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Thursday 26 October 2023 / 15:29
McAfee, an American data security and protection company, published a list of 10 foreign celebrities whose names are very likely to be used in electronic fraud. Hackers often steal photos of celebrities to deceive victims in order to seize their money.
Pirates exploit the interest of users and followers on social media sites in celebrity news, with the aim of deception and fraud, and to reap imaginary financial profits, by clicking on suspicious links and unreliable pop-up windows while browsing that indicate attractive titles about celebrities, or in order to download free content from movies and others. This exposes them to the risk of fraud.
McAfee’s chief technology officer, Steve Grubman, warned that hackers are now turning to more advanced artificial intelligence techniques to make their scams more convincing.
The list of celebrities, which was included in a McAfee security memorandum, includes American stars Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie, stars of the movie “Barbie” by writer and director Greta Gerwig, which swept the box office around the world and achieved record revenues, and British star Emily Blunt, especially after its amazing success. For the film “Oppenheimer”, which is considered the highest-grossing film of the World War II period.
Next on the list are the monthly American pop star Jennifer Lopez, the American singer and actress Zendaya, then the American star Kevin Costner, the Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny, who was chosen as the best artist on Spotify this year, and also the American star America Ferrara.
In addition to the stars, the list also includes the famous businessman, Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of the X platform, as well as the American writer, novelist and actor Al Roker.
Grobman gave advice on the need to increase awareness among Internet users about deep fake techniques, which rely on artificial intelligence to combine images to become an image that appears at first glance to be real, but is in fact fake.
“AI has changed the rules of the game, and cybercriminals can now create highly sophisticated scams at scale using the latest AI tools, and there’s nothing better for them than celebrity news and information,” Grubman said.
Grobman stressed that one should be careful and think carefully and carefully before clicking on suspicious files or downloading them illegally, in order to protect privacy and avoid hacking and fraud, according to what was reported in the newspaper.The Sun” British.
