Artificial intelligence has the potential to change our lives for the better; but it is also possible that the change is for the worse, especially when the worst in society realizes its possibilities.
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It is something that is already happening. While many people see tools like ChatGPT as a way to make our lives easier, some also see it as a way to take advantage of others.
Don’t Trust These YouTube Videos
As CloudSEK researchers discovered, artificial intelligence is also used for fraud and deception on YouTube; this technology greatly facilitates the creation of new types of threats.
Specifically, researchers have revealed that the number of malware-related videos increased by up to 300% month on month, and that they had in common that they were created using programs like Synthesia or D-ID, which allow you to create fake people and generate videos in which they say what we want.
Using these tools, attackers create videos that pose as tutorials for installing paid programs for free. Using these “avatars” gives these videos greater credibility because users see a person’s face and it gives us greater peace of mind that we are not being deceived and a greater sense of professionalism; however, at no time do the creators of these videos show their true colors.
Fake video created by AI on a popular and verified YouTube account
These “tutorials” for obtaining free programs consist of a single step: downloading a supposedly free version that the creator of the video offers via a link in the description. In fact, the program that we download in this way only installs a virus or another type of malware in our computer, which is capable of stealing our information such as passwords or credit card information.
Programs promoted in this way include Photoshop, Premiere Pro, AutoCAD, and other products that usually require high fees to use. It goes without saying that the only safe way to use such programs is to purchase them through their official pages and not download anything from suspicious links.
The worst thing about these types of attacks is their success. Indeed, many of these videos are posted on real channels, in some cases with over a hundred thousand subscribers; But these are cases of account theft, in which the attackers get the channel creator’s password and start uploading videos that reach all their subscribers.
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