Hypnotoad, AI Galore, Storm-0249, DocuSign, Broadside, Goldblade, Aaran Leyland… – SWN #536

Doug White

1. Microsoft investigates Copilot outage affecting users in Europe
2. Storm-0249 Escalates Ransomware Attacks with ClickFix, Fileless PowerShell, and DLL Sideloading
3. DocuSign phishing ranks as top inbox threat, analysis finds
4. Evolving fake resume campaign leads to RedLoader, ransomware infection
5. Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
6. “Broadside” Mirai Variant Targets Maritime Logistics Sector
7. A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
8. Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot Collapses in a Hilariously Suspicious Way

Aaran Leyland

1. OpenAI denies rolling out ads on ChatGPT paid plans
   1. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-denies-rolling-out-ads-on-chatgpt-paid-plans/ (Core story about Target recommendation in ChatGPT Plus)
   2. https://x.com/danielm/status/1866539247146533245 (Daniel McAuley’s official denial/clarification on X)
   3. https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18419 (Paper: “Dynamic Creative Optimization in LLMs” – ad integration risks)
   4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380652974GenAIAdvertisingOpportunitiesand_Challenges (GenAI Advertising privacy leakage analysis)
   5. https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10410 (Northeastern University – Privacy risks in large language models)
   6. https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/chatgpt-plus-users-outraged-after-spotting-ads-in-paid-version (User backlash coverage)
   7. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1h8p9k3/adsarecomingtochatgptanditwillruin_everything/ (Major Reddit thread predicting ad backlash)
   8. https://www.axios.com/2024/11/21/openai-ads-chatgpt-revenue (Axios on OpenAI’s shifting ad plans and revenue pressure)
   9. https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5179/large-language-models-and-privacy (Privacy International on LLM data protection violations)
   10. https://edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2024-07/edpbguidelines202401llmsen.pdf (European Data Protection Board guidelines on LLMs)
   11. https://x.com/balajis/status/1866578123456782345 (Influential thread about “your divorce chats becoming ad data”)
   12. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-burns-8-5-billion-year-scaling-ai (OpenAI inference cost breakdown)
   13. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/toxic-language-large-language-models-impact-advertising-mike-boren/ (Analysis of bias and toxic outputs in ad-driven LLMs)
   14. https://www.current-issues-in-advertising.org/articles/subtle-manipulation-through-llm-ads (Journal article on subtle manipulation via LLM fluency)
   15. https://x.com/emollick/status/1866601234567890123 (Ethan Mollick on trust erosion from ads would cause)