Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The CEO of a UK-based energy firm lost the equivalent of $243,000 after falling for a phone scam that implemented artificial intelligence, specifically a deepfake voice. While the technology to generate convincing voice recordings has been available for a few years, its remains relatively uncommon in the commission of fraud.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Once a conversation starts and a personal connection is established, scammers behind a screen can lure their targets into video call scams utilizing high-quality deepfake technology The post Law Enforcement Cant Save You From Romance Scams appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 26, 2022

The FBI recently warned the public that many people are still falling prey to a Google Voice scam that the FTC warned about months ago. Here is what you need to know to keep yourself safe: What is the common Google Voice scam about which the FBI warned? What if you already were scammed?

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 18, 2025

Technology has transformed so many areas of our lives and relatively quickly in the grand scheme of things. One area where technology has reshaped experience is online dating. One area where technology has reshaped experience is online dating. So, how can we make dating scams less attractive? The biggest shift?

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Google Security

MARCH 4, 2025

Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse Google has been at the forefront of protecting users from the ever-growing threat of scams and fraud with cutting-edge technologies and security expertise for years. Were now introducing Scam Detection to detect a wider range of fraudulent activities.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 3, 2023

Here’s a look at the most recent incarnation of this scam — DomainNetworks — and some clues about who may be behind it. There are a few random, non-technology businesses tied to the phone number listed for the Hendersonville address, and the New Mexico address was used by several no-name web hosting companies.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 14, 2025

The feature uses on-device AI to flag potentially fraudulent messages before users interact with them, helping stop scams in real time. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Americans lost $470 million to text scams in 2024. Poor grammar (a common giveaway in phishing scams). And its not the only recent safety step.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it’s easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. Think you’re too smart to fall for one? A CLOSE CALL.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Criminals are impersonating attorneys and law firms as part of sophisticated versions of classic “Nigerian Prince” scams. Nigerian Prince type scams have existed for decades, and are conceptually similar to much older scam variants, including some that proliferated en masse after the French Revolution.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 18, 2025

In recent months, a sophisticated scam has emerged, targeting drivers across the United States with fraudulent text messages about unpaid road tolls. Smishing scams like these follow a predictable yet highly effective, nefarious behavioral blueprintleveraging urgency, impersonation, and fear to manipulate victims into compliance.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 21, 2025

Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were created through online phishing scams, and that the accused were relying on a custom Android app to relay tap-to-pay transactions from mobile devices located in China. Authorities in at least two U.S. Image: WLVT-8.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

But while it’s an easy experiment to run, it misses the real risk of large language models (LLMs) writing scam emails. Today’s human-run scams aren’t limited by the number of people who respond to the initial email contact. So why were scammers still sending such obviously dubious emails?

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here are 50 ways to avoid getting scammed on Black Friday — and beyond. Popular browsers, like Safari or Firefox, frequently issue updates to protect against scams. In one of the tried-and-true scams of Christmas , fraudsters phish by sending their targets texts or emails about “delivery issues” or false-shipping notifications.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

For us in cyber, how do we navigate these new digital threats especially when we layer in the rise of AI and deepfake technologies, and the stakes grow even higher? While this helps them avoid scams, it also increases the likelihood of ignoring legitimate threats, such as suspicious login attempts or urgent security updates.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This technology will replace humans in many areas. Now we can use that same technology to make robotic speech that is indistinguishable from human sound robotic again. Scams that use voice cloning have been getting easier every year, but they’ve been possible for many years with the right know-how.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 21, 2021

One of the oldest scams around — the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data — is on the rise, the FBI warns. Here’s the story of a recent LinkedIn impersonation scam that led to more than 100 people getting duped, and one almost-victim who decided the job offer was too-good-to-be-true.

