How to spot and stop AI phishing scams

AI phishing scams now use voice cloning and deepfake technology to trick victims, but Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson reveals ...

Scam texts net over $1 billion for cyber gangs - how to avoid their traps

Aided by US-based mules, these Chinese cybercrooks pester you with annoying scam texts - and cash in big time. Here's how the scam works, and what you can do.

Experts are warning about an increase in scams using AI. Here's how to protect yourself.

It can start with a phone call that sounds like a loved one, or maybe it's an email that looks like it's from your bank.

Please explain: Why do people fall for implausible scams?

We tend to assume scam victims simply "believed the unbelievable." However, my research published in Social Epistemology ...
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AI-aided malvertising: Exploiting a chatbot to spread scams

Cybercriminals have tricked X’s AI chatbot into promoting phishing scams in a technique that has been nicknamed “Grokking”. Here’s what to know about it.
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Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown—using Musk's Starlink

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of ...

Americans over 60 are a favorite target for imposter scammers — here's what you need to know to guard against 6 common types of imposter fraud

Anyone can fall victim to fraud but the elderly may be particularly vulnerable. In 2024, Americans aged 60-plus reported the ...

Crypto scammers hijack Dota 2 YouTube account to promote Solana meme coin

Scammers took over Dota 2’s YouTube account to push a fraudulent meme coin called dota2coin, which crashed just hours after ...
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Dota 2 YouTube channel compromised in scam promoting fake Solana token

Hackers briefly hijacked Dota 2’s official YouTube channel to promote a fake Solana meme coin called dota2coin in a ...