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Fake scandal clips on Facebook bait victims into investment scams

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Fake scandal clips on Facebook bait victims into investment scams 2026-03-16 at 07:40 By Sinisa Markovic Bitdefender researchers uncovered hundreds of scam campaigns promoted through Facebook ads that use fake news stories, celebrity impersonation, and redirect chains to funnel victims into investment fraud schemes. The activity ran through 310 malvertising campaigns distributed on Meta platforms […]

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Authorities dismantle SocksEscort proxy network behind millions in fraud

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Authorities dismantle SocksEscort proxy network behind millions in fraud 2026-03-13 at 12:22 By Sinisa Markovic SocksEscort, a residential proxy network used to exploit thousands of compromised home routers worldwide and facilitate large-scale fraud that cost victims millions of dollars, has been disrupted in an international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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€1 million online fraud scheme uncovered, three suspects arrested

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€1 million online fraud scheme uncovered, three suspects arrested 2026-03-12 at 17:37 By Sinisa Markovic A criminal group suspected of running an online fraud scheme in Germany, which defrauded victims of around €1 million, has been dismantled through judicial cooperation coordinated by Eurojust. On 10 March, German and French authorities arrested three suspects in a

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As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk

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As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk 2026-03-05 at 08:17 By Zeljka Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Donald Kossmann, CTO at fintech company Chargebacks911, talks about the emerging security, fraud, and governance risks of “agentic commerce,” where AI agents can autonomously make purchasing decisions on behalf of users or

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Telegram rises to top spot in job scam activity

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Telegram rises to top spot in job scam activity 2026-02-26 at 19:37 By Sinisa Markovic Encrypted messaging platforms are becoming a primary channel for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, with Telegram representing a growing share of reported cases, according to the Revolut report. APP scam origination by % social media platform (Source: Revolut) The platform

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Fraudsters integrate ChatGPT into global scam campaigns

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Fraudsters integrate ChatGPT into global scam campaigns 2026-02-26 at 19:37 By Anamarija Pogorelec 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 report details how ChatGPT and related API access were used in romance scams, fake legal

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Auto finance fraud is costing dealers up to $20,000 per incident

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Auto finance fraud is costing dealers up to $20,000 per incident 2026-02-04 at 07:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Auto retailers see fraud as a regular part of selling and financing vehicles, something that shows up often enough to plan around, according to Experian. Income and identity fraud lead the list Most fraud problems start with the

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Desperate Perth Renters Targeted by Rising Australian Housing Scam

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Desperate Perth Renters Targeted by Rising Australian Housing Scam 2026-02-02 at 15:39 By Ashish Khaitan For many residents in Perth, finding a rental has become a high-stakes challenge. As demand for housing surges, a troubling trend has just been revealed. An Australian housing scam preying on renters who are willing to stretch every dollar to secure a

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Monnai Raises $12 Million for Identity and Risk Data Infrastructure

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Monnai Raises $12 Million for Identity and Risk Data Infrastructure 2026-01-16 at 17:05 By Ionut Arghire The company will use the investment to accelerate the adoption of its solution among financial institutions and digital businesses. The post Monnai Raises $12 Million for Identity and Risk Data Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Who’s on the other end? Rented accounts are stress-testing trust in gig platforms

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Who’s on the other end? Rented accounts are stress-testing trust in gig platforms 2026-01-16 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Fraud has become a routine part of gig work for many earners, and the ways workers respond are creating new security problems for platforms. A recent TransUnion study of U.S. gig workers shows broad exposure to

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Identity risk is changing faster than most security teams expect

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Identity risk is changing faster than most security teams expect 2025-12-19 at 07:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security leaders are starting to see a shift in digital identity risk. Fraud activity is becoming coordinated, automated, and self-improving. Synthetic personas, credential replay, and high speed onboarding attempts now operate through shared infrastructures that behave less like scattered

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Hacker Conversations: Alex Hall, One-time Fraudster

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Hacker Conversations: Alex Hall, One-time Fraudster 2025-12-17 at 15:05 By Kevin Townsend A first-person journey from undetected fraud to defending trust—how life events, neurodiversity, and hard-won insight shaped a former fraudster into a fraud fighter. The post Hacker Conversations: Alex Hall, One-time Fraudster appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Verisoul Raises $8.8 Million for Fraud Prevention

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Verisoul Raises $8.8 Million for Fraud Prevention 2025-12-16 at 16:22 By Ionut Arghire The company plans to accelerate product development, scale go-to-market efforts, and hire new talent. The post Verisoul Raises $8.8 Million for Fraud Prevention appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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The collapse of trust at the identity layer

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The collapse of trust at the identity layer 2025-12-02 at 07:49 By Anamarija Pogorelec Identity verification has become the latest front in the fight against industrialized fraud, according to a new report from Regula. The shift is visible across sectors that once relied on predictable verification routines. Criminals have learned to target the identity step

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Criminal networks industrialize payment fraud operations

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Criminal networks industrialize payment fraud operations 2025-11-27 at 07:55 By Anamarija Pogorelec Fraud operations are expanding faster than payment defenses can adjust. Criminal groups function like coordinated businesses that develop tools, automate tasks, and scale attacks. New data from a Visa report shows how these shifts are reshaping risk across the financial sector. Fraud now

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Research shows identity document checks are missing key signals

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Research shows identity document checks are missing key signals 2025-11-21 at 10:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec Most CISOs spend their time thinking about account takeover and phishing, but identity document fraud is becoming a tougher challenge. A new systematic review shows how attackers are pushing past old defenses and how detection models are struggling to keep

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The long conversations that reveal how scammers work

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The long conversations that reveal how scammers work 2025-11-19 at 09:08 By Sinisa Markovic 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 patient work of talking to scammers at scale, and

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Five men admit helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US companies

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Five men admit helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US companies 2025-11-17 at 14:59 By Zeljka Zorz US federal prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from five men who helped North Korean IT workers get hired by companies in the United States. This group of domestic facilitators helped a sanctioned government move money, slip past hiring

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