Fraud

ISO’s mDL standard can’t guarantee issue trustworthiness

2025-06-13 Per Henrikson

U.S. Department of Education to Implement New Identity Validation Processes to Combat Student Aid Fraud

2025-06-08 Ian Fleming

REAL ID Text Scam Targeting Idahoans

2025-06-05 Ian Fleming

'Likely Scam': New registry to help identify scam text messages launches

2025-06-04 Ian Fleming

A registry has been established for organisations who send text messages to their customers, such as banks, delivery services, insurance providers, to register their sender IDs.

Cybercriminals are deploying deepfake sentinels to test detection systems of businesses

2025-05-31 Ian Fleming

Experts from AU10TIX have flagged a new threat tactic known as “Repeaters” which is reshaping the way fraudsters infiltrate digital systems. Unlike traditional attacks, these aren’t designed for instant damage - instead, Repeaters quietly test the defenses of banks, crypto platforms, and other services by using slightly varied synthetic identities.

Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification

2025-05-21 Ian Fleming

Popular VR game Gorilla Tag partnered with the company k-ID to comply with age verification laws.

Deepfake voice scams target US officials in phishing surge

2025-05-18 Per Henrikson

FBI urges caution as deepfake scams spread, targeting officials and crypto executives with malicious calls and messages.

FBI warns of fake texts, deepfake calls impersonating senior U.S. officials

2025-05-15 Ian Fleming

The FB has warned of a new AI deepfake phishing campaign where attackers impersonate senior government officials using texts and voice messages to steal account access.

CNN: Watch cybersecurity expert fool a deepfake detector

2025-05-15 Ian Fleming

With AI technology creating more and more realistic deepfakes, detectors are not up to the challenge of realizing what is real and what is fake, according to an industry expert.

KnowBe4 Predicts Agentic AI Ransomware is ‘imminent on International Anti-Ransomware Day’

2025-05-12 Per Henrikson

New type of ransomware that utilises agentic AI for faster, more effective attacks anticipated to become a threat.

Hackers Allegedly Breach TikTok, Exposing Over 900,000 Usernames & Passwords

2025-04-25 Per Henrikson

A hacking collective identifying itself as R00TK1T has claimed responsibility for a massive data breach affecting TikTok, allegedly exposing the credentials of more than 900,000 users.

North Koreans use real-time deepfake tech to hide identities in job interviews

2025-04-23 Per Henrikson

North Korean IT workers have begun using real-time deepfake technology to conceal their true identities during job interviews, according to a U.S. cybersecurity firm, highlighting the increasing sophistication of their remote work schemes to raise money for the sanctioned regime.