FBI easily nabs man selling sexy deepfakes who used his own photo in profile

Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.

Online crime complaints surpassed 1 million for the first time last year, driven by a spike in AI-enabled fraud, crypto scams, and phishing attacks.

An elderly Southern California couple may lose their longtime home after scammers posing as FBI agents stole nearly $1 million from them. The couple was contacted in February of last year by scammers who claimed the pair needed to clear their names by converting their money into cryptocurrency so the funds could be traced by […] The post Scammers Drain $850,000 Life Savings From Elderly Couple in Devastating Con Job: Report appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

The FBI has warned of the danger from a new wave of phishing attacks generated by a tool called Kali365. It enables cyber criminals to obtain Microsoft 365 access tokens and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protocols without intercepting the user’s credentials by capturing Oauth tokens linked to the victim’s Microsoft 365 account. The scam works in a similar way to most phishing attacks. An attacker sends an email purporting to be from a trusted cloud document sharing service, including instructions to enter a particular code on a legitimate Microsoft site. The code, however, authorizes the attacker’s device to access the victim’s Microsoft account. The FBI has issued a set of instructions for IT security managers to help mitigate the Kali365 attack before it affects their users. These include creating a conditional access policy to block code flow for all users, with exceptions for the necessary business processes. Managers should also block authentication transfer policies, p

Prompt something better than Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” I dare you. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," dinky country renditions of The Weeknd, and monotonous Motown reimaginings of AC/DC. Now, a new tool from Spotify will make them even easier to generate and share. Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) signed a licensing deal that will allow users to generate remixes and covers from UMG's catalog. How exactly it will work, beyond being "powered by generative AI technology," or how much it will cost, is unclear. They're positioning this as a premium subscription add-on … Read the full story at The Verge.

Aitana Lopez is part of a growing wave of AI-generated influencers attracting millions of views as brands race to cash in on virtual creators.

The operation sets a legal precedent, signaling stricter enforcement against crypto market manipulation, impacting future regulatory actions. The post FBI creates fake crypto token NexFundAI to expose market manipulation appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

FBI’s NexFundAI token sting exposed alleged fake crypto volume, market makers, $25M seized, 18 charges, and retail losses from wash trading.