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In a recent Forbes article, technical author Davey Winder shared insights into a Check Point blog post.  Hackers have been seen using AI which very nearly compromised the account of a Gmail user, as explained in a recent report by Winder.  Now both Gmail and AI are back in the forefront, but now as part of a large-scale hacking campaign targeting both consumers and corporates with a financially-motivated payload.  Check Point analyzes the new campaign the CopyRh(ight)adamantys cyber-attack.

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Phishing-as-a-service, or PhaaS, is a cyber threat subscription service, much like any number of other “as a service” types you may be familiar with, such as ransomware-as-a-service.  One of the noted early pioneers of this model is BulletProofLink.  This operation was taken down by Malaysian law enforcement in November of last year in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police and the FBI. 

The general ideal of phishing-as-a-service is that service providers are offering ready-to-use phis