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A smartphone screen showing an SMS message about student finance updates positioned next to a legitimate bank message, both displayed side-by-side to show the s
Identity & Access

Fake Student Finance Texts Are Targeting New Students Right Before Their Loan Drops

Criminals are sending convincing fake messages about bank-detail changes to students waiting on their first maintenance loan payment. Here is what is actually going on.

3 min read
A computer screen displaying a fake investment website featuring AI-generated deepfake images of politicians and financial commentators, with URL and domain inf
AI Security

Fake celebrity interviews and AI-generated 'news' are fuelling an investment scam surge in Australia

Australia's corporate regulator removed 19,400 scam websites last year, as criminals deploy AI-generated deepfakes of politicians and financial commentators to make phoney investment schemes look real.

4 min read
Multiple payment card readers at a retail checkout counter, with one device slightly different and containing concealed micro-electronics, customer reaching tow
Identity & Access

Card Skimmers Are Stealing Billions. Here Is How They Work.

The U.S. Secret Service says organised criminal groups are planting tiny data-theft devices on card readers across the country, with government benefit cards among the easiest targets.

4 min read
Bank transaction records displayed on multiple screens in an investigation room, with highlighted suspicious transfer patterns and wire traces connecting to dif
Threat Intelligence

Seven arrested over €30M Commerzbank fraud that abused a service provider flaw

Investigators say the crew drained customer accounts by exploiting a weakness at a third-party firm that connects to the German bank.

3 min read
Close-up of a credit card being held over a glowing smartphone screen displaying a streaming service login page, with warning indicators and suspicious ad banne
Threat Intelligence

Fake 'Watch The Odyssey Free Online' Sites Are Stealing Bank Details From Film Fans

Criminals are buying ads for bogus streaming pages tied to the summer's biggest blockbuster. If you hand over your card number for the 'free trial', your money goes with it.

3 min read
An email platform window on a monitor showing an AI assistant panel, while below it displayed messages appear to impersonate colleagues and contain financial re
AI Security

Your Email AI Assistant Could Be Turned Against You, Researchers Warn

Security researchers have shown how the AI chatbots built into modern email platforms can be hijacked to impersonate colleagues, steal account access, and set up financial fraud, all without a single suspicious link.

4 min read
Portuguese bank statements and account records showing gradual unauthorized transfers, a computer screen displaying the same banking malware code that has remai
Threat Intelligence

A Six-Year-Old Brazilian Bank Fraud Tool Is Still Emptying Portuguese Accounts

Lampion has barely changed since 2019. It doesn't need to. Portugal keeps falling for it.

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