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Spanish police dismantle €140 million fraud ring that drained company bank accounts
Four arrests across Spain, Portugal and Panama close down a laundering network that pushed nearly €100 million through 800 bank accounts, much of it stolen through fake CEO emails.
You Probably Can't Spot an AI Fake Face. Researchers Think They Can Teach You
A team of scientists across three countries is testing whether ordinary people can be trained to tell real faces from AI-generated impostors. The early results are cautiously encouraging.
Ofcom Wants Big Tech to Stop Scam Ads. Here's What That Means for You.
The UK's communications regulator has told the country's largest social platforms to clean up fraudulent advertising or face fines of up to 10% of their global revenue.
The Boring Breaches: How Small Config Mistakes Keep Owning Big Companies
This week's roundup of incidents has a common thread: not clever attacks, just loose settings, reused names, and untouched defaults doing enormous damage.
Interpol Sweep Nets 5,811 Fraud Arrests and $293 Million Across 97 Countries
Operation First Light 2026 identified more than 142,000 victims of romance, investment and business email scams between January and April.
Seven Arrested Over Alleged Council Fraud in Shepparton as Police Probe Four-Year Scheme
Greater Shepparton City Council referred its own employees to police after internal checks flagged suspicious financial activity stretching back to 2022.
UK Watchdog Warns AI Is Outpacing the Rules Meant to Protect Your Money
A government-ordered review says Britain's financial regulator needs stronger powers before AI reshapes banking and lending for millions of ordinary people.
Nigel Farage's Undeclared Gifts from Convicted Crypto Entrepreneur
Reform UK's Robert Jenrick has admitted Farage accepted staff, security and accommodation from George Cottrell, who holds a fraud conviction, before Farage entered Parliament.
AI Scams Trick Millions of Americans, Cost $68 Billion
A Gallup survey puts a hard number on the AI scam epidemic: 15 million victims, $68 billion lost, and a data gap that leaves the U.S. flying blind.
American Tech Is Quietly Powering the Global Scam Machine
A joint investigation by AP and FRONTLINE found that tools built by US companies are helping criminals run fraud operations at industrial scale, and most victims never see it coming.
Before the Crowds Arrive: Why Event Security Has to Start Online
From the FIFA World Cup to America's 250th birthday celebrations, the biggest gatherings of 2025 face threats that begin weeks before the first ticket is scanned, and most of those early warning signs appear on the internet, not at the gate.
Australians Are Safer Online Than Last Year — Unless They Run a Small Business
A new government survey found cybercrime fell across Australia in 2025, but small business owners are facing more legal and staffing fallout than ever before.
FIFA 2026 Fraud Infrastructure Was Pre-Staged Months Before Kickoff, Researchers Say
A Check Point exposure report documents pre-positioned phishing kits, lookalike domains and multilingual scam pages built well ahead of the June 11 opening match.