The popularity of generative artificial intelligence tools is increasing, something that is not going unnoticed by cybercriminals.
Google has sued a group of individuals for promoting and encouraging downloads of a fraudulent version of its Bard artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. In reality, this version hides a malicious program designed to steal victims’ social media credentials.
The popularity of generative artificial intelligence tools is increasing, especially the conversational version, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Bard. Cybercriminals also benefit from this attention.
In this sense, Google has denounced three people, based in Vietnam, as the authors of a campaign on social networks, especially on Facebook, which promises to offer a definitive version of Bardbut what actually hides ‘malware’.
In their advertisements and pages on social networks, scammers have used Google’s image to attract users and instill confidence in them to download their version and not the original, despite the fact that the latter can be accessed for free through the dedicated website.
Once victims download the software, they are essentially confronted with a program that steals their social media profile credentials.
Source: EITB
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