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DeepSeek Impersonation Ads Infect Users with Malware

Cybercriminals are using fake ads on Google to trick people into downloading dangerous malware. This time, they are targeting DeepSeek, a popular AI platform. DeepSeek became well-known this year ...
Android

Cybercriminals are cloning DeepSeek AI website to ship malware

Cybercriminals are using a variety of methods to compromise the private data or credentials of potential victims online. One of the most popular methods is cloning legitimate services. Malicious ...
Benzinga.com

Is DeepSeek's Threat Overrated? A Comprehensive Analysis

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), China’s DeepSeek has emerged as a significant player, drawing both admiration and concern. While some view DeepSeek as a formidable ...
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DeepSeek’s lateset update is a serious threat to OpenAI and Google — here’s why

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is quickly gaining momentum in the global AI race. The company just released DeepSeek-R1-0528, proving once again that this is a bot to watch. The powerful update is ...
Dark Reading

AI Tricksters Spin Up Fake DeepSeek Sites to Steal Crypto

Threat actors are leveraging brand impersonation techniques to create fake websites mimicking DeepSeek, an AI chatbot from China that launched just a month ago. Their goal? Getting users to divulge ...
Forbes

China’s DeepSeek AI Poses ‘Profound Threat’ To National Security, House Report Claims

A bipartisan House panel released a report Wednesday accusing DeepSeek of posing a “profound threat” to U.S. national security, alleging the Chinese AI startup harvests user data on behalf of the ...
HotHardware

Researcher Alarmingly Tricks DeepSeek And Other AIs Into Building Malware

Modern AI is far from science-fiction AGI, and yet it can still be an incredibly powerful tool. Like any tool, if misused, it can pose a threat to legitimate users, like how we recently covered ...
CSOonline

Phishing sites posing as DeepSeek downloads drop a proxy backdoor

Kaspersky is warning LLM users of a new malicious campaign distributing a previously unknown malware, dubbed “BrowserVenom,” through a fake DeepSeek-R1 environment installer. According to findings by ...
VentureBeat

The end of perimeter defense: When your own AI tools become the threat actor

Russia's APT28 is actively deploying LLM-powered malware against Ukraine, while underground platforms are selling the same capabilities to anyone for $250 per month. Last month, Ukraine's CERT-UA ...
HHS

DeepSeek-R1 Can Almost Generate Malware

Security researchers used the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence reasoning model to come closer to developing ransomware variants and keyloggers with evasion capabilities. See Also: A CISO’s ...
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Huawei-DeepSeek Alliance May Become Threat to Nvidia, Expert Warns

To receive tech updates in your inbox, sign up to the newsletter ARPU. While Nvidia continues to dominate the artificial intelligence chip market, a potential alliance between Chinese tech giant ...