Wednesday, April 30, 2025

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1 Prompts Abused to Generate Advanced Malware and Phishing Sites

The release of DeepSeek-R1, a 671-billion-parameter large language model (LLM), has sparked significant interest due to its innovative use of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning. CoT reasoning enables the model to...

Hackers Use DeepSeek and Remote Desktop Apps to Deploy TookPS Malware

A recent investigation by cybersecurity researchers has uncovered a large-scale malware campaign leveraging the DeepSeek LLM and popular remote desktop applications to distribute the...

Malicious Google Ads Target DeepSeek Users to Spread Malware

Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, with malicious actors exploiting popular platforms like Google Ads to spread malware. Recently, a sophisticated campaign targeting DeepSeek users...

New Jailbreak Technique Bypasses DeepSeek, Copilot, and ChatGPT to Generate Chrome Malware

A threat intelligence researcher from Cato CTRL, part of Cato Networks, has successfully exploited a vulnerability in three leading generative AI (GenAI) models: OpenAI’s...

Android Malware Disguised as DeepSeek Steals Users’ Login Credentials

A recent cybersecurity threat has emerged in the form of Android malware masquerading as the DeepSeek AI application. This malicious software is designed to...

DeepSeek R1 Jailbreaked to Create Malware, Including Keyloggers and Ransomware

The increasing popularity of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, has attracted cybercriminals seeking to exploit these technologies...

DeepSeek Data Leak Exposes 12,000 Hardcoded API Keys and Passwords

A sweeping analysis of the Common Crawl dataset—a cornerstone of training data for large language models (LLMs) like DeepSeek—has uncovered 11,908 live API keys,...

Threat Actors Exploit DeepSeek Craze to Distribute Vidar Stealer Malware

In a concerning new development, cybercriminals are exploiting the widespread popularity of the recently launched DeepSeek AI chatbot to distribute the Vidar Stealer malware....

Poseidon Stealer Targets Mac Users via Fake DeepSeek Website

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting macOS users through a fraudulent DeepSeek.ai interface. Dubbed "Poseidon Stealer," this information-stealing malware employs advanced anti-analysis techniques...

Threat Actors Exploiting DeepSeek’s Popularity to Deploy Malware

The meteoric rise of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has not only disrupted the AI sector but also attracted the attention of cybercriminals. Following...

New York Bans DeepSeek Over Potential Data Risks

 New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state has banned the use of the China-based AI startup DeepSeek on government-issued devices and networks. The...