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Callers beware! Over 31,000 fake customer care numbers are out there to scam you
When we face any difficulty regarding a product or service, we tend to automatically reach out to t…
Winning lotteries on WA? It could be one of the many scams going around
With its widespread usage and seamless communication capabilities, WhatsApp has seamlessly integrat…
Sextortion: A looming threat to online security and how to defend against it
Sextortion is a criminal act that involves blackmailing someone by threatening to expose sexually e…
AI-generated images and videos: A game-changer or a threat to authenticity?
In the world of AI technology, the release of the DALL-E tool by OpenAI research lab has sparked im…
Scammers sending WA messages to top tier employees' pretending to be their CEO: CloudSEK report
CloudSEK analysts found a spear phishing campaign targeting multiple corporations wherein a spec…
I'm a smug 30-year-old who thought only Luddites like my mom fall for 'smishing' scams. Then it happened to me.
I fell for the newest mail scam called "smishing." A week after sending a package to Norway, I got …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
Bomb threats demanding ransom payments are a new headache for retailers including Walmart, Kroger and Whole Foods, report says
A series of bomb threats made in recent months to retailers across the US could be connected as all…
Aaron McDade
Crypto scammers have reportedly stolen ₹1000 crore off Indian users by posing as fake exchanges
The CoinEgg scam uses fake domains and social media accounts to coax users into investing in fake e…
Rising cases of cyberbullying, data privacy and other threats in online gaming: Report
Threats to watch out for in online gaming, a Rs 3 billion industry
Facebook and Twitter scrambled our brains and poisoned our politics. AI poses an even bigger threat.
AI tools like ChatGPT could wind up hypercharging everything from financial scams to government sur…
Hasan Chowdhury
Fake accounts are stealing donations to the PM CARES Fund — Here's to how to keep from getting scammed
Last week Prime Minister Modi asked citizens to help in the fight against Coronavirus by donating t…
The top US consumer watchdog is worried you're going to fall for AI scams or overblown marketing hype
The FTC is checking the AI claims of tech companies and investors and concerned about AI-powered fr…
Ethan Dodd
Cybersecurity researchers uncover a new trick that lets hackers plant malicious PDFs on search engines using SEO
According to reports, SEO phishing attempts are constantly increasing and hackers are targeting …
Revenue from crypto scams spike 81% to a near-record $7.7 billion in 2021, says Chainalysis
The surge was paced by a type of scam called "rug pulls," which is when developers unexpectedly aba…
Carla Mozée
Scammers are posting negative one-star reviews of restaurants on Google in extortion ploy for digital gift cards
Several restaurants in cities including San Francisco, New York, and Chicago have been hit by the s…
Bethany Biron
Telegram is the crypto hackers’ newest playground — and they have automated the process
Cryptocurrency scammers are using bots on Telegram to con investors into giving up their one-time p…
Hackers pulled off a $620 million crypto heist by tricking an engineer into applying for a fake job and opening an offer letter containing spyware, report says
After multiple interview rounds, hackers posing as recruiters sent an Axie Infinity engineer an off…
Hannah Towey
Indian investors have lost nearly ₹1,000 crore to fake cryptocurrency exchanges
Cyber-security company CloudSEK said it has uncovered an ongoing operation involving several phi…
10 countries that banned cryptos calling them threats, ponzi schemes & more
As per the Law Library of Congress, a global research directorate, eight jurisdictions had an absol…
New iCloud phishing scam could drain users’ MetaMask crypto wallets
Crypto wallet MetaMask is warning its community of users about possible phishing attacks through Ap…