pig butchering

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...

At the RSA Conference last month, Netcraft introduced a generative AI-powered platform designed to interact with cybercriminals to gain insights into the operations of the conversational scams they’re running and disrupt their ...

Scammers impersonating Microsoft, Publishers Clearing House, Amazon and Apple are at the top of the FTC’s “who’s who” list. Based on consumer reports and complaints to the agency, hundreds of millions of ...

A quarter of Valentine’s Day-themed spam emails intercepted by Bitdefender's filters were identified as scams aimed at defrauding recipients ...

One of my techniques for keeping current on Cybercrime trends is having an "interesting" collection of international news ticklers. This story came to me via X:CyberScamMonitor via a QQ account called "onCambodia." ...

Ever since people started exchanging goods and services, there has been a risk of one party scamming the other. And there has always been a risk of a third party scamming both ...

Discover the latest fraud schemes and learn best practices to protect your business and customers from evolving threats. The post Fraud schemes explained: Proxy Phantom, Pig Butchering, and Crypto Cashout appeared first ...

Discover insights from TrustCon 2023, including generative AI's role in fraud prevention and content moderation. The post Top takeaways from TrustCon 2023 appeared first on Sift Blog ...

Many people look for love or companionship online, and Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity for digital crooks to take advantage of vulnerable lonely hearts. A report from Bitdefender found Valentine’s Day-themed ...

Not too long ago, many of us thought that cybersecurity was something for corporations to worry about. Perhaps we thought, […] ...