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The Hacker News

MAY 14, 2025

According to a report published by blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, merchants on the marketplace have been found to peddle technology, personal data, and money laundering A Chinese-language, Telegram-based marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee has facilitated no less than $8.4

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“This “SMS blasting” attack relies on using technology that impersonates cellular base stations and is capable of transmitting thousands of messages to devices within a close geographical radius.” ” first reported TechCrunch.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Phishing scams are no longer just poorly written emails full of typos. Todays sophisticated back-end technologies take phishing and social engineering to the next level. The era of messages from long-lost, wealthy relatives leaving fortunes to unknown heirs has passed its peak.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

and UK have been targeted by financial scams using deepfake technology, with 43% of those companies falling victim, according to a Medius survey of 1,533 finance professionals. The post AI-Powered Deepfake Scams Wreak Havoc on Businesses appeared first on Security Boulevard. More than half (53%) of businesses in the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 28, 2025

The alarming rise in the success of these campaigns, uncovered in the Q1 Gen Threat Report , speaks volumes about how cybercriminals are exploiting weaknesses in both technology and human trust. The post The latest in phishing scams: stealing your information through fake online forms appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“We may warn you about messages that ask you to take the conversation to another platform because that can be a sign of a scam,” the company said in a blog post. ” It remains unclear who or what is behind the recent proliferation of fake executive profiles on LinkedIn, but likely they are from a combination of scams. .

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Romance scams continue to plague users, but their costs have risen to staggering heights, according to a Malwarebytes survey carried out last month via our weekly newsletter. However, with the return to in-person gatherings, our survey results show romance scams have hardly petered out. They conduct research, and follow a playbook.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 2, 2024

A campaign using sponsored search results is targeting home users and taking them to tech support scams. Only then it becomes apparent that the real advertiser is not CNN, but instead a company called Yojoy Network Technology Co., Tech Support Scam site telling the visitor to call 1-844-476-5780 You undoubtedly know the type.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 25, 2025

With the rapid expansion of technological advancements, there have been many great innovations across various industries that have had a positive impact on the world. However, these advancements also mean the latest technologies may not always be used for legal or ethical activities, making being online a very risky business these days.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram says its testing new ways to use facial recognition—both to combat scams and to help restore access to compromised accounts. I do have a few questions though: With the current development of deepfakes, how long will it take for this technology to be used for the exact opposite?

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2022

But that’s nothing inherent in blockchain technology—that’s just a bunch of bad design choices bitcoin made. In our letter, we write: “By its very design, blockchain technology is poorly suited for just about every purpose currently touted as a present or potential source of public benefit.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 27, 2024

And as long as we have been waiting for AI technology to become commonplace, if AI has taught us one thing this year, then its that when humans and AI cooperate, amazing things can happen. As with many developing technologies, sometimes the race to stay ahead is more important than security. But amazing is not always positive.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 12, 2024

Threat actors targeting the upcoming Paris Olympics release a three-part video series called "Olympics Has Fallen II" and use AI-generated deepfake technology to make it appear that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is narrating the story. The post Musk’s Voice, Likeness Used in Deepfake Scam Targeting the Olympics appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Research paper: Rick Wash, “ How Experts Detect Phishing Scam Emails “: Abstract: Phishing scam emails are emails that pretend to be something they are not in order to get the recipient of the email to undertake some action they normally would not.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

As the tool evolved, the targeting expanded to include websites built using GoDaddy and Wix, as well as generic website contact forms, which includes websites built using Squarespace, and likely other technologies.” ” reads the report published by SentinelOne. ” SentinelLab concludes. ” SentinelLab concludes.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Urlscan also found this phishing scam from Jan. ” In a statement provided to KrebsOnSecurity, Linkedin said it has “industry standard technologies in place for URL sharing and chained redirects that help us identify and prevent the spread of malware, phishing and spam.” Here’s one example from Jan.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Recent arrests in Ohio shed light on how this scam works. All told, that scam netted credentials for approximately 125 Fifth Third customers — most of them in or around the Cincinnati area. Now, many smaller regional and local banks have upgraded their cash machines to enable the new technology.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Amini Pedram Amini , Chief Scientist, Opswat The sophistication and abuse of AI are escalating as costs drop, driving a surge in ML-assisted scams and attacks on physical devices.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 9, 2024

No longer confined to suspicious emails, phishing now encompasses voice-based attacks (vishing), text-based scams (smishing) automated with phishing kits, and deepfake technologies. This shift necessitates a proactive and technology-driven approach to cybersecurity. Here are few promising technologies.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As artificial intelligence continues advancing at a rapid pace, criminals are increasingly using AI capabilities to carry out sophisticated scams and attacks. Technologies that synthesize realistic fake media, known as deepfakes, are among the newest tools being deployed to enable fraud.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Both scams targeted individual users only. We reported the scam accounts and channels to Telegram, but the messaging service had done nothing to block them at the time of writing this. The phishing link sent by the manager We have to give it to the operators: the scam was quite convincing.

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