BBreaking News Read More Visa to buy Israeli cyber firm for $2.4 billion to fight AI-driven scamsAugust 3, 2026 Credit-card giant Visa Inc. has agreed to buy Israeli online fraud and financial crime detection provider BioCatch for…
TTop stories Read More CA Inflation relief deadline: What happens if you don’t cash in your unclaimed funds by ThursdayApril 30, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The clock is ticking for eligible Californians to cash in on $600 million in…
HHeadlines Read More Scammers in China Are Using AI-Generated Images to Get RefundsDecember 19, 2025 I don’t want to admit it, but I did spend a lot of money online this holiday shopping…
HHeadlines Read More Have you been getting scam calls from +44 numbers? ComReg is going to crack down on themDecember 12, 2025 We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us…
HHeadlines Read More Businesses using ‘branded identifiers’ in SMS messages now need to register themDecember 1, 2025 Businesses that use text messages to communicate with their customers will need to register their sender IDs under…
TTop stories Read More This Is the Platform Google Claims Is Behind a ‘Staggering’ Scam Text OperationNovember 12, 2025 Chinese cybercriminals are scamming the world. Over the last few years, these fraudsters have sent millions of scam…
HHeadlines Read More On the Myanmar-Thailand border, bombing a scam centre could barely dent the industryNovember 10, 2025 It was just after sunset on October 24 when residents of Mae Kut Sung Mai village, along Thailand’s…
HHeadlines Read More Inside the compounds of Asia’s $10 billion scam industry, where trafficked staff sleep at work and log 16-hour days texting ‘hello’ over and overNovember 8, 2025 It often starts with a text message asking if you are available on weekends, looking for a part-time…
HHeadlines Read More Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure – WIREDOctober 5, 2025 Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure WIREDLegal experts condemn Apple bowing…
HHeadlines Read More ‘Scambling’ is an online gambling scam targeting First Nations communitiesAugust 28, 2025 In a remote Northern Territory community, grandmother Gloria signed up to a brightly coloured pokie-style website, lured by…
HHeadlines Read More How to spot a scam if you see an ad for discount clothes on social media – The JournalAugust 22, 2025 How to spot a scam if you see an ad for discount clothes on social media The Journal‘Glamorous’ young…
HHeadlines Read More How One Wikipedia Editor Unraveled the ‘Single Largest Self-Promotion Operation’ in the Site’s HistoryAugust 16, 2025 “Is he super important and this is the first I’m hearing of him?” one asked. “Is it a…