According to ZDNet: Scam-as-a-Service operation made more than $6.5 million in 2020

“Classiscam” operation is made up of around 40 groups operating in the US and across several European countries.

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When AI Becomes the Target – The Dark Art of Data Poisoning and LLM Grooming

🚨 The Hidden War Inside Your AI Tools

🧠 Every prompt you write could be feeding an invisible enemy.

πŸ’» Attackers now poison the very data that trains AI models – shaping how they β€œthink,” decide, and respond.

⚠️ This manipulation isn’t about breaking the system – it’s about rewriting its logic.

πŸ” It’s called AI Data Poisoning and LLM Grooming – subtle cyberattacks that twist large language models to promote biased ideas, false data, or even targeted deception.

πŸ€– Just 0.1% of tainted data can permanently alter how an AI behaves – and most teams won’t even notice until damage is done.

🧩 Imagine a chatbot subtly promoting false narratives or biased outputs that shape public trust, politics, or brand reputation. That’s not a future threat – it’s happening right now.

πŸ›‘οΈ Organizations must adopt adversarial training, red-team audits, and cryptographic validation to defend their AI ecosystems.

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SEO Poisoning Payroll Phishing – How Job Portals Became Attack Vectors

πŸ” Search Clicks Are Now Attack Surface

πŸ” Employees searching payroll portals are being ambushed by SEO-poisoned sites that look authentic.

πŸ“± The campaign targets mobile users – phones lack enterprise EDR and often never show up in SIEM logs.

πŸ”— Fake portals capture credentials and stream them to attackers via WebSocket – access is exploited in real time.

πŸ’Έ Attackers then change payroll deposit details – money diverts before detection, and investigations look like human error.

βš™οΈ Defenses must include bookmarking official portals, conditional access with device posture checks, and behavioral monitoring for credential misuse.

πŸ“Š AUMINT.io simulates these search-based lures across mobile and desktop, exposing where your humans and tooling fail.

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When Likes Become Liability – Hidden Cyber Risks at Work

πŸ“± Social Posts Could Trigger Your Next Breach

πŸ” A simple β€œLike” or share on a work device can expose your entire network.

πŸ‘₯ Employees using WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Facebook at work are unwittingly feeding attackers entry points – platform design and social trust make it worse.

πŸ”— One misplaced click on a fraudulent ad or link can unleash malware or phishing across your organisation.

πŸ’Έ The average breach cost in South Africa hit R53 million in 2024 – human error is the price tag.

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