About this episode

Michelle Cantos discusses trends in underground marketplaces related to illicit AI tools and services.

Michelle Cantos (Senior Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group) joins host Luke McNamara to discuss some of the recent trends in underground marketplaces around the selling of illicit AI tools and services. Michelle discusses GTIG's research into this space, how threat actors are seeking to leverage these models, use cases being discussed, and more.

People in this episode

Host: Luke McNamara

Guest: Michelle Cantos

Topics covered

• AI tools
• cyber crime
• underground marketplaces
• threat intelligence
• illicit services

Keywords

• AI tools
• cyber crime
• underground marketplaces
• threat actors
• illicit services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google Threat Intelligence Group

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