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AI Security

AI Is Writing the Publishing Scam Emails That Authors Have Always Dreamed Of Receiving

Criminals are using AI tools to generate convincing, personalised pitch emails that mimic famous editors and publishers. First-time authors are losing tens of thousands of dollars.

5 min read
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Policy & Regulation

Cybercriminals Now Run Like Franchises. Law Enforcement Still Fights Like It's 2015.

At Black Hat 2026, a former White House cybersecurity adviser laid out why coordinated ransomware gangs and scam networks are winning, and what it would take to actually slow them down.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

New York Duo Charged With Laundering $43 Million From 'Pig Butchering' Investment Scams

Federal prosecutors say Zhuoying Chen and Haojie Zhang ran a 45-shell-company money mule network that moved victim funds from Queens and Brooklyn bank accounts to China.

4 min read
Threat Intelligence

236,000 Sites Run Pig-Butchering Templates Built on DCloud Uni-App

Infoblox researchers tie a sprawling fake-exchange and wallet-drainer ecosystem to a legitimate Chinese cross-platform dev framework.

2 min read
Policy & Regulation

DOJ Seizes HuiOne Cloud Account, Treasury Sanctions Prince Group Network

Cambodia-based conglomerates accused of laundering proceeds from pig-butchering and cyber-enabled fraud face coordinated U.S. action.

2 min read
Threat Intelligence

Disruption Week: Feds Yank Millions of Accounts in Crypto Fraud Sweep, Seize $3.8M

DOJ-led action against Southeast Asia 'pig butchering' rings hit infrastructure, not just wallets. The interesting question is what the platforms knew, and when.

3 min read
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