Cyber-crime Helpdesk scammers are making house calls to make their lies feel more real 15-year-old among six arrested after Dutch cops target suspected bank fraud call center
Legal Google engineer accused of turning Year in Search secrets into Polymarket payday Feds say insider used confidential search trend data to score $1.2M in prediction market profits
Security Romance scammers turn sweet talk into £102M payday Victims losing £280K a day to fake profiles and sob stories
Cyber-crime US cybercrime losses pass $20B for first time as AI boosts online fraud Bots are now firmly in the toolbox, helping crooks scale old scams
Cyber-crime Scammers have virtual smartphones on speed dial for fraud They cleverly mimic most traits of a real phone
Databases Palantir trial plugs into UK financial watchdog's data trove US analytics firm handed access to sensitive intel, raising yet more questions about vendor lock-in
Legal ChatGPT advised exec on how to fire Subnautica founders to avoid payout, court ruling says The law is the law, no matter who tells you to break it
Public Sector There was so much fraud on COVID loans, the feds trained an anti-fraud AI on the applications Had it been around in 2020, it could have flagged tens of billions before payouts, PRAC tells Congress
Cyber-crime Conman and wannabe MI6 agent must repay £125k to romance scam victim Judge says former most-wanted fugitive Mark Acklom will likely never return to the UK
Legal Crypto-crasher Do Kwon jailed for 15 years over $40bn UST bust Judge said his fraud was on 'epic, generational scale'
Public Sector India demands smartphone makers install a government app on every handset 'Sanchar Saathi' shares data to help fight fraud and protect carrier security
Security Selling your identity to North Korean IT scammers isn't a sustainable side hustle Four US citizens tried it, and the DoJ just secured guilty pleas from all of 'em
Legal Bitcoin bandit's £5B bubble bursts as cops wrap seven-year chase Metropolitan Police lands lengthy sentence following 'complex' investigation
Security Louvre's pathetic passwords belong in a museum, just not that one PLUS: CISA layoffs continue; Lawmakers criticize camera security; China to execute scammers; And more
Public Sector Machine learning saves £4.4M in UK.gov work and pensions fraud detection Poor data standards across government hamper scaling, says Parliament spending watchdog
Networks As real life banks close, network operator starts a Scam School to stop Granny getting mugged online Broadband biz teams up with Good Things Foundation to teach the digitally doddery how to dodge fraud
Cybersecurity Month CISA program gave out $20k+ payments to unqualified employees, auditor says The OIG says the Cyber Incentive program was rife with 'fraud, waste, and abuse'
Public Sector Uncle Sam throws AI 'chili cook-off' to spice up healthcare fraud detection No stew on the stove, but plenty of heat as devs compete to flag suspect Medicare data
Security P2P payment service Zelle sued for enabling payment fraud hell PLUS: Kryptos solution up for auction; Canadian parliament springs a leak; Fake crypto lawyers; And more
Security Lethal Cambodia-Thailand border clash linked to cyber-scam slave camps Infosec issues spill into the real world and regional politics
Legal Florida Man earns five-year sentence for $100 million telco fraud Q Link claimed subsidies for ineligible customers
Cyber-crime Laptop farmer behind $17M North Korean IT worker scam locked up for 8.5 years Plus she has to cough up a slice of Pyongyang’s payday
Bootnotes Composer for worst Tomb Raider games jailed over COVID-19 loan fraud Peter Connelly inflated turnover and claimed second payment when only entitled to one
Cyber-crime You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem – here's how to stop it Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another
Cyber-crime Netflix, Apple, BofA websites hijacked with fake help-desk numbers Don’t trust mystery digits popping up in your search bar
