Fraud

Weaponizing reality: The evolution of deepfake technology

2025-08-01 Per Henrikson

Over 6,000% Surge in VPN Demand in the UK Following the Online Safety Act

2025-07-30 Ian Fleming

Dating App Breach Exposes Images of 13,000 Women

2025-07-28 Ian Fleming

Sudden spike in searches for VPNs as porn users look to get around new ID checks

2025-07-27 Per Henrikson

The clampdown appears to have backfired as online searches for VPNs, which can disguise a user's location, spiked by more than 700 per cent on Friday morning

How to Bypass Reddit Age Verification in the UK using VPN

2025-07-27 Per Henrikson

As of July 2025, many Brits are looking for ways to bypass age verification on Reddit in the United Kingdom. The platform’s implementation of age verification is a result of the Online Safety Act enacted on July 25th.

Will UK porn age verification stop children seeing adult content?

2025-07-24 Ian Fleming

Ofcom, which estimates about 14 million people watch online pornography in the UK, says tougher age checks will make it harder for children to stumble across harmful material online, but what about VPNs?

How Meta enables deepfake financial scams — and EU AI Act isn't fixing it

2025-07-15 Ian Fleming

Meta’s automated and human moderation systems are dysfunctional, with the company prioritising ad revenue over public safety. According to an investigation, Facebook and Instagram staff were instructed to tolerate up to 32 fraud “strikes” before acting, with enforcement against scams deliberately deprioritised to avoid losing ad revenue.

How deepfake AI job applicants are stealing remote work

2025-07-11 Ian Fleming

By 2028, 1 in 4 job candidates worldwide will be fake, according to research and advisory firm Gartner.

Anti-fraud technology employed withAustralian states' digital drivers licenses may be “invalid” and easy to make

2025-07-06 Ian Fleming

Cybersecurity experts say anti-fraud technology employed with multiple states' digital drivers licenses is “invalid” and easy to make.

Airline Qantas data breach sees up to 6M customer records at risk

2025-07-02 Ian Fleming

A Qantas data breach resulting from a cybersecurity attack has put up to 6M customer records at risk of exposure, with names, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth confirmed to be included. The hack was of a contact center database operated by one of the airline’s partners.

North Korea’s BlueNoroff uses deepfakes in Zoom calls to hack crypto workers

2025-06-20 Per Henrikson

A fake Zoom extension disguised as support software delivered malware to a Web3 worker's Mac device via Telegram.

Cybercriminals Turn Data Brokers, Europol Warns

2025-06-15 Ian Fleming

Cybercriminals increasingly treat data not just as a target, but as currency. Europol’s 2025 threat assessment details how LLMs, infostealers, and encrypted platforms are fueling a global data black market.