Send us a text As digital infrastructure becomes the backbone of global economies, cyber espionage has quietly evolved into one of the most powerful tools in modern statecraft. Behind the scenes, nation-backed threat groups like MuddyWater and OilRig operate sophisticated campaigns that blend malware, phishing, and social engineering to infiltrate governments, defence contractors, and critical industries. But these Advanced Persistent Threat groups aren’t motivated by fame or by fortune...
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Send us a text As digital infrastructure becomes the backbone of global economies, cyber espionage has quietly evolved into one of the most powerful tools in modern statecraft. Behind the scenes, nation-backed threat groups like MuddyWater and OilRig operate sophisticated campaigns that blend malware, phishing, and social engineering to infiltrate governments, defence contractors, and critical industries. But these Advanced Persistent Threat groups aren’t motivated by fame or by fortune...
GoldFactory: The cybercriminals who want to steal your face
Masked Actors
23 minutes
6 months ago
GoldFactory: The cybercriminals who want to steal your face
If a cybercriminal steals your password, you can change it. But what happens if they steal your face? Former soldier turned hacker, Gary Ruddell and financial crime veteran, Nick Palmer, explore the actors behind GoldFactory - a cybercriminal group stealing users' facial recognition data to clean out victims bank accounts. Joined by Craig Jones, who spent five years at Interpol as the director of cybercrime, Gary and Nick explore how masked actors are exploiting AI and Deepfakes for fin...
Masked Actors
Send us a text As digital infrastructure becomes the backbone of global economies, cyber espionage has quietly evolved into one of the most powerful tools in modern statecraft. Behind the scenes, nation-backed threat groups like MuddyWater and OilRig operate sophisticated campaigns that blend malware, phishing, and social engineering to infiltrate governments, defence contractors, and critical industries. But these Advanced Persistent Threat groups aren’t motivated by fame or by fortune...
