{"id":43019,"date":"2024-08-27T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2024\/08\/27\/alarming-surge-in-ai-driven-cybercrime-in-h1-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T07:16:00","slug":"alarming-surge-in-ai-driven-cybercrime-in-h1-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2024\/08\/27\/alarming-surge-in-ai-driven-cybercrime-in-h1-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarming Surge in AI-Driven Cybercrime in H1 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HONG KONG SAR –
\nMedia OutReach Newswire<\/a> – 27 August 2024 –
\nTrend Micro Incorporated<\/a> (TYO: 4704<\/a>; TSE: 4704<\/a>) a global cybersecurity leader, today warned that threat actors have bounced back from recent law enforcement efforts to unleash a new wave of attacks leveraging AI and other techniques.<\/p>\n

Read the report “Pushing the Outer Limits: Trend Micro 2024 Midyear Cybersecurity Threat Report”<\/i>: <\/b>https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/vinfo\/hk\/security\/research-and-analysis\/threat-reports\/roundup\/pushing-the-outer-limits-trend-micro-2024-midyear-cybersecurity-threat-report<\/a> <\/b>\n<\/p>\n

Tony Lee, Head of Consulting <\/b>at Trend Micro<\/b> Hong Kong and Macau<\/b>: <\/b>“Trend Micro blocked over 75.9 billion threats for customers in the first half of the year, but there’s no time for complacency. As malicious actors begin to embrace AI as a tool, industry must respond in kind, by designing security strategies to take account of evolving threats. This is an arms race we can’t afford to lose.”\n<\/p>\n

As detailed in the mid-year roundup report, the threat from malicious actors remains acute despite successful law enforcement actions against LockBit (Operation Cronos<\/a>), dropper malware networks (Operation Endgame<\/a>), and unsanctioned use of Cobalt Strike (Operation Morpheus<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n

A big cause of concern is criminal use and abuse of AI. Trend Micro has observed threat actors
\nhiding malware<\/a> in legitimate AI software, operating criminal LLMs, and even
\nselling jailbreak-as-a-service offerings<\/a>. The latter enable cybercriminals to trick generative AI bots into answering questions that go against their own policies\u2014primarily for developing malware and social engineering lures.\n<\/p>\n

Also in H1 2024, cybercriminals have been ramping up deepfake offerings to carry out virtual kidnapping scams, conduct
\ntargeted BEC-type impersonation<\/a> fraud, and bypass KYC checks. Trojan malware has
\nbeen developed<\/a> to harvest biometric data to help with the latter.\n<\/p>\n

Other highlights from the first half of 2024 include:\n<\/p>\n