Selling fear: How cybersecurity marketing uses consumer anxiety for profit
Cybercrime is evolving, but so can your approach to online security
San Francisco AI startup founder and wife indicted in $60 million fraud scheme
Couple faces decades in prison if convicted
Scammer uses AI to pose as Brad Pitt, tricks woman into sending $850,000
The fake Pitt claimed he needed money for kidney cancer treatment
Facepalm: Not for the first time, someone has been duped into believing they were conversing with a celebrity online and sent them money. The victim in this instance was a 53-year-old French woman, who sent $850,000 to a scammer that used AI-generated content to convince her she was in a relationship with Hollywood star Brad Pitt.
Google's new AI feature for Chrome will sniff out scammy sites
It follows a similar addition to Microsoft Edge
Scammers use gamified tactics to prey on job seekers, FTC reports $220M in losses
Never pay someone offering you a job - is a good rule of thumb
NZXT responds to damning Gamers Nexus video accusing it of running a "predatory, evil" rental scam
"We are aware of the recent claims made against us"
A hot potato: NZXT has responded to a damning video from YouTube channel Gamers Nexus that accuses the PC hardware giant of running a "predatory, evil rental computer scam." The program in question is its Flex subscription-based service for desktop PCs, which GN says uses "bait and switch" tactics. There are other accusations, too, including faked benchmarks and aggressive terms.
Google Pixel phones get scam detection powered by on-device AI
A great security feature... if you're cool with Google eavesdropping on your calls
Phone network employs AI "grandmother" to waste scammers' time with meandering conversations
Scambaiting, Abe Simpson-style
Federal judge rules Google not responsible for refunding gift card scam victims
Google receives 15% to 30% commissions on gift card purchases
Android malware intercepts calls to banks, redirecting victims to fraudulent numbers
"FakeCall" variants have many new sophisticated features
Meta reintroduces facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads, account hackers
Meta scrapped its facial recognition tech in 2021
Don't be fooled: Sextortion scam uses your home photos, but has no real leverage
They are bluffing, the EFF says
FBI says Americans lost $5.6 billion to crypto scams only in the last year
A 45% increase from 2022 from nearly 70,000 victim complaints
Fake Ryzen 7800X3D is alarmingly convincing, chip dissected after buyer gets scammed
A bargain deal -- except it was for a dead processor
WTF?! Counterfeiters are always looking for new ways to dupe unsuspecting buyers. Most recently, popular tech YouTuber Der8auer shined a light on one such scam involving a fake version of AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, exposing just how far these silicon forgers can go. It had an empty PCB and fake heatspreaders, stripping it of any real value.
Former bank CEO sentenced to 24 years after being scammed into collapsing a bank
Some $47 million may never be recovered
Hacker faces 81-month prison sentence for faking his death to avoid child support payments
Deadbeat dad was also selling compromised data on the dark web and filling out bank forms using other people's identities
A husband's quest for justice unmasks a global smishing operation
Thousands owe their financial security to his efforts
Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns
Going "scorched-earth" on the entire industry to curb the illegal businesses
Incredibly detailed scam relabels RTX 3080 Ti cards as RTX 4090
Scammers have truly raised the bar with this one
Australian billionaire can sue Meta over scam crypto ads featuring his likeness, says Court
Meta can't hide behind Section 230 this time
A homemade cell tower allowed fraudsters in the UK to bombard people with scam texts
Two suspects were arrested
Hertz gets caught charging multiple Tesla renters for not returning the EVs with a full tank of gas
The company claims it was a "systems error"
Google Search will soon incorporate AI-generated summaries everywhere, but flaws to that plan immediately emerge
"AI Overviews" means to offer detailed search results with context, despite hallucinations and stolen content