3 crypto attacks in 24 hours – From fake apps to a $14.2M SOL theft

How a deepfake of Marco Rubio exposed the alarming ease of AI voice scams

With just 15 seconds of audio, hackers can now launch convincing deepfake scams—targeting CEOs, employees, and even world leaders.

Fact check: Scam texts link to fake Freedom Mobile websites

Scammers are attempting to steal your financial information through fake texts, phone calls and websites impersonating Freedom Mobile.

Google and the FBI Target Massive Botnet That Quietly Used Home Devices to Mask Cybercrime

Millions of low-cost, off-brand Android devices were hijacked to help criminals hide online.

SecondFi’s Cardano Exploit Drained Wallets Without a Single User Signing Anything

A deterministic nonce flaw in SecondFi's wallet software let attackers reconstruct private keys from public blockchain data, draining 2.4 million in ADA from 374 wallets without victims ever approving a transaction. EMURGO says it rescued a further 19 million before attackers could reach it and aims to begin refunds within two weeks.

Your Aadhaar, their crime: How SIM retailers fuelled cyber fraud

Your Aadhaar, their crime: How SIM retailers fuelled cyber fraud

Malware scam leaves Singapore’s Android users out of pocket

Malware scam leaves Singapore’s Android users out of pocket

India’s Tata Electronics hit by cyber breach claiming to expose Apple, Tesla trade secrets

The breach highlights the vulnerability of global businesses to increasingly sophisticated cyber and ransom attacks

Scattered Spider Suspect Extradited to US Over $8M Crypto Ransom Demand

The teenager allegedly helped to breach a luxury jeweler and demand 8 million in crypto, as part of a crew tied to 100 million in ransoms.

भारतमा अन्त्य हुँदै पासवर्ड र ओटिपीको युग

काठमाडौं । भारतमा अनलाइन भुक्तानीमा देखिने ओटीपी (वन टाइम पासवर्ड) आधारित ठगी र साइबर अपराध घटाउने उद्देश्यले डिजिटल भुक्तानी कम्पनी भिसाले नयाँ ‘भिसा पेमेन्ट पासकी’ प्रणाली सुरु गरेको छ। यो नयाँ प्रणालीमार्फत अब कार्डबाट हुने अनलाइन भुक्तानीमा ओटीपी वा पासवर्डको सट्टा प्रयोगकर्ताले आफ्नो मोबाइलको बायोमेट्रिक सुरक्षा—जस्तै फिंगरप्रिन्ट वा फेस रेकग्निसन—प्रयोग गरेर भुक्तानी अनुमोदन गर्न सक्नेछन्। []

LARS GUMEDE | SA must take cybersecurity seriously

Eskom says it has more than 1-billion cyberattacks a month and deepfake scams are up 1,200 in two years, writes Lars Gumede

SCMBANKER Malware Uses ClickFix Lures to Target Mexican Banking Users

A new banking fraudulent operation is targeting customers of Mexican banks, fintech, payment processors, and cryptocurrency exchanges using ClickFix lures. The activity cluster, tracked by Elastic Security Labs under the moniker REF6045, involves infecting victims through fake CAPTCHA verification pages that deceive them into running a malicious command that installs a PowerShell toolkit dubbed

Seeking Stamina Boosters, Thousands Fall Into Cyber Extortion Trap

Operating through sophisticated call centers, the gang exploited personal vulnerabilities by selling fake stamina-enhancing medicines online and then extorted the buyers by posing as law enforcement...

Fraud against foreigners quadruples in 2 years, with K-pop scams rising

Fraud against foreigners quadruples in 2 years, with K-pop scams rising

ERC8009: What Would Have Stopped the Bybit Hack

1.5 billion. One transaction. The largest crypto theft in history.Continue reading on Medium »

Technology can stop hackers, but not customers surrendering their PINs – BoG Fintech Head

The Head of Fintech and Innovation at the Bank of Ghana, Elhanan Owureku Asare, says technology alone cannot stop digital fraud if customers are tricked into giving away their passwords and PINs.

What is ATM jackpotting? How malware helped thieves steal $529,000 from cash machines

The alleged thefts took place over a 10-day period in August 2025, when the group targeted at least nine ATMs located at Interstate 95 rest stops and other locations across the state

iPhone Users: Be Aware of This New ‘Apple High Alert’ Scam

The scam is designed to make you act quickly—and turn over sensitive information to bad actors. Don’t fall for it.

How an AI-Fueled Government Scam Kept a Man in Fear for 10 Weeks

A fake arrest warrant. Forged government documents. Daily video calls with impostors. Here's how an AI-fueled scam unraveled one man's retirement and cost him a quarter of a million dollars.

Jenayah scam cecah RM430 juta dalam tiga bulan pertama

KUALA LUMPUR: Kerugian akibat jenayah penipuan dalam talian (scam) terus mencatatkan peningkatan membimbangkan apabila mencecah RM430 juta dalam tempoh tiga bulan pertama 2026, sekali gus menunjukkan ancaman itu masih berterusan pada tahap tinggi. Berdasarkan data kerajaan, trend kerugian scam menunjukkan peningkatan ketara apabila merekodkan RM1.57 bilion pada 2024 melibatkan 35,368 kes, sebelum melonjak kepada RM2.97 ... Read more The post Jenayah scam cecah RM430 juta dalam tiga bulan pertama appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk

How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk

Cardano wallet exploit: SecondFi traces attack to private key flaw, warns users not to restore seed phrases

The Cardano wallet provider says the exploit stemmed from a signing flaw that exposed private keys and has identified two attacker groups behind the attacks.

