Abuse
1Campaign platform helps malicious Google ads evade detection
A newly identified cybercrime service known as 1Campaign is enabling threat actors to run malicious Google Ads that remain online for extended periods while evading scrutiny from security researchers. 1Campaign is a cloaking service that passes Google’s screening process and shows malicious content only to real potential victims. Security researchers and automated scanners are served […]
Google says hackers are abusing Gemini AI for all attacks stages
State-backed hackers are using Google’s Gemini AI model to support all stages of an attack, from reconnaissance to post-compromise actions. Bad actors from China (APT31, Temp.HEX), Iran (APT42), North Korea (UNC2970), and Russia used Gemini for target profiling and open-source intelligence, generating phishing lures, translating text, coding, vulnerability testing, and troubleshooting. Cybercriminals are also showing increased interest […]
Hugging Face abused to spread thousands of Android malware variants
A new Android malware campaign is using the Hugging Face platform as a repository for thousands of variations of an APK payload that collects credentials for popular financial and payment services. Hugging Face is a popular platform that hosts and distributes artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), and machine learning (ML) models, datasets, and […]
Malware devs abuse Anthropic’s Claude AI to build ransomware
Anthropic’s Claude Code large language model has been abused by threat actors who used it in data extortion campaigns and to develop ransomware packages. The company says that its tool has also been used in fraudulent North Korean IT worker schemes and to distribute lures for Contagious Interview campaigns, in Chinese APT campaigns, and by […]
AI website builder Lovable increasingly abused for malicious activity
Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing the AI-powered Lovable website creation and hosting platform to generate phishing pages, malware-dropping portals, and various fraudulent websites. The malicious sites created through the platform impersonate large and recognizable brands, and feature traffic filtering systems like CAPTCHA to keep bots out. While Lovable has taken steps to better protect its platform […]
Hackers abuse leaked Shellter red team tool to deploy infostealers
Shellter Project, the vendor of a commercial AV/EDR evasion loader for penetration testing, confirmed that hackers used its Shellter Elite product in attacks after a customer leaked a copy of the software. The abuse has kept going for several months and even though security researchers caught the activity in the wild, Shellter did not receive a notification. […]
Threat actors abuse Google Apps Script in evasive phishing attacks
Threat actors are abusing the ‘Google Apps Script’ development platform to host phishing pages that appear legitimate and steal login credentials. This new trend was spotted by security researchers at Cofense, who warn that the fraudulent login window is “carefully designed to look like a legitimate login screen.” “The attack uses an email masquerading as […]