using cameras powered by facial recognition systems to crackdown on dissidents, according to reporting from Reuters. Several Russian companies are using algorithms trained and powered by chips made by U.S. firms Intel and Nvidia. Reuters said that one of the companies even received money from U.S. intelligence.

Källa: American Companies Are Helping Power Russia’s Massive Facial Recognition System