Cyber criminals are exploiting the recognition of ChatGPT to unfold malware by way of hijacked Fb accounts, cyber intelligence agency CloudSEK stated on Monday.
CloudSEK in its investigation has discovered the presence of 13 Fb pages or accounts together with these with Indian content material, totaling over 5 lakh followers, which were compromised and are getting used to disseminate the malware through Fb advertisements.
“Cybercriminals are capitalizing on the recognition of ChatGPT, exploiting Fb’s huge person base by compromising reliable Fb accounts to distribute malware through Fb advertisements, placing customers’ safety in danger. Our investigation has uncovered 13 compromised pages with over 500k followers, a few of which have been hijacked since February 2023. We urge customers to be vigilant and conscious of such malicious actions on the platform,” CloudSEK cyber intelligence analyst Bablu Kumar stated.
CloudSEK claims to have uncovered a minimum of 25 web sites engaged within the nefarious follow of impersonating the OpenAI web site, that are malicious websites which are duping people into downloading and putting in dangerous software program, posing a extreme threat to their safety and privateness.
“The malicious malware shouldn’t be solely able to stealing delicate data akin to PII, system data, and bank card particulars from the person’s machine, but additionally has replication capabilities to unfold throughout techniques by way of detachable media. With the flexibility to escalate privileges and persistently stay on the system, it poses a big menace,” Kumar stated.