Cyber-crime Texas warns 300,000 crash reports siphoned via compromised user account Lone Star State drivers with accident records need to be careful about fraud
Security Trump guts digital ID rules, claims they help 'illegal aliens' commit fraud Also axes secure software mandates - optional is the new secure, apparently
AI + ML Palantir's Trump bonanza continues with Fannie Mae contract to fight fraud Yet more juicy data for the all-seeing eye
Security Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI They're smishing, they're vishing
On-Prem Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25% Surely Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has nothing to do with it
Cyber-crime Maryland man pleads guilty to outsourcing US govt work to North Korean dev in China Feds say $970K scheme defrauded 13+ companies
Personal Tech Google's email spoofed by cunning phisherfolk who re-used DKIM creds PLUS: Malware developers adopt Node.js; US disinformation warriors disbanded; Gig worker accounts for sale; and more
AI + ML Meta accused of Llama 4 bait-and-switch to juice AI benchmark rank Did Facebook giant rizz up LLM to win over human voters? It appears so
Security Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year
Security India's banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can use has potential to make life harder for fraudsters
Cyber-crime AI chatbot startup founder, lawyer wife accused of ripping off investors in $60M fraud GameOn? It's looking more like game over for that biz
Offbeat Pastor's divine 'dream' crypto scheme indicted by Uncle Sam Plus: Man who tossed Bitcoin drive worth millions barred from digging in dump
Networks Scammers exploit UK's digital landline switch to swipe cash Old deadline of January 2025 being used to push victims into paying up
Cyber-crime Interpol wants everyone to stop saying 'pig butchering' Victims' feelings might get hurt, global cops contend, and that could hinder reporting
Public Sector Mega defense corp Thales faces Anglo-French bribery and corruption probe Authorities remain tight-lipped on specifics
Cyber-crime A Kansas pig butchering: CEO who defrauded bank, church, friends gets 24 years FBI recovers just $8M after scam crashes Heartland Tri-State Bank
Security Six IT contractors accused of swindling Uncle Sam out of millions Also, ecommerce fraud ring disrupted, another Operation Power Off victory, Sino SOHO botnet spotted, and more
Off-Prem Datacenter CEO faked top-tier IT reliability cert to snag $10.7M SEC deal, DoJ claims The Uptime Institute rates availability. The 'Uptime Council' … apparently doesn't exist
Security FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week
Cybersecurity Month Asian crime gangs are growing – fast – thanks to AI and other tech UN report finds Telegram, cryptocurrency are tools of a growing 'criminal service economy'
AI + ML AI-driven e-commerce fraud is surging, but you can fight back with more AI Juniper Research argues the only way to beat them is to join them
Legal SBF's right-hand woman praised for testimony – and jailed for two years Caroline Ellison thanked for helping take down FTX supremo, ordered to surrender her own billions
Cyber-crime Cambodian senator sanctioned by US over alleged forced labor cyber-scam camps Do not go on holiday to the O Smach Resort
Cyber-crime UK trio pleads guilty to running $10M MFA bypass biz Crew bragged they could help crooks raid victims' bank accounts
Legal Crypto boss finds fraud trial a serious pain in the neck Thankfully his injuries are not life threatening
Cyber-crime 'Digital arrest' scams are big in India and may be spreading Bad guys claim they're cops, keep you on hold for hours until you pay to make loved ones' crimes go away
Security Japan mandates app to ensure national ID cards aren't forged First delays, then data leaks – now fraud detection needed at point of use
Bootnotes Sam Altman sues builder over $27M flooded, sewage-hit 'lemon' of a mega-mansion Leaking skylights, collapsed roof, garbage-clogged pipes - did ChatGPT make this?
