Tag: fraud
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Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects’ laptops: reports
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/
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How Identity Signals Power AI-Driven CRMs to Detect Risky User Behavior
Discover how identity signals and AI-driven CRMs detect risky user behavior early, prevent fraud, and build trust through smarter behavioral insights. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/how-identity-signals-power-ai-driven-crms-to-detect-risky-user-behavior/
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Unterschätztes Risiko: Insider-Bedrohungen endlich ernst nehmen
Tags: access, ai, compliance, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, fraud, governance, identity, infrastructure, mail, nis-2, phishing, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, security-incident, threat, tool, vulnerability48 Prozent der Fälle von Datendiebstahl, Industriespionage oder Sabotage in Unternehmen gehen laut einer Studie auf Mitarbeiter zurück.Was wäre, wenn das größte Sicherheitsrisiko Ihrer Organisation bereits einen Mitarbeitendenausweis besitzt, legitim angemeldet ist und genau weiß, wie interne Prozesse funktionieren? Diese Frage ist unbequem, aber sie markiert den Ausgangspunkt für eine längst überfällige Auseinandersetzung mit Insider-Bedrohungen.…
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Betrugsmaschen florieren in Anzeigen, Feeds und Videos
Cyberkriminalität hat sich zum Ende des Jahres 2025 spürbar verändert. Statt technisch komplexer Angriffe setzen Täter zunehmend auf alltägliche digitale Handlungen. Ein Klick auf einen Link, das Scannen eines QR Codes oder die Bestätigung eines Codes reichen oft aus, um Betrug auszulösen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/betrugsmaschen-anzeigen-feeds-videos
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Machine learningpowered Android Trojans bypass script-based Ad Click detection
A new Android click-fraud trojan family uses TensorFlow ML to visually detect and tap ads, bypassing traditional script-based click techniques. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Dr.Web discovered a new Android click-fraud trojan family that uses TensorFlow.js ML models to visually detect and tap ads, avoiding traditional script-based methods. The malware is distributed via Xiaomi’s GetApps, it…
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Web Bot Auth: Verifying User Identity Ensuring Agent Trust Through the Customer Journey
DataDome Bot Protect supports Web Bot Auth, enabling cryptographic verification of AI agents to eliminate fraud risk while maintaining business continuity. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/web-bot-auth-verifying-user-identity-ensuring-agent-trust-through-the-customer-journey/
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Cryptohack Roundup: South Korea Busts $102M Laundering Ring
Also: $7 Million Saga and $5 Million Makina Finance Exploits. This week, South Korea dismantled a million money laundering ring, Saga paused SagaEVM after a $7 million exploit, Makina Finance lost $5 million, a Utah man sentenced to three years for fraud and illegal cash conversion and a software flaw let traders win Ethereum transaction…
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Cryptohack Roundup: South Korea Busts $102M Laundering Ring
Also: $7 Million Saga and $5 Million Makina Finance Exploits. This week, South Korea dismantled a million money laundering ring, Saga paused SagaEVM after a $7 million exploit, Makina Finance lost $5 million, a Utah man sentenced to three years for fraud and illegal cash conversion and a software flaw let traders win Ethereum transaction…
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New AI-Powered Android Malware Automatically Clicks Ads on Infected Devices
A sophisticated new Android malware family dubbed >>Android.Phantom<>phantom<>signaling<< controlled from the hxxps://dllpgd[.]click command server. The ML model downloads from hxxps://app-download[.]cn-wlcb[.]ufileos[.]com and analyzes screenshots of virtual screens to identify and automatically click ad […] The post New AI-Powered Android Malware Automatically Clicks Ads on Infected Devices appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform. First…
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Enterprise-Grade Identity Verification for AI-Enhanced Workflows
Enterprise-grade identity verification is critical for AI-driven businesses to prevent fraud, ensure compliance, and secure digital identities across onboarding, access control, and automated workflows. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/enterprise-grade-identity-verification-for-ai-enhanced-workflows/
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Report Fraud Promises to Streamline Fight Against Economic Crime
City of London Police has launched the UK’s national Report Fraud service First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/report-fraud-fight-against/
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KI-Betrug – Wissenschaft und Industrie gegen die Deepfake-Gefahr
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ki-betrug-deepfakes-wissenschaft-industrie-a-acfb8686d36bfe7f00aff6ba336b600e/
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NDSS 2025 Studying the Defensive Registration Practices of the Fortune 500
Session 9C: Phishing & Fraud 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Boladji Vinny Adjibi (Georgia Tech), Athanasios Avgetidis (Georgia Tech), Manos Antonakakis (Georgia Tech), Michael Bailey (Georgia Tech), Fabian Monrose (Georgia Tech) PAPER The Guardians of Name Street: Studying the Defensive Registration Practices of the Fortune 500 Using orthographic, phonetic, and semantic models, we study the…
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Face-Swapping Tools Pose Elevated ‘Know Your Customer’ Risks
Easy-to-Use Deepfake Services for Criminals Rapidly Improving, Researchers Warn. Financial firms’ fraud and risk teams must bolster know-your-customer checks in the face of increasingly effective and affordable deepfake technology and services that can generate synthetic identities, convincing face-swaps and defeat live biometric checks to bypass defenses, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Facebook tech support scams on the rise: How cybercriminals are turning your feed into a trap
