Former Binance CEO Changpeng ZhaoHe made a warning that the “Deepfake” frauds with artificial intelligence have started to rise as a new hacking method. ZHAO Famous Japanese crypto money impressive Mai FujimotoIn response to the announcement that the main X account was hacking while making a Zoom interview with the Deepfake version of someone he knew. Fujimoto, after the sound problem during the interview, clicking on the update link to the attackers gave the opportunity to seize his computer. The incident took place only days after the news that the North Korean Bluenoroff group targeted a crypto currency foundation employee with a similar tactic.
Hacked with Fujimoto Deepfake Zoom meeting
Mai Fujimoto, with a deepfake version of a person whom he thinks recognizes in his share on the social media platform X Zoom He told me that he had interviewed. Hackers had already seized the telegram account of Fujimoto’s acquaintance. Fujimoto had a sound problem during the interview.
The person who was Deepfake sent a link to Fujimoto to solve this problem and asked him to follow certain steps. Fujimoto allowed malicious software to be installed on his computer by clicking on this link and applying instructions. As a result of this attack, Fujimoto’s not only X account, but also telegram and metamask accounts were seized.
Fujimoto was unaware that the telegram account he knew before he started to talk was already hacking. This was a striking example of how hackers combine social engineering techniques and advanced Deepfake technology to gain the trust of the victims.
Similar attack of Bluenoroff with North Korean
What happened to Fujimoto is not an isolated case. Hacker Group known to be connected to North Korea on Thursday BluenoroffIt turned out that he used a similar tactic. The group targeted a crypto currency foundation employee.
The sacrifice participated in the Zoom talks, in which his company’s senior executives saw the videos produced by Deepfake Artificial Intelligence, for weeks. One of the talks was asked to download a malicious add -on, which was said to solve the problem when he had a microphone problem.
When the sacrifice downloads this plug -in, actually a keyboard listening software (keylogger) to its computer, screen recorder and especially crypto currencyAn information thief focus on their focus on their software was installed. This complex attack enabled the victim’s sensitive information to be monitored and stolen for a long time.
With such advanced threat actors, employees in the crypto currency industry and other remote professionals are targeted. Deepmafe As Zhao emphasizes the realism of technology, it brings traditional security measures to the point where even confirmation with a video meeting in the near future may be insufficient. Zhao warned his followers not to download software from unofficial connections.
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