Coverage tagged "Scam".
[AI generated] N/A I don't have verified, reliable information about a company operating at "megastarfinancial.com." Rather than speculate about a financial services entity's operations, country of…
German police led a multinational probe that exposed an alleged crime-as-a-service provider supplying fraudulent trading platforms to investment scammers.
Authorities arrested seven people allegedly involved in an investment fraud scheme that claimed potential victims in more than 50 countries, Europol said Tuesday. Officials said the operation caused…
European law enforcement authorities arrested seven suspects and seized more than 100 servers in a joint action targeting an unnamed company suspected of providing fraudulent trading websites to…
An international operation involving authorities in Albania, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Kosovo* and North Macedonia, supported by Europol and Eurojust, has struck at the infrastructure of an…
A $30 AI toy dog led Mastercard to 250+ scam sites. See how small charges and ransomware payouts follow the same money trail, and how to cut it off.
Recently, our team exposed sophisticated scam kits designed to steal sensitive data and trick consumers. But underground marketplaces are not just for malware and stolen passwords. They also offer…
Applebee’s has fixed a security flaw that exposed customers’ personal information after a researcher discovered a database password embedded in the restaurant chain’s Android app. The researcher…
North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the FBI has confirmed. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing information advising the…
A recent law enforcement operation to dismantle harmful scam centers was a big success. A threat intelligence expert walks us through what happened and why he wants more of the same.
Binance links a $6.3 billion crypto theft to a compromised DevOps laptop, with North Korean hackers blamed by blockchain analysts. Binance was investigating suspicious transfers that early estimates…
One retail scam used more than 1,200 look-alike .shop domains sharing a single IP address. The sites reused HTML, JavaScript and payment-page designs intended to harvest card numbers, expiry dates…
Binance probes suspicious crypto transfers worth up to $5.8 billion as Tether and Circle freeze $1.79 billion in stablecoins linked to the activity. Binance is investigating a potential security…
Watch the 2026 Consumer Impact Report webinar by the Identity Theft Resource Center below. Highlights from the report include: Across 14 core financial, physical and emotional impact indicators…
Akamai research reveals that scam detections topped six million in Q2 2026
ENGIE says attackers accessed French customers’ contact and energy contract data through a partner sales tool. Banking data was not affected. French multinational energy company ENGIE warned…
Scams and identity theft hurt people in different ways, and recovering involves much more than getting money back, according to ITRC’s 2026 Consumer Impact Report. Scam victims often struggle with…
Executive Summary Since the spring of 2026, Insikt Group has observed multiple Russian-language traffer teams that have quickly adapted affiliate-fraud models to capitalize on growing public interest…
Prosecutors announced charges against six alleged scammers based out of Africa who targeted Americans with fake non-fungible token (NFT) investment scams by posing as women on dating websites…
DOJ action against five foreign nationals — plus a sting in Madagascar — highlight the expanding global reach of the scam center industry.
