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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. [...]

Sextortion scam 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. [...]

North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams
2024-09-07 07:28

Threat actors affiliated with North Korea have been observed leveraging LinkedIn as a way to target developers as part of a fake job recruiting operation. These attacks employ coding tests as a...

FTC: Over $110 million lost to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2023
2024-09-03 20:40

​The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a massive increase in losses to Bitcoin ATM scams, nearly ten times the amount from 2020 and reaching over $110 million in 2023. [...]