Security News

DragonRank Exploits IIS Servers with BadIIS Malware for SEO Fraud and Gambling Redirects
2025-02-10 09:44

Threat actors have been observed targeting Internet Information Services (IIS) servers in Asia as part of a search engine optimization (SEO) manipulation campaign designed to install BadIIS...

India’s RBI Introduces Exclusive "bank.in" Domain to Combat Digital Banking Fraud
2025-02-07 10:32

India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said it's introducing an exclusive "bank.in" internet domain for banks in the country to combat digital financial fraud. "This initiative...

Self-sovereign identity could transform fraud prevention, but…
2025-02-07 07:49

The way we manage digital identity is fundamentally broken. The root of the problem lies in traditional, centralized identity models, where a single organization holds and controls a user’s...

Overconfident execs are making their companies vulnerable to fraud
2025-02-07 04:30

Cyber fraud (which includes activity such as hacking, deepfakes, voice cloning and highly sophisticated phishing schemes) rose by 14% year over year, according to Trustpair. US faces cyber fraud...

Robocallers posing as FCC fraud prevention team call FCC staff
2025-02-05 21:26

The FCC has proposed a $4,492,500 fine against VoIP service provider Telnyx for allegedly allowing customers to make robocalls posing as fictitious FCC "Fraud Prevention Team," by failing to...

What you can do to prevent workforce fraud
2025-02-04 05:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Benjamin Racenberg, Senior Intelligence Services Manager at Nisos, discusses the threat of workforce fraud, particularly DPRK-affiliated IT workers...

U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network
2025-02-01 08:14

U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating...

'Bro delete the chat': Feel the panic shortly before cops bust major online fraud ring
2025-01-29 12:31

Mastermind begs colluders to bury evidence later used to imprison him In announcing the sentencing of three Brits who ran OTP Agency, an account-takeover business, the National Crime Agency (NCA)...

AI chatbot startup founder, lawyer wife accused of ripping off investors in $60M fraud
2025-01-24 23:26

GameOn? It's looking more like game over for that biz The co-founder and former CEO of AI startup GameOn is in a pickle. After exiting the top job last year under a cloud, he's now in court –...

North Korean dev who renamed himself 'Bane' accused of IT worker fraud caper
2025-01-24 13:45

5 indicted as FBI warns North Korea dials up aggression, plus Russian devs allegedly get in on the act The US is indicting yet another five suspects it believes were involved in North Korea's...