AI Supercharges Attacks in Cybercrime's New 'Fifth Wave'

**Group-IB** warns that cybercrime has entered a ‘fifth wave’ of **weaponized AI**, where GenAI lowers costs and scales operations: deepfake kits and biometric datasets are sold for as little as $5 and deepfake‑as‑a‑service from $10/month; dark‑web discussions have surged; and **AI‑agent phishing kits** autonomously craft lures, deliver campaigns, and iterate on feedback. The report also spotlights increasingly capable **dark LLMs**—custom, self‑hosted, uncensored models (e.g., Nytheon AI) offered for $30–$200/month—used to generate scams, build phishing kits and malware snippets, and support vulnerability reconnaissance, accelerating the speed, volume, and effectiveness of cybercrime.