In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

Attackers can inject indirect prompts in normal-looking repositories to trick Claude Code into spawning a reverse shell.

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network ...

Scams are more advanced than ever, in large part thanks to AI. But there are still ways to identify them. Dianna Gunn built ...

There is a reason your bank texts you a fraud alert instead of emailing it. People open text messages. Almost all of them, almost immediately. SMS open rates run as high as 98%, and roughly 90% of ...

Drivers in New York City who scan a QR code on a parking meter to pay may instead hand their payment details to a scammer. The New York City Department of Transportation confirmed that fraudulent QR ...

D-Link router botnet AryStinger has compromised over 4,300 end-of-life DIR-850L and DIR-818LW devices, Qianxin XLab reported ...

Americans lost $470 million to scams that began with a single text message in 2024, according to data the Federal Trade Commission released in April 2025. The agency identified six categories driving ...

Fake Mr Beast "promotions" are ubiquitous on Threads — they're also part of massive crypto scam network.

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The AP/“FRONTLINE” investigation was based on tens of thousands of leaked scam center files, videos and photos; an analysis with C4ADS of misuse of artificial intelligence at scam centers; an ...