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Digital welfare fraud: ALTSRUS syndicate exploits the financially vulnerable

A new report from bot defense firm Kasada has exposed the growing threat of ALTSRUS, a fraud syndicate targeting some of the most vulnerable corners of the digital economy. …

fraud
Online fraud peaks as breaches rise

Data breaches played a key role in significant financial losses faced by consumers due to fraud. In this Help Net Security video, Steve Yin, Global Head of Fraud at …

Tirreno
Tirreno: Open-source fraud prevention platform

Tirreno is an open-source fraud prevention platform designed as a universal analytics tool to monitor online platforms, web applications, SaaS products, digital communities, …

financial sector
Phishing, fraud, and the financial sector’s crisis of trust

The financial sector is under growing pressure from advanced phishing attacks and fraud, causing major financial losses and eroding customer trust. Escalation of phishing …

Yinglian Xie
Generative AI is reshaping financial fraud. Can security keep up?

In this Help Net Security interview, Yinglian Xie, CEO at DataVisor, explains how evolving fraud tactics require adaptive, AI-driven prevention strategies. With fraudsters …

fraud
Scammers cash in on tax season

AI-powered phishing emails, deepfake phone calls, and fake tax prep websites are making tax scams more convincing and costly than ever, according to McAfee. Cybercriminals are …

identity fraud
Online crime-as-a-service skyrockets with 24,000 users selling attack tools

The growth of AI-based technology has introduced new challenges, making remote identity verification systems more vulnerable to attacks, according to iProov. Innovative and …

QR code attacks
How QR code attacks work and how to protect yourself

QR codes have become an integral part of our everyday life due to their simplicity. While they’ve been around for many years, their use exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, …

Bitcoin
Two Estonians plead guilty in $577M cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme

Two Estonian nationals may spend the next 20 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars through a massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, the US Department of …

fraud
Pig butchering scams are exploding

2024 is set to be a record year for scammers who received at least US$9.9 billion in crypto revenues from their illicit activities, according to Chainalysis. This figure is …

eyes
Self-sovereign identity could transform fraud prevention, but…

The way we manage digital identity is fundamentally broken. The root of the problem lies in traditional, centralized identity models, where a single organization holds and …

fraud
Overconfident execs are making their companies vulnerable to fraud

Cyber fraud (which includes activity such as hacking, deepfakes, voice cloning and highly sophisticated phishing schemes) rose by 14% year over year, according to Trustpair. …

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