Coverage tagged "Scam".
Police in 21 countries arrested 1,462 suspects and took down 10,909 malicious networks in Operation Serengeti III, an INTERPOL-coordinated cybercrime sweep across Africa that ran from June 29 to…
Chrome is getting new scam protections that use Gemini to detect deceptive websites and warn users when they copy suspicious commands from ClickFix attacks.
Protections have been added against scams and social engineering, including new site warnings and server-side Gemini analysis.
A recently disclosed flaw in Signal’s calling software could allow another participant to keep hearing you after you hang up. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-113380 (CVSS score 9.3 out of 10)…
Legitimate infrastructure has become a powerful delivery mechanism for attackers, carrying the inherent trust they once had to build. As Cisco Talos explored in our previous research on weaponizing…
[AI generated] N/A I don't have verified, reliable information about a specific company operating under the name "LEGAL-RECORDS.US." This appears to be a domain name rather than a confirmed…
Google is updating Chrome’s Enhanced Protection mode to detect scam websites and warn users when a page tricks them into copying a malicious command. The company introduced Enhanced Protection for…
Google Chrome's Enhanced Protection mode makes users ten times safer from phishing, social engineering, and other attacks when compared to Standard Protection mode. Buil…
A 49-year-old bricklayer sold his belongings before traveling 2,000 km by bus from his home in Brazil to meet “Jéssica,” an online influencer he had fallen for. Yet despite having a social media…
You can trust a social media platform and still get scammed by an ad running on it
Mastercard has announced Stablecoin Security, a new risk intelligence solution, with Borderless.xyz and Keyrails as initial partners. As stablecoins play a growing role in cross-border and…
A large-scale scam operation impersonating Microsoft uses a malicious traffic distribution system (TDS) run by a Russian organization and abuses thousands of Cloudflare links.
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This week on the Lock and Code podcast… At just 17 years old, Jordan DeMay was murdered by strangers online. That’s how Jordan’s father, John DeMay, described what happened to his son four years ago…
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Eiliko robot companion exposes private chats and can be hijacked “Spray and pray” job applications could make it harder for you to spot a scam OpenAI sued over…
An AI-generated image showing Jennifer Baing with a group of people holding cash standing behind another pile of cash. Jennifer Baing says AI-generated images of her have been used by scammers to…
There must have been red faces in the social media department of Ireland's police headquarters after two of its accounts were hijacked this week.
The Verge reports that Eiliko, a small AI robot companion made by Energize Lab, has serious security flaws that expose private conversations and let an attacker remotely change what the toy says…
Burger King Japan disclosed a breach exposing 11.18 million app users’ personal data after attackers accessed its membership system in early October. Burger King Japan has disclosed a data breach…
AI can help you send more job applications. But when you lose track of where you’ve applied, a fake recruiter’s message can start to look like the reply you’ve been waiting for. Job hunting can feel…
