Tag: fraud
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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…
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Microsoft shuts down RedVDS cybercrime subscription service tied to millions in fraud losses
Microsoft has announced a coordinated legal action in the United States and the United Kingdom to disrupt RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service tied to large-scale … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/15/microsoft-shuts-down-redvds-cybercrime-subscription-service/
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Microsoft, Law Enforcement Disrupt RedVDS Global Cybercrime Service
Microsoft and law enforcement agencies in Europe disrupted the operations of RedVDS, a global cybercrime service that sold cheap and disposable dedicated virtual servers to threat actors that used them to run BEC, phishing, and other fraud campaigns. The vendor now wants to shut down its payment networks and find the operators behind it. First…
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Microsoft disrupts RedVDS cybercrime platform behind $40 million in scam losses
Microsoft and law enforcement partners took down a popular cybercriminal subscription service called RedVDS that was used to enable more than $40 million in fraud losses in the United States alone. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/microsoft-redvds-cybercrime-scam
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Facebook-Betrug: Angebliche MediaMarkt-Laptops für 4 Euro zielen auf Menschen ab 45
Tags: fraud4-Euro-Laptops für Menschen ab 40? Hinter angeblichen MediaMarkt-Angeboten steckt dreister Facebook-Betrug. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/online-betrug/facebook-betrug-angebliche-mediamarkt-laptops-fuer-4-euro-zielen-auf-menschen-ab-45-325083.html
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How Cybercrime Markets Launder Breach Proceeds and What Security Teams Miss
Explore how cybercrime markets turn stolen data into laundered funds using dollar”‘pegged assets, mixers and exchanges-and why tracking BTC USDT price and stablecoin flows now matters for security, fraud and AML teams. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cybercrime-markets-stablecoins-launder-breach-proceeds/
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How Cybercrime Markets Launder Breach Proceeds and What Security Teams Miss
Explore how cybercrime markets turn stolen data into laundered funds using dollar”‘pegged assets, mixers and exchanges-and why tracking BTC USDT price and stablecoin flows now matters for security, fraud and AML teams. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cybercrime-markets-stablecoins-launder-breach-proceeds/
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Criminal Subscription Service Behind AI-Powered Cyber-Attacks Taken Out By Microsoft
RedVDS cyber-crime-as-a-service platform powering phishing, BEC attacks and other fraud has cost victims millions First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/criminal-subscription-service/
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Impersonation Fraud Drives Record $17bn in Crypto Losses
Chainalysis estimates $17bn will be lost to crypto scams in 2025 as AI takes hold First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/impersonation-fraud-record-17bn/
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Cyber Fraud Takes the Lead: What the Shift Away From Ransomware Signals for Enterprises
A new global assessment shows that cyber fraud has overtaken ransomware as the top cybersecurity concern for business leaders, driven by a sharp rise in phishing, business email compromise, and identity-based scams, according to the World Economic Forum. While ransomware continues to pose a serious risk, this shift highlights a critical change in attacker behavior.…
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Cybersecurity risk will accelerate this year, fueled in part by AI, says World Economic Forum
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, control, country, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, finance, framework, fraud, governance, healthcare, incident, infrastructure, international, middle-east, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAI is anticipated to be the most significant driver of change in cybersecurity in 2026, according to 94% of survey respondents;87% of respondents said AI-related vulnerabilities had increased in the past year. Other cyber risks that had increased were (in order) cyber-enabled fraud and phishing, supply chain disruption, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities;confidence in national cyber…
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RTX 5090 Amazon Betrug: Käufer erhalten Bauchtaschen statt Grafikkarten
RTX 5090 Amazon Betrug: Mindestens 42 Käufer bestellen eine Nvidia-Grafikkarte und erhalten stattdessen Bauchtaschen. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/online-betrug/rtx-5090-amazon-betrug-kaeufer-erhalten-bauchtaschen-statt-grafikkarten-325049.html