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Trend Micro Predicts Rise of Deepfake-Powered Malicious Digital Twins - Times of Oman

2025-03-20 Per Henrikson

Scammers using deepfake voice cloning to trick people into sending money

2025-03-20 Ian Fleming

Romance bots, deepfake digital twins, malvertising seen as rising cybersecurity concerns

2025-03-17 Per Henrikson

FT: Money Launderers Turn to Savings Accounts to Receive Fraudulent Funds

2025-03-09 Ian Fleming

Reports of savings accounts being ‘used to receive fraudulent or disputed funds’ increased by 63 per cent last year, compared to a 12 per cent increase in current accounts, according to tech firm Synectics Solutions.

India: SIM cards bought using forged IDs major security threat

2025-03-02 Per Henrikson

Security forces are facing a growing challenge in the form of mobile SIM cards procured via fake Indian identity documents, which are being extensively used by cross-border criminals, especially on India's international frontier with Bangladesh.

AI Deepfake Fraud Calls Dominate Q4 Scams, Costing Consumers Millions

2025-02-25 Ian Fleming

Hiya, the global leader in AI-powered voice intelligence, has released its Q4 2024 Global Call Threat Report, a comprehensive study Deepfake.

Potential risk to identity wallets? Chinese Cybercrime Groups Exploit Mobile Wallet Systems to Convert Stolen Card Data

2025-02-19 Per Henrikson

A sophisticated ecosystem has emerged enabling cybercriminals to convert phished payment card data into digital wallets, exploiting vulnerabilities in the mobile wallet provisioning process.

AI Deepfake Scam Steals $5.6M in Fake FTX Claims Fraud

2025-02-19 Per Henrikson

A sophisticated fraud scheme involving deepfake technology has led to the theft of at least $5.6 million from companies purchasing fake FTX liquidation claims, according to Inca Digital.

How Deepfakes Can Impact Recruitment and Hiring Processes

2025-02-18 Per Henrikson

This blog gives an overview of how deepfakes impacts hiring processes and outlines actions that companies can take to mitigate the risks.

FBI Warns of AI-Powered Phishing Scam Targeting Gmail Users

2025-02-17 Per Henrikson

The FBI has issued an alert about a sophisticated new phishing campaign targeting Gmail users that uses artificial intelligence to create convincing impersonation attacks. The scheme is part of a broader surge in AI-powered phishing attacks that have affected 96 percent of organizations in 2024.

Age verification regulations drive Interest in VPN

2025-02-09 Per Henrikson

Residents of states with age verification requirements for adult sites are turning to virtual private networks as a way around the regulations.

ByteDance’s new OmniHuman-1 AI model goes viral for its deepfake capabilities that animate photos

2025-02-06 Ian Fleming

Clips from the TikTok owner’s new OmniHuman-1 multimodal model have gone viral for their lifelike appearance and audio synchronisation.