Software Former Autonomy CFO banned from chartered accounting group until 2038 Sushovan Hussain’s failure in 2020 to appeal his 2018 fraud conviction in the US means he won’t be a member of ICAEW for 20 years
Cyber-crime Scammers double-scam victims by offering to help recover from scams Scum keep databases of the people they've already skimmed
Software Fraud guilty plea flies from Boeing to swerve courtroom over 737 Max crashes Attorney for families of victims files objection
Personal Tech Crypto-failure Terraform Labs to cough up $4.5B, liquidate self South Korean outfit that triggered the world's 'Crypto Winter' will melt away after SEC order
Cyber-crime Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam Crook and his alleged co-conspirators said to have used Discord to coordinate
On-Prem HP-Autonomy: Attorneys wrap up arguments in Mike Lynch's stateside criminal fraud trial And we await the San Francisco jury's verdict
Security Check Point warns customers to patch VPN vulnerability under active exploitation Also, free pianos are the latest internet scam bait, Cooler Master gets pwned, and some critical vulnerabilities
Cyber-crime US Treasury says NFTs 'highly susceptible' to fraud, but ignored by high-tier criminals Narco kingpins aren't coming for your apes, but internet con artists still are
Security Best Buy and Geek Squad were most impersonated orgs by scammers in 2023 But criminals posing as Microsoft workers scored the most ill-gotten gains
Security Would you buy Pegasus spyware from this scammer? You shouldn't – Indian infosec researchers warn you'll get random junk instead
Security Laundering cash from healthcare, romance scams lands US man in prison for a decade $4.5M slushed through accounts from state healthcare and lonely people
AI + ML Wiley shuts 19 scholarly journals amid AI paper mill problems Fake science challenges academic publishing
Cyber-crime What do Europeans, Americans and Australians have in common? Scammed $50M by fake e-stores BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in China
Networks Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force
Security MITRE admits 'nation state' attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation PLUS: Akira ransomware resurgent; Telehealth outfit fined for data-sharing; This week's nastiest vulns
Applications Google sues app devs, claims they're Play Store crypto scammers with 100k+ victims The pair allegedly made 87 apps since 2019 and defrauded folks of tens of thousands of dollars
Software Software engineer helped put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars, say prosecutors CTO shared code from his laptop with investigation after FTX collapsed
AI + ML OpenAI claims its software can clone your voice from 15 seconds of you talking Super lab loves to big up things it says it couldn't possibly let loose on the world for now
Cyber-crime FTX crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison Could have been worse: Prosecutors wanted decades more
AI + ML Investment advisors pay the price for selling what looked a lot like AI fairy tales SEC bags $400K in settlements
Applications UK tech titan Mike Lynch's US fraud trial begins today 13-year saga continues as jury set to hear claims on both sides of HP's Autonomy acquisition disaster
Cyber-crime FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement Imagine trying to trick folks into buying $500 of unnecessary repairs – and they turn out to be federal agents
Public Sector Ten nations tell social media, banks, and telcos to get better at stopping scams Australian minister singles out Meta – where Zuck has 600,000 Nvidia GPUs ready to roll
Security We're not Meta support: State AGs tell Zuck to fix rampant account takeover problem 'We refuse to operate as customer service representatives'
Security American Express admits card data exposed and blames third party Don't leave home without … IT security
Security China warns of fake digital currency wallets fleecing netizens Scammers' tactics are tiresomely familiar: get-rich-quick schemes and data harvesting
Databases Oracle faces continued legal battle over alleged NetSuite software misrepresentations Judge allows fraud case to continue after customer resubmits complaint
On-Prem HPE seeks $4B in damages from Autonomy boss Mike Lynch and his ex-CFO Could have been worse – IT giant was asking for five
Public Sector Billions lost to fraud and error during UK's pandemic spending spree Watchdog orders a rethink in time for the next emergency
Legal Fintech engineer grounded by crypto fraud caper, including $300m spoof trades Fourth conviction in South Africa-linked scheme
Cyber-crime Cybercrime duo accused of picking $2.5M from Apple's orchard Security researcher buddies allegedly tag team a four-month virtual gift card heist at Cupertino tech giant
CSO JPMorgan exec claims bank repels '45 billion' cyberattack attempts per day Assets boss also reckons she has more engineers than Amazon
Cyber-crime Mandiant's brute-forced X account exposes perils of skimping on 2FA Speculation builds over whether a nearly year-old policy change was to blame
Security Crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried spared a second trial Eighth charge related to campaign contributions would just take too dang long
Bootnotes SEC charges ex-medtech CEO with fraud for selling plastic fake implants Sure, bogus blood tests are bad, but have you considered tricking doctors into embedded useless tubes?
