South African fraud surge runs on trust, not hacking

South African fraud surge runs on trust, not hacking

As AI systems grow more capable, criminals are using them to deliver increasingly sophisticated scams. Yet even as attacks on systems grow in scope and frequency, the exploitation of human trust through social engineering remains the most common entry point to full system infiltration. “The most common attacks we see are social engineering attempts leveraging…

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The Mythos hacking threat is looking overblown

The Mythos hacking threat is looking overblown

Early fears that Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, could dramatically turbocharge hacking are looking overstated a month after its release. The company warned at launch in April that Mythos had uncovered thousands of software vulnerabilities — including flaws across every major operating system and browser — and said the fallout from its spread could be…

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Hacking humans: AI raises the bar for phishing

Hacking humans: AI raises the bar for phishing

Barry Neethling, Chief Technology Officer for First Technology Group. (Image: Supplied) Humans – long acknowledged as the weakest link in cyber security – are now weaker than ever before in the face of advanced AI phishing and hacking techniques. This risk is increasing as the end of Windows 10 support looms. This is according to…

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