(Image credit: Shutterstock / Ronstik) Scammers stole $1.27m from a Hong Kong man after tricking him with AI The scheme […]
Category: Cyber Crime
FBI agent accused of stealing $1 million in crypto — and he even consulted ChatGPT on how to leave the country
. (Image credit: Shutterstock / Yevhen Vitte) A former FBI counterintelligence supervisor is accused of memorizing seed phrases from bureau […]
Cybercrime is costing the world trillions every year – new report says victims lose an average of nearly $10,000 in every hit
(Image credit: Shutterstock) New study puts average cybercrime victim losses at $9,468, making a global annual toll at just over […]
‘We’ve been behind the ball for so long’: Experts say DNA samples from crime-scene forensics can be modified and even switched using an AI tool
(Image credit: Shutterstock) Researchers discover critical vulnerability in forensic software that allows the undetectable modification of DNA samples on crime-scene […]
Experts warn 2.2 million cars could be at risk of hijacking via Bluetooth
(Image credit: Getty Images) 2.2 million vehicles are susceptible to a Bluetooth-based attack in the state of California The vulnerability […]
Fake FBI social media scams are on the rise — here’s what to look out for
Scammers are pretending to offer FBI support to victims Victims are becoming double-victims after falling for this trap FBI’s IC3 […]
US sanctions on rogue VPN accidentally break Telegram’s short links worldwide
The US Treasury sanctioned First VPN Service for aiding ransomware gangs Complying with the sanctions, the .ME registry wrongly suspended […]
First VPN administrators sanctioned by US Treasury over ransomware attacks
The US Treasury has sanctioned First VPN’s administrator for aiding ransomware attacks on American infrastructure Another suspect was targeted for […]
Baby Boomers beat Gen Z in password hygiene, but both generations still don’t stick to the best practices — and many people are still using decades-old passwords that they made as kids
(Image credit: Shutterstock) NordPass study claims older generations are more likely to change passwords than younger generations But younger users […]
81 million login attempts hit Microsoft 365 accounts as hackers try password-spraying to force entry using stolen credentials and OAuth to bypass authentication
(Image credit: Microsoft) A password-spraying attack successfully breached Microsoft 365 accounts The hackers abused improperly configured conditional access policies to […]