Security Scammers use India’s real-time payment system to siphon off money, send it to China Countries signed on for India’s stack might watch out
Security Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token
Legal US lawmakers want China export bans to include open tech like RISC-V PLUS: South Korea to fine Apple, Google; Digital fraud booms in Hong Kong; Singtel slings TrustWave
Security India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots Global tech companies' Bharat offices attract the wrong sort of interest
Legal Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of fraud: Blood-testing machines were vapourware after all
Security What's this about a lawyer looking for an heir? City of London Police seek IT crew to help crack down on fraud
Networks Financial watchdog says Google's clampdown on scam ads might not be enough to prevent stricter laws in Britain
Personal Tech Trustify CEO gets eight years for lying to investors, spending millions on homes, private jets, sports tickets
Legal Ex-Microsoft exec admits he tried to swindle $5.5m out of taxpayers with COVID-19 relief loans for bogus biz
Databases Theranos destroyed crucial subpoenaed SQL blood test database, can't unlock backups, prosecutors say
Personal Tech About $15m in advertising booked to appear on millions of smart TVs was never seen by anyone, says Oracle
Security Russian jailed for eight years in the US for writing code that sifted botnet logs for web banking creds for fraudsters
Science Elizabeth Holmes' plan to avoid her Theranos fraud trial worked out about as well as her useless blood-testing machines
Security Someone's getting a free trip to the US – well, not quite free. Brit bloke extradited to face $2m+ cyber-scam charges
Bootnotes Teen charged after allegedly taking food delivery biz for a ride: $10k of 'fraudulent refunds for stuff not delivered'
Personal Tech Reap it in the family: Four brothers accused of cheating Amazon out of $19m in wholesaler fraud caper
Security Shocked I am. Shocked to find that underground bank-card-trading forums are full of liars, cheats, small-time grifters
Security Anatomy of a business email scam: FBI dossier details how fraudster pocketed $500k+ by redirecting payments
SaaS Crooks set up stall on UK govt's IT marketplace to peddle email fraud services targeting 'gullible' punters
Security There's Norway you're going to believe this: Government investment fund conned out of $10m in cyber-attack
Science US piles yet more charges on Theranos CEO, COO. We could do with good blood testing now... and this wasn't it
Security Bad news: So much of your personal data has been hacked that lesson manuals on how to use it are the latest hot property
On-Prem China's biggest e-learning company admits deliberately getting its sums wrong when counting sales
Security Sadly, the web has brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'nothing is true; everything is permitted'
Science Fake docs rock real docs: Ex-Wall St guy accused of conning medics out of £27m for bogus cryptocurrency fund using faked paperwork
Security If only 3 in 100,000 cyber-crimes are prosecuted, why not train cops to bring these crooks to justice once and for all, suggests think-tank veep
Security Russian super-crook behind $20m internet fraud den Cardplanet and malware-exchange forum pleads guilty
On-Prem Bank IT bod pocketed nearly $1m in kickbacks from tech contractor bosses for sending deals their way, Feds claim
Security IT exec sets up fake biz, uses it to bill his bosses $6m for phantom gear, gets caught by Microsoft Word metadata
Bootnotes Buzz kill: Crook, 73, conned investors into shoveling millions into geek-friendly caffeine-loaded chocs that didn't exist. Now he's in jail
Personal Tech It's 2019 so, of course, there's alleged ad fraud to the tune of $1bn in tech pushed to doctors
Security Surveillance kit slinger accused of slapping 'Made in America' on Chinese gear, selling it to the US government
Personal Tech Baffled by bogus charges on your Amazon account? It may be the work of a crook's phantom gadget
Applications 40 million emoji-addicted keyboard app users left with $18m bill – after malware sneaks into Play Store yet again
Security A stranger's TV went on spending spree with my Amazon account – and web giant did nothing about it for months
On-Prem Tech CEO thrown in the clink for seven years for H-1B gang-master role: Crim farmed out foreign staff as cheap labor
