Fraud

India: SIM cards bought using forged IDs major security threat

2025-03-02 Per Henrikson

AI Deepfake Fraud Calls Dominate Q4 Scams, Costing Consumers Millions

2025-02-25 Ian Fleming

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

2025-02-19 Per Henrikson

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.

The recent hack of U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has the potential to be one of the biggest breaches of the year

2025-02-03 Ian Fleming

PowerSchool, which provides K-12 software to more than 18,000 schools to support some 60 million students across North America, confirmed the breach in early January.

Top 5 AI-Powered Social Engineering Attacks

2025-01-31 Per Henrikson

Social engineering has long been an effective tactic because of how it focuses on human vulnerabilities. There's no brute-force 'spray and pray' password guessing. No scouring systems for unpatched software. Instead, it simply relies on manipulating emotions such as trust, fear, and respect for authority, usually with the goal of gaining access to sensitive information or protected systems.

Surge of online gambling fraud pushing industry towards identity verification

2025-01-17 Per Henrikson

According to GamblingIQ report, TransUnion, Sumsub and GeoComply are the leading fraud prevention companies in the global gambling sector, according to a new report from Gambling IQ.

Kaspersky: AI revolutionizes phishing attacks, enables use of deepfake

2025-01-13 Per Henrikson

According to the Kaspersky report, 49% of respondents noted an increase in phishing incidents in the past year, with half anticipating more attacks as AI technology advances. The sophistication of AI-driven scams is changing the landscape of cybersecurity.