Social engineering scams, from the Meeten campaign to fake crypto support scams, have become a troubling occurrence in crypto. Threat actors are using an elaborate social engineering scheme to target crypto users and drain their wallets, according to a Thursday report from cybersecurity company Darktrace. The company wrote that the techniques are similar to those used by “Traffer Groups,” which use malware to steal credentials and data. The social engineering scheme involves gaining the trust of users by posing as representatives from fake startup companies in the industries of AI, gaming, Web3 and social media. Compromised X accounts are often involved, and the threat actors supplement the fraud with Medium articles and GitHub entries. “Each campaign typically starts with a victim being contacted through X messages, Telegram or Discord,” the report reads. “A fake employee of the company will contact a victim asking to test out their software in exchange for a cryptocurrency payment.” Read more
Coinbase market data will power the AI “answer engine” in a two-phase rollout, starting with COIN50 index prices. On Thursday, the CEO of Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), Brian Armstrong, announced a partnership with Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine that answers users’ questions with cited, real-time data pulled from the web. According to Armstrong, the move will integrate the crypto exchange’s market data into Perplexity’s large language model (LLM), further connecting AI and crypto and helping users make more informed decisions about digital assets. The partnership is being rolled out in two stages. Starting Thursday, Perplexity will pull market data from Coinbase, including from its COIN50 index, to power “market analysis” in Perplexity’s new Comet browser. Read more
GAZA: Doctors at Gaza’s largest hospital say crippling fuel shortages have led them to put several premature babies in single incubators as they struggle to keep the newborns alive while Israel presses on with its military campaign. Overwhelmed medics say the dwindling fuel supplies threaten to plunge them into darkness and paralyse hospitals and clinics […]
KARACHI: A controversy has erupted in Karachi as a restaurant management allegedly denied entry to a man wearing shalwar qameez, ARY News reported. Abdul Latif, a lawyer, claimed that he was refused service at a private restaurant in a posh area on May 18. Aggrieved with the incident, the man approached the Consumer Court and […]