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The Rise of AI Malware: How to Protect Yourself
AI Enthusiasts gradually become #1 target for cybercriminals.
Over the years, malware operators have continuously adapted their strategies to capitalize on emerging trends and exploit new vulnerabilities. In the past, they primarily relied on distributing classic “keygen.exe” programs through platforms like YouTube, file sharing and custom fake websites, preying on users seeking free software or game access.
However, as technology has advanced and AI-related tools have gained popularity, cybercriminals have shifted their focus to more sophisticated methods. They now target users searching for AI services like OpenAI ChatGPT and Midjourney, as well as many other popular newly emerged AI solutions.
Criminals have found an AI Goldmine.
It’s evident that threat actors naturally shift into more “trending” topics to infect as many victims as possible while providing relevant fake content. However, not only have they found a steady way of generating traffic by adding the magic word “AI” to their fraudulent websites, but they have gone further and have found many ChatGPT or Midjourney’ users’ pain point.
Both of these AI services have gained immense popularity, but they lack dedicated standalone apps…