<div cla Facebook may feel like a safe place to connect, but scammers are increasingly using its ads, posts, and messages to deceive users. Here’s how cybercriminals are turning your feed into a gateway for fraud and what you can do to stay protected. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/facebook-tech-support-scams-on-the-rise-how-cybercriminals-are-turning-your-feed-into-a-trap/
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$12B Scam Market Tudou Guarantee Shuts Down
Telegram-Based Marketplace Closes After Prince Group Founder’s Arrest. Telegram marketplace Tudou Guarantee, which processed over $12 billion in fraud transactions, has ceased operations following the arrest of Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi, who was extradited to China in January. Elliptic said it was the third-largest illicit marketplace of all time. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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$12B Scam Market Tudou Guarantee Shuts Down
Telegram-Based Marketplace Closes After Prince Group Founder’s Arrest. Telegram marketplace Tudou Guarantee, which processed over $12 billion in fraud transactions, has ceased operations following the arrest of Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi, who was extradited to China in January. Elliptic said it was the third-largest illicit marketplace of all time. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Fraud Tops Ransomware in WEF’s 2026 Cybersecurity Outlook
Findings From WEF’s 2026 Report Show Shifting Cyber Priorities as AI Reshapes Risk. Cyber-enabled fraud has overtaken ransomware as the top cybersecurity concern for CEOs heading into 2026, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, released ahead of the Davos meeting. AI is a top emerging technology affecting both cyber risk and…
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Fraud Tops Ransomware in WEF’s 2026 Cybersecurity Outlook
Findings From WEF’s 2026 Report Show Shifting Cyber Priorities as AI Reshapes Risk. Cyber-enabled fraud has overtaken ransomware as the top cybersecurity concern for CEOs heading into 2026, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, released ahead of the Davos meeting. AI is a top emerging technology affecting both cyber risk and…
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Fraud Tops Ransomware in WEF’s 2026 Cybersecurity Outlook
Findings From WEF’s 2026 Report Show Shifting Cyber Priorities as AI Reshapes Risk. Cyber-enabled fraud has overtaken ransomware as the top cybersecurity concern for CEOs heading into 2026, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, released ahead of the Davos meeting. AI is a top emerging technology affecting both cyber risk and…
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UK launches landmark ‘Report Fraud’ service to tackle cybercrime and fraud
British authorities are rolling out Report Fraud, a platform intended to win back public trust over how law enforcement responds to widespread cybercrime and fraud. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-report-fraud-platform-launch-police-cybercrime
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Scam Marketplace Tudou Guarantee Shutters Telegram Ops
A notorious marketplace for fraud, Tudou Guarantee, appears to have closed its public Telegram groups First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scam-market-tudou-guarantee-shut/
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Fake-Video mit Reinhold Würth wirbt für dubiose Geldanlagen
Die Würth-Gruppe geht aktuell gegen ein Betrugs-Video vor, das Nutzer mit einer dubiosen Geldanlage ködert.Mit einem gefälschten Video des bekannten Unternehmers Reinhold Würth versuchen Betrüger derzeit, Nutzer im Internet zu dubiosen Geldanlagen zu verleiten. In dem täuschend echt wirkenden Clip lädt eine mutmaßlich mit Hilfe von Künstlicher Intelligen (KI) generierte Version des Milliardärs zu einem…
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Check Point präsentiert BrandTrends für Q4 2025
Nutzer und Unternehmen sollten gleichermaßen auf der Hut sein. Da in den heutigen cloudbasierten Umgebungen die digitale Identität zum zentralen Angriffspunkt wird, dient Phishing weiterhin als wichtiger erster Zugangspunkt für Betrug im Verbraucherbereich sowie für Sicherheitsverletzungen in Unternehmen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/check-point-praesentiert-brand-phishing-trends-fuer-q4-2025/a43394/
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Who’s on the other end? Rented accounts are stress-testing trust in gig platforms
Tags: fraudFraud has become a routine part of gig work for many earners, and the ways workers respond are creating new security problems for platforms. A recent TransUnion study of U.S. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/16/transunion-gig-worker-fraud-risks/
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Swedish welfare authority suspends ‘discriminatory’ AI model
A machine learning model used by Sweden’s social security agency to flag benefit fraud has been discontinued following investigations by media outlets and the country’s data protection watchdog First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634703/Swedish-welfare-authorities-suspend-discriminatory-AI-model
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Microsoft taps UK courts to dismantle cybercrime host RedVDS
Redmond says cheap virtual desktops powered a global wave of phishing and fraud First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/microsoft_uk_courts_redvds/
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Microsoft Legal Action Disrupts RedVDS Cybercrime Infrastructure Used for Online Fraud
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has taken a “coordinated legal action” in the U.S. and the U.K. to disrupt a cybercrime subscription service called RedVDS that has allegedly fueled millions in fraud losses.The effort, per the tech giant, is part of a broader law enforcement effort in collaboration with law enforcement authorities that has…