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21 hours agoFake Claude Website Distributes PlugX RAT
A fake Anthropic Claude website distributed a remote access trojan disguised as a legitimate application download.
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fromSecuritymagazine
1 month agoAI Security and Forensic Accounting: Protecting Financial Systems in an Automated World
AI-enhanced forensic accounting is essential for detecting financial fraud and payment manipulation in automated financial systems vulnerable to sophisticated, AI-driven attacks.
fromSecurityWeek
3 days agoMITRE Releases Fight Fraud Framework
"These incidents involve the intentional use of deceptive or illegal practices to fraudulently obtain money, assets, or information from individuals or institutions, and include actions carried out over cyber channels."
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fromSilicon Canals
2 months agoI'm a retired Boomer and I just watched my smartest friend lose everything to a scam-here are 9 ways they got to him that could get to anyone - Silicon Canals
Last month, I sat across from one of the brightest people I know as he explained how he'd lost nearly everything to a sophisticated scam. This wasn't some naive teenager or technophobe. This was my friend from university days, a retired executive who'd navigated corporate politics for decades and made shrewd investment decisions his whole life. Watching him piece together how it happened was like watching someone solve a puzzle in reverse.
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fromSecurityWeek
1 month agoTycoon 2FA Phishing Platform Dismantled in Global Takedown
Europol and Microsoft led a coordinated takedown of Tycoon 2FA, a phishing-as-a-service platform responsible for 62% of phishing attempts blocked by Microsoft and affecting 96,000 victims worldwide.
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fromSecurityWeek
1 month agoTycoon 2FA Phishing Platform Dismantled in Global Takedown
Europol and Microsoft led a coordinated takedown of Tycoon 2FA, a phishing-as-a-service platform responsible for 62% of phishing attempts blocked by Microsoft and affecting 96,000 victims worldwide.
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fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week agoChainalysis Deploys AI Agents to Counter Criminal Use of Artificial Intelligence in Crypto
Chainalysis introduces AI agents to enhance fraud detection and compliance without requiring deep technical expertise, ensuring data quality and human oversight.
fromFast Company
1 month agoScanning that QR code can leave you vulnerable. Here's how to protect yourself
QR codes are two-dimensional images with glyphs of various sizes that store not just numbers, but text. When scanned, your phone extracts the encoded information and can act on it. For example, QR codes often embed URLs, allowing you to scan, say, a parking meter to launch a webpage where you can pay online.
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fromPCWorld
1 month agoPhishing scammers weaponize ICE ragebait
The email seen by at least some customers of the Emma email platform was a phishing scam. Hackers hoped to inspire instant panic with the words, 'As part of our commitment to supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), we will be adding a Support ICE donation button to the footer of every email sent through our platform.'
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fromTheregister
1 month agoMicrosoft OAuth scams abuse redirects for malware delivery
Microsoft warns of ongoing OAuth abuse scams using phishing emails and URL redirects to deliver malware and compromise organizational devices, primarily targeting government and public-sector entities.
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fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
2 months agoGoogle Says That Scam Tactics Are Evolving Through AI Usage
AI tools dramatically enhance attackers' productivity, enabling more convincing phishing, model-extraction corporate espionage, and nation-state use for technical research and targeted campaigns.
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2 months agoHow crypto criminals stole $700 million from people - often using age-old tricks - DataBreaches.Net
As well as millions of customer names and contact details, the databases show how much money people had spent at the stores. The hacker the BBC spoke to says he purchased the spreadsheets for $300,000 (£224,000) in order to target the biggest spenders. He claims to have used the information along with details from another stolen database to scam multiple Coinbase users out of at least $1.5m (£1.1m) in crypto.
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