Cybercriminals appear to be targeting users on AI platforms with info-stealers.
This malware captures your credentials as you key them into websites and stores them so that cybercriminals can sell those credentials on the dark web.Picture this scenario. It’s payday weekend and you decide to meet up with your mates only to find that your bank account has been drained. Upon chatting to the bank you discover that your username and password were used to log in and transfer your money to an account you don’t recognise.
The cybersecurity firm also notes a 58 percent increase in underground markets where cybercriminals sell illicit wares. “Credentials from various AI services – image editing, translation, text tuning, chatbots, to voice generators – are being compromised due to their growing popularity. Over the past three years, for example, approximately 1,160,000 application users’ credentials from AI-powered online graphic design tool Canva were compromised with data-stealing malware. Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence data showed these credentials surfaced on the dark web forums and shadowy Telegram channels.
With the above in mind, as regards business owners, it has become vital to employ dark web monitoring to detect whether credentials obtained from info-stealers are being sold to cybercriminals.
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