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Two China-based Android app developers are being sued by Google for an alleged scam targeting 100,000 users worldwide through fake cryptocurrency and other investment apps.
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New INTERPOL Financial Fraud assessment reveals how cybercrime is being fueled by the abuse of AI and other technologies.
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Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? A company in Hong Kong suffers a sophisticated deepfake duping, be one your guard from pig butchers as Valentine’s Day approaches, and spare a moment to feel sorry for poor ransomware gangs.
All this and … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #358: Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs
US authorities have charged four people for their alleged roles in a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme that saw targets approached via dating sites and social media, and cost victims more than $80 million.
Read more in my article on the Ho… Continue reading Gang charged with running $80 million “pig butchering” cryptocurrency investment scam
Apps on your iPhone must come from the App Store. Except when they don’t… we explain what to look out for. Continue reading FBI warns about scams that lure you in as a mobile beta-tester
Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Erin West’s “Operation Shamrock” isn’t relying on luck to take down the worst criminals.
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These types of scams that seek to dupe unsuspecting targets can leave victims financially and emotionally devastated.
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U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out. Continue reading Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’