AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals
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Auckland identity theft: Kiel MacGregor sentenced for scams targeting Spark customers
“After the victim’s phone number is swapped to the offender’s SIM, they receive authentication messages from the bank,…
Weapons, spyware and scams: Anthropic report reveals worldwide AI misuse
Russia: Claude was used to build software intended to power autonomous “kamikaze” drones. The drone swarm was programmed…
Netsafe reports surge in bank impersonation scams in August
Netsafe chief online safety officer Sean Lyons said the figures suggest scammers may be changing the disguise they…
Economist Brad Olsen horrified at AI deep fake scam using his image
They asked: “I’ve just watched a Facebook reel of you promoting an investment scheme where you invite people…
AI deepfake scams ‘an emergency in the making’ as ASIC reports rise in false investment endorsements
Scammers are using impersonations of celebrities, politicians and trusted public figures to promote fake investment schemes, with the…
Hamilton woman arrested after alleged $100k online marketplace scam
The woman appeared in Hamilton District Court today, facing seven charges of using a forged document, one charge…
How to break an AI scam caller with simple commands
AI is coming for all our jobs, it seems, even those of phone scammers. What is the world…
Man who has travelled 195 countries in world calls India ‘least favourite’: Constant scammers, harassment, pollution
At 25, globetrotter Cameron Mofid became the youngest person to visit every country in the world. The California-born…
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech…
Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech…
Spark launches verified call feature to protect customers from scams
Its arrival coincides with a rise in impersonation scams, with reports of such incidents involving Spark growing by…