- The FBI published a new announcement, warning about ongoing attacks
- In attacks, criminals are going through high US officials at the federal and state level
- In many cases, attackers are sending cloned voice messages
Cybercriminals are going through high US officials in attacks with highly sophisticated amordazos and splashes that take advantage of avant -garde technology, as Deepfake and Artificial Intelligence generative (Genai).
This is according to the FBI, which warned US citizens about an ongoing phishing campaign, in a new public service announcement published on May 15.
The announcement establishes that the threat actors are creating credible audio and text messages, in many cases that are made by federal and state government officials of the current and previous United States, or their contacts, said the FBI. “If you receive a message that claims to be from a senior American official, do not assume that it is authentic,” says the warning.
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The amordazos is short for SMS phishing, while Vishing is the abbreviation of voice phishing. Both are a variant of the traditional phishing attack in which threat actors throw a bait and “phish” for confidential data. Victims are often cheated to share passwords, credit card information or other valuable information, when tricks promise them great discounts on popular goods, or threaten them with the closure of their social accounts.
In almost all cases, Phishing messages take advantage of people’s emotions and force victims to act quickly and without thinking twice.
The FBI did not discuss the content of the messages that are sent, but said that the attackers are trying to transfer people to a secondary messaging platform, where the distribution of malware would be easier. He also gave some recommendations on how to be safe, including the verification of people’s identities and listen to voice messages carefully by inconsistencies in tone and choice of words.
Phishing has existed since the Internet dawn, basically, but with the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence and deep defects, the problem has worsened even more. One of the most abused individuals is Elon Musk, whose face is constantly linked to ads for false cryptographic exchanges and gifts.
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