Cyber fraud stories
Police across 11 Asia-Pacific countries are being trained to trace crypto flows faster as scam compounds adapt and cross-border fraud grows.
Boards are being urged to fix data quality, fraud controls and infrastructure before AI adoption numbers start to matter.
F-Secure's Laura Kankaala explains how the Yahoo Boys scam culture has evolved from advance-fee emails into sextortion and romance fraud.
Platforms under pressure to protect minors can now verify users while keeping facial data on the device, after Incode's new tool debuted.
Reduced staffing and delegated approvals during annual leave are giving fraudsters more chances to slip through corporate checks, Everywhen says.
Fraud teams will gain extra app-level signals as the firms combine mobile protection with identity intelligence to catch tampering and abuse.
The recognition underscores rising demand for invoice tools that can meet tighter e-invoicing rules, cut fraud risk and support AI oversight.
Major sporting events are giving fraudsters fresh ways to scrape data, hijack tokens and abuse APIs in genuine betting apps.
The AWS recognition should help Group-IB win more regulated financial customers by proving its fraud and incident response tools meet sector standards.
Browser-based fraud is scaling fast, with Barracuda saying CypherLoc has driven about 2.8 million attacks since the start of 2026.
More than nine in ten security incidents now involve anonymising services, leaving many organisations unable to spot malicious traffic in real time.
Families risk losing access to online wealth and memories, as experts say only a small minority of UK adults have planned for digital inheritance.
Mobile-led fraud is forcing Indian banks to confront faster scams, bigger attempted transfers and a growing mule network.
Students and dropouts will pitch banking security ideas for a prize pool of more than INR ₹10 lakh as digital fraud risks mount.
EBITDA profitability gives Carousell room to expand secondhand services and AI tools, after revenue rose 18% to USD $140 million last year.
Most customers still face avoidable phishing risk, as 59% of Australian banks lack the strict DMARC setting that blocks spoofed emails.
Nearly six in ten Londoners have seen more scam attempts in the past year, with social media fraud and AI-made ruses fuelling concern.
Customers can now quiz Starling's app before sending money, as UK fraud losses climb and romance scams hit savers hardest.
Victims in the UK lost GBP £106 million last year as fraudsters use AI, private messaging and emotional pressure to extract cash.
More consumers are losing larger sums to fraud as fake invoice and investment scams drive the biggest financial harm, F-Secure says.
