Do you think you’re too smart to fall for a Black Friday scam? Generative AI might knock you down a few pegs. On this episode of Security Intelligence, host Matt Kosinski and panelists Suja Viswesan, Dave McGinnis and Nick Bradley discuss how threat actors are using AI to turbocharge holiday scam season. Plus: - IBM X-Force makes malware research tools public - The dark web job market is thriving - AI fraud schemes are getting quite elaborate And the story of an enterprising insider threat who tried to turn his employer’s wind turbines into cryptojacking machines. Spoiler: He got caught. 00:00 – Introduction 02:45 – Holiday scam season 13:37 – X-Force malware research tools 19:47 – Dark web jobs report 24:41 – Factory finds an AI fraud ring 31:48 – Cryptojacking wind turbines The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity. Learn more about cybersecurity → https://www.ibm.com/think/securityExplore the podcast → https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/security-intelligence Learn more about the X-Force Malware Threat Research GitHub → https://www.ibm.com/think/x-force/introducing-x-force-malware-threat-research-public-github-repository

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