Fraudsters integrate ChatGPT into global scam campaigns
AI models are being folded into fraud and influence operations that follow long standing tactics. A February 2026 update to OpenAI’s Disrupting Malicious Uses of Our Models …
Telegram rises to top spot in job scam activity
Encrypted messaging platforms are becoming a primary channel for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, with Telegram representing a growing share of reported cases, according …
Airline brands become launchpads for phishing, crypto fraud
Airline brands sit at the center of peak travel booking cycles, loyalty programs, and high value transactions. Criminal groups continue to register thousands of lookalike …
Scammers exploit trust in Atlassian Jira to target organizations
Threat actors have leveraged legitimate email notification feature of Atlassian Jira to deliver localized scam emails at scale. The emails From late December 2025 through late …
AI-driven scams are eroding trust in calls, messages, and meetings
In this Help Net Security video, Miguel Fornés, Governance and Compliance Manager at Surfshark, discusses how AI is changing social engineering attacks. He describes how tasks …
A fake romance turns into an Android spyware infection
ESET researchers have identified an Android spyware campaign that uses romance scam tactics to target individuals in Pakistan. The operation relies on a malicious app …
Confusion and fear send people to Reddit for cybersecurity advice
A strange charge appears on a bank account. An email claims a package is on the way. A social media account stops accepting a password that worked yesterday. When these …
LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal
In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He …
LLMs are automating the human part of romance scams
Romance scams succeed because they feel human. New research shows that feeling no longer requires a person on the other side of the chat. The three stages of a romance-baiting …
European police busts Ukraine scam call centers
Law enforcement agencies from several European countries have arrested twelve persons suspected of being involved in scamming victims across Europe, Eurojust announced today. …
Convenience culture is breaking personal security
AI is changing how scams are built, shared, and trusted. A new global survey from Bitdefender shows how far the problem has spread. AI is helping scams evolve faster than …
The long conversations that reveal how scammers work
Online scammers often take weeks to build trust before making a move, which makes their work hard to study. A research team from UC San Diego built a system that does the …
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