The report predicts hackers will increasingly target the political scene and activists using deepfake content and other infamous cyber weapons. A top prediction on Experian’s list involves phishing, a time-tested vector favored by hackers. Another noteworthy projection is that cyber-crooks will begin leveraging deepfake content to help influence political outcomes – i.e. in nation-states with upcoming elections or ongoing political turmoil. “As this technology comes of age and becomes readily accessible it will increasingly be used by cybercriminals and nation states to foster real disruption – both in financial markets and in politics,” according to the forecast. As the technology used to create deepfakes advances rapidly, motivated threat actors will likely increasingly harness its believability to achieve a plethora of end goals, including to sow political discord in targeted nation-states.
Since last year's summers, Chinese hackers have been targeting South Asian companies that own online gambling and betting websites. The gambling companies in South Asia have confirmed the hacks, whereas rumors of cyberattacks on betting websites have also emerged from Europe, and the Middle East, however, the rumors are yet to confirm, says the reports of cybersecurity group Trend Micro and Talent-Jump. Cybersecurity experts claim that no money was stolen in these hacks against the gambling websites. However, hackers have stolen source codes and databases. The motive of the attack was not a cybercrime, but rather espionage intended attack to gain intelligence. According to the experts, a group named ' DRBControl ' is responsible for the cyberattack. According to the reports of Trend Micro, the hacking techniques used in this particular cyberattack incident is similar to methods done by Emissary Panda and Winnti. All of these hacking groups are from China that has launc...
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