2025 Holiday Season Sees Surge in AI-Driven Fraud Activities

First seen 2 Dec 2025, 18:33 UTC • Esecurityplanet

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As the 2025 holiday season approaches, fraud activity is accelerating, driven by attackers utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and stolen data. Industries such as retail, hospitality, and quick-service restaurants (QSR) are particularly affected, with experts warning that this year's fraud landscape may reach unprecedented levels in scale and sophistication.

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Attack Flow

13 entities, 30 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Technique (2)

Account Takeover
Credential Stuffing

Organization (1)

Synology

Vulnerability (5)

CVE-2025-34299
CVE-2025-64740
BeeStation OS flaw
Monsta FTP flaw
Zoom Workplace flaw

Affected Platform (5)

BeeStation OS
GitHub
Monsta FTP
Windows
Zoom Workplace

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CVE-2025-34299 targets BeeStation OS
CVE-2025-34299 targets GitHub
CVE-2025-34299 targets Monsta FTP
CVE-2025-34299 targets Windows
CVE-2025-64740 targets BeeStation OS
CVE-2025-64740 targets GitHub
CVE-2025-64740 targets Monsta FTP
CVE-2025-64740 targets Windows
BeeStation OS flaw targets BeeStation OS
BeeStation OS flaw targets GitHub
BeeStation OS flaw targets Monsta FTP
BeeStation OS flaw targets Windows
Monsta FTP flaw targets BeeStation OS
Monsta FTP flaw targets GitHub
Monsta FTP flaw targets Monsta FTP
Monsta FTP flaw targets Windows
Zoom Workplace flaw targets BeeStation OS
Zoom Workplace flaw targets GitHub
Zoom Workplace flaw targets Monsta FTP
Zoom Workplace flaw targets Windows
Account Takeover targets BeeStation OS
Account Takeover targets GitHub
Account Takeover targets Monsta FTP
Account Takeover targets Windows
Credential Stuffing targets BeeStation OS
Credential Stuffing targets GitHub
Credential Stuffing targets Monsta FTP
Credential Stuffing targets Windows
CVE-2025-34299 related to Synology
CVE-2025-34299 related to Zoom Workplace

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2025 Holiday Season Sees Surge in AI-Driven Fraud Activities

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