Fraud

Stolen UK Payment Cards Sell for £9 as Dark Web Fraud Market Expands

2026-05-13 Ian Fleming

The low prices do not indicate reduced value in stolen identities. Instead, they reflect oversupply. Criminal marketplaces are now saturated with compromised data sourced from phishing campaigns, infostealer malware, credential stuffing attacks, and legacy corporate breaches.

ChatGPT Images 2.0 Is Becoming a Market Fraud Tool with Deepfakes

2026-05-09 Per Henrikson

Crypto has become a prime target for AI-driven deception. According to Chainalysis, fraudsters are now pairing deepfakes, face-swap apps, and large language models with classic romance and investment cons, and the math favors them.

Why service desks are emerging as a critical security weakness

2026-05-05 Ian Fleming

Service desks emerge as cyber criminals' new frontline, with voice phishing, standing privileges and outsourced support fuelling identity breaches.

Incognia Study Finds 81% of Financial Institutions Report Rising Mule Account Fraud

2026-05-03 Per Henrikson

More than eight in 10 respondents report that mule activity is detected reactively, rather than prevented before suspicious transactions occur. Over half say account handover fraud, where control of a verified account shifts to someone else without authorization, is more difficult to detect than other types of fraud.

What Is Dark AI?

2026-05-01 Ian Fleming

Dark AI refers to the usage of AI to create scams, fake messages, malware and deepfakes. This makes online attacks easier to launch and harder to spot.

Kids 'drawing on fake moustaches to cheat online age checks' as parents given warning

2026-04-30 Ian Fleming

Young people are getting around social media age checks by using fake birthdays, shared accounts, altered photos and even drawing on false moustaches, research has found

US security company ADT confirms data breach after ShinyHunters leak threat

2026-04-28 Ian Fleming

Home security giant ADT has confirmed a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion group threatened to leak stolen data unless a ransom is paid.

Australian teens say social media ban is futile and look to masks, parents' ID to dodge controls

2026-04-26 Per Henrikson

A new survey found more than 60% of Australian kids between 12 and 15 are still using at least one social media platform following a ban implemented last year.

9 Identity-Based Threats Redefining Cybersecurity in 2026

2026-04-25 Per Henrikson

From AI phishing attacks and deepfake authentication bypass to MFA fatigue and harvest-now-decrypt-later quantum threats - Credential stuffing is yesterