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Hackers selling X Gold accounts on dark web for phishing, scams: Report
Cybercriminals are profiting from X "Gold" verification badge by selling compromised accounts for p…
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Hyderabad man uses online trading app to try and earn some extra money, loses Rs 8 lakh
A 40-year-old Hyderabad man lost Rs 8.17 lakh to an online investment scam after being lured via ra…
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Hackers using Telegram bot to pull off large-scale phishing scams: Report
According to security researcher Radek Jizba from ESETResearch, Telekopye is a highly sophisticated…
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I've built a career in ethical hacking. Online scams are getting much, much worse — and AI isn't helping.
Laura Kankaala, whose worked in cybersecurity for 10 years, said that online scams are becoming mor…
Emma Magnus
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Top 5 personal finance scams in India and how to stay safe from them
Don’t make any payments just because a stranger told you to. Verify the situation and the person’s …
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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…
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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…
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The team behind the $24 billion Shiba Inu altcoin warns about a scam targeting potential investors
"A Fake Shiba Inu Telegram group is being shared across social media. The scammers impersonate offi…
Carla Mozée
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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…
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Reddit's WallStreetBets members were targeted in a scam that reaped Binance coins worth $2 million through Telegram, report says
A Telegram account called 'WallStreetBets - Crypto Pumps' offered fake 'WSB Finance' coins in a pre…
Sophie Kiderlin
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Russians trying to help the Kremlin are being scammed into throwing Molotov cocktails at its offices and cars instead: reports
Most of the would-be arsonists were senior citizens, local media reported. Some were told they were…
Matthew Loh
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Here's how a group of YouTubers pranked a scam call centre in India that makes $18 million per year
Here’s where Mark Rober comes in. Rober is a former NASA engineer and YouTuber who posts videos …
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IRCTC warns of fake app and website scamming users out of their sensitive information—here’s how to stay safe
IRCTC has warned users about a fake Android app and website that tries to steal sensitive informati…
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WhatsApp and Telegram may not be as secure you think hints new study
Popular mobile messengers like WhatsApp expose personal data via discovery services that allow user…
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A group of conmen set up a fake cricket Indian Premier League complete with staged matches on YouTube to scam Russian gamblers, police allege
The scammers used walkie-talkies to relay instructions to bogus umpires on the phony field after th…
Katie Anthony
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Crypto scams conned thousands of people out of over $1 billion since 2021, the most of any type of currency, according to new FTC report
About half of the more than 46,000 people who reported being the victim of a scam said it began wit…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Indian crypto exchanges, influencers fall prey to hacks promoting crypto scam
Exchanges like WazirX, CoinDCX and CoinSwitch Kuber were amongst the ones affected.YouTubers like A…
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After losing $8,000 in an altcoin scam, one man started a group that hunts down crypto frauds
After falling victim to fraud, 52-year-old Robert Browning started a group called RugSeekers to fin…
Natasha Dailey
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A UK man created Idiot Coin to study the 'hype coin' craze. It took a few minutes and $300 to mint 21 million coins that hundreds of people were clamoring to buy.
Many hype coins "are flimsy and dangerous," wrote David Segal, a NYT reporter who journeyed into th…
Carla Mozée
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COVID-19 vaccines are selling on the dark web for as much as $1,000 in bitcoin
The number of ads for COVID-19 vaccines on the dark web have continued to increase since the vaccin…