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Google Joins Forces with GASA and DNS RF to Tackle Online Scams at Scale
2024-10-09 17:00

Google on Wednesday announced a new partnership with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and DNS Research Federation (DNS RF) to combat online scams. The initiative, which has been codenamed the...

LEGO's website hacked to push cryptocurrency scam
2024-10-07 21:48

On Friday night, cryptocurrency scammers briefly hacked the LEGO website to promote a fake Lego token that could be purchased with Ethereum. [...]

Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam
2024-10-03 12:30

Fraudsters targeted local government, colleges, and construction firms in Texas and North Carolina Two British-Nigerian men were sentenced for serious business email compromise schemes in the US...

Spotting AI-generated scams: Red flags to watch for
2024-10-03 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Andrius Popovas, Chief Risk Officer at Mano Bank, discusses the most prevalent AI-driven fraud schemes, such as phishing attacks and deepfakes. He explains how...

Binance claims it helped to bust Chinese crypto scam app in India
2024-09-30 01:28

Plus: SpaceX plans Vietnam investment; Yahoo! Japan content moderation secrets; LG offloads Chinese display factory; and more ASIA IN BRIEF It's not often The Register writes about a...

Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals $70K in Five-Month Campaign
2024-09-28 09:54

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims...

Cambodian senator sanctioned by US over alleged forced labor cyber-scam camps
2024-09-13 05:29

Do not go on holiday to the O Smach Resort The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued sanctions on Thursday against Cambodian entrepreneur and senator Ly Yong...

Losses due to cryptocurrency and BEC scams are soaring
2024-09-12 10:51

Every type of fraud is on the rise, and 2023 was a particularly devastating year for victims of cryptocurrency and business email compromise (BEC) scams, according to the FBI. Cryptocurrency fraud...

Crypto scams rake in $5.6B a year for cyberscum lowlifes, FBI says
2024-09-10 14:29

Elderly people report the greatest losses The FBI just dropped its annual report examining the costs of crypto-related cybercrime, painting a predictably grim picture as total losses in the US...

Sextortion scams now use your "cheating" spouse’s name as a lure
2024-09-07 15:14

A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links to the alleged proof. [...]