Chris Christie Compares Trump’s $1.4 Billion Crypto Haul to Putin-Style Corruption

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty ImagesRepublican heavy-hitter Chris Christie has compared Donald Trump’s staggering personal profits from cryptocurrency to the kind of self-enrichment associated with Vladimir Putin.Trump’s annual financial disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, showed the president made over 1.4 billion from crypto ventures in 2025 alone. The 927-page document revealed that Trump pocketed more than 500 million from World Liberty Financial, the crypto company he founded with sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump that sells “governance tokens,” and another 635 million from his TRUMP meme coin, launched three days before his inauguration. The disclosure also showed over 80 million from legal settlements with media companies, 4.7 million from Trump-branded watches, and seven-figure profits from Bibles, sneakers, and other merchandise.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Japanese Telecom Giant Says Breach May Expose 14.2 Million Email Accounts

KDDI says a breach may have exposed email addresses and passwords for up to 14.2 million ISP accounts across six providers. The post Japanese Telecom Giant Says Breach May Expose 14.2 Million Email Accounts appeared first on TechRepublic.

Hackers Steal Funds From Polymarket Users, Potentially Millions

We're contacting impacted users refunding them in full.

Your bank data are being stolen because regulators won’t let banks protect it

Owing largely to heavy-handed federal rules, identity thieves have had a field day targeting banking consumers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s very-much-in-flux Section 1033 “open banking” rule was promoted by the Biden administration as a modernization of the financial system, but in reality, made everyone’s data less secure. The rule compelled banks to give third-party []

AG: Mass. to receive $730,000 from Cash App in alleged deception settlement

The company that owns Cash App allegedly not only failed to protect users from fraud but enabled it through promotions. The post AG: Mass. to receive 730,000 from Cash App in alleged deception settlement appeared first on Boston.com.

Cash, Gold & Arrests: Inside Iraq's Anti-Corruption Crackdown

Cash, gold and high-profile arrests are at the center of one of Iraq's biggest anti-corruption crackdowns in years. Iraqi authorities say they have recovered more than $106 million in embezzled cash, with some of it allegedly found buried in stables and hidden inside the ceilings of homes belonging to senior officials. #iraq #iraqanticorruption #anticorruption #gold

How to spot a get-rich-quick scam - Diana Clement

How to spot a get-rich-quick scam - Diana Clement

Democrats are railing against Trump’s $1.4 billion in crypto income. Will his financial disclosure derail a key crypto bill in Congress?

President Donald Trump’s financial disclosure came at a bad time for the crypto industry—depending on who you ask. Last week, documents revealed that crypto business entities associated with Trump and his family raked in 1.4 billion in income in 2025, pushing Democrats in Congress to respond with alarm. In a post on social media, Sen. []

Hackers hijacked Brazil’s emergency alert system and sent ‘misanthropy’ to millions of phones

Hackers breached Brazil’s national civil defense alert system overnight, sending fake “Extreme Alert” notifications containing the word “misantropi4” to millions of mobile phones across at least seven states. The Civil Defense Alert platform was taken offline at 1:30 am on Saturday after the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development confirmed the intrusion. The Federal Police [] This story continues at The Next Web

18-year-old man arrested over 2025 cyberattack on internet cafe operator

The man allegedly sent over 7.24 million fraudulent commands in the three days from Jan. 18 last year in an attempt to obtain membership information.

Secret Service helping crack down on EBT card skimming scam targeting New Yorkers

Secret Service helping crack down on EBT card skimming scam targeting New Yorkers

Cyberattack on Hong Kong’s Shun Hing Group affects data of 1 million people

A cyberattack on leading Hong Kong appliance distributor Shun Hing Group has compromised the personal information of more than 1 million people, according to the city’s privacy watchdog. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Thursday that it had launched an investigation into the incident after receiving a data breach report from Shun Hing Group on March 23. The latest information provided by the company suggested that the personal data of as many as 1.05 million...

Polymarket: Hackers stole users funds

Hackers gained access to Polymarket funds via a third party vendor, moving potentially millions out of user accounts.

Mail Fraud

Mail Fraud

Revealed: How much Trump made from crypto last year

Revealed: How much Trump made from crypto last year

Suckers And Bribes

A lot of these were suckers, but this was also a bribery tool. Nearly 1 million people who bought President Trump’s memecoin have lost money through the end of June, according to a report by the cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. Their losses total 3.81 billion. The analytics firm’s assessment was calculated this week after Mr. Trump signed an annual financial disclosure showing that he walked away with a 636 million payout on the same crypto bet, part of a haul of at least 2.2 billion from all of his business ventures in 2025. The clearest bits of the consitution are suddenly confusing.

Combatem frauda prin tehnologie și inovație

Într-o lume în care fraudele financiare devin tot mai sofisticate, iar escrocii folosesc inclusiv inteligența artificială pentru a [] The post Combatem frauda prin tehnologie și inovație appeared first on Moldova.org.

This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it

I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans.