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Amid rising online scams, Google's charitable arm has announced multi-million dollar funding to fight scams in the APAC region.
Users need to be aware of an unofficial Windows reinstallation app that does not let the victims use their PC unless they pay.
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Generative AI is powerful, but it's also being misused for scams and misinformation. The FBI has issued a PSA warning about deepfake audio impersonating government officials.
Microsoft has published a detailed guidance on ways to deal with modern AI-powered scams that are really difficult to detect.
The search giant suspended millions of ad accounts and took action against billions of bad advertisements before they were served to users.
Meta has highlighted the various tools it offers on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp that can help users avoid romance scams.
Which? has warned that it's relatively easy to get ChatGPT and Bard to craft text for scam emails and text messages. Its warning comes just days before the UK is set to host a summit on AI safety.
A customer ordered a new laptop from Amazon UK recently but was extremely surprised by how lightweight it was when they received the package. Turns out it had Weetabix inside it instead.
Mastercard has developed a new AI tool called Consumer Fraud Risk which helps banks to stop people from sending money to scammers. It could help prevent the loss of £100 million every year.
A new report from McAfee highlights the dangers of AI-generated voice fakes that are being used by malicious actors to scam money out of people. People are encouraged to use codewords with contacts.
Ofcom is introducing new rules that will force phone companies to do more to block spoofed calls. The rules will start being enforced from May 2023 after companies implement measures.
The Ethereum Merge that took place in September led to scams rising significantly, according to Chainalysis. The countries most affected by the scams were the United States and India.
The robocall blocking firm, YouMail, said that Americans received a whopping 50.5 billion robocalls in 2021. This figure was down from 2019 but up from 2020. 42% of the calls were scam calls.
New data from Chainalysis shows that illicit cryptocurrency funds reached an all-time high in 2021, totalling $14 billion. Scams were the largest source of these illicit funds followed by theft.
As customers shop online, gift card scams have gone up substantially. Scammers are even using WebCrawler bots to extract money, which means people might be gifting cards with zero balance
As the number of scams continues to rise, Google has announced a partnership with the Cybercrime Support Network to create a website that offers examples and tips on how to identify them.
The California based firm said in the lawsuit that the ads run by the company baited its users. Moreover, Google, Shopify, WordPress have also been targeted through "cloaking", the lawsuit alleges.
Microsoft has released the results of a new survey that showed Millennials are most likely to have fallen victim to a tech support scam despite 75% claiming to be advanced experts with technology.
The FTC and the state of Florida have shut down bogus tech support companies involved in scamming $120 million USD from unknowing consumers.
We all know 'em, and we all hate 'em: viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, and malware of any kind. From their origins in science fiction to Flame, Trivia Tuesday delves into your security nightmares.
A recent Microsoft survey reveals that scammers are turning to traditional telephone landlines for baiting their victims to hand over money, instead of relying solely on phishing emails or fake advertisements on websites. The survey...
Customers of the Fifth Third Bank in America were the most at risk from phishing attacks in August, according to figures from antivirus firm McAfee. The top two institutions targeted in August accounted for a...
The Nigerian government and Microsoft signed an agreement Friday calling for the software giant to help law enforcement break up crime rings that use the Internet for fraud and theft. It's the first-ever agreement Microsoft...
Computer users are being urged to be on guard for a bogus e-mail that pretends to offer news updates about Hurricane Katrina as a means to infect their PCs. The malicious e-mail gives a brief...
PC World has published a list of the top five online scams affecting Americans. Research firm Gartner believes nearly 10 million were hit online by fraudsters in the past year. There's nothing hugely surprising in...
Microsoft on Thursday is holding a summit with members of the E-Mail Service Provider Coalition to address the use of Sender ID technology as a standard to fight spam and phishing. The...
The Web sites look real and the information sought seems justified. But it's really the latest form of e-mail scam, called "brand spoofing," "carding" or "Phishing." The official-looking messages tell recipients that,...
Internet scams, including bogus auctions and deceptive Web and computer services, joined identity theft among the top consumer fraud complaints received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2001, the U.S. agency said Wednesday. ...
