Welcome to Kernel Panic! A weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up here. When every random text message feels like it’s a scam, and with AI supercharging digital fraud, old-time credit card
Even in the age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing things they shouldn’t are still producing great results. Groups of unknown hackers are targeting and breaking into large financial and investment firms in the United States with the goal of stealing sensitive data to extort
Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email being the primary target. AI can quickly aggregate personal information, such as information about coworkers, active projects, and recent travel itineraries, allowing criminals to instantly craft compelling messages that appear authentic. Last year, former Google security executives Cy Khormaee and Ryan
