SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

Introduction: A high-tech twist on age-old scams Impersonation fraud is not new, but the scale and believability of recent AI-driven schemes pose an unprecedented threat to financial organizations. In 2025, U.S. Figure 1: Projected U.S. What used to require Hollywood-level resources can now be done with off-the-shelf AI tools.

Banking

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Furthermore, it’s estimated that this sum will increase to nearly $24 trillion by 2027. With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. You should always stop and verify.

Social Engineering

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The risk of being scammed runs even higher. While on ordinary days, the customer can easily see that if the product is too cheap, it is most likely a scam, during the Black Friday sales, it gets harder to tell. Instead of being the first among buyers, they will join the ranks of scam victims. million active users worldwide.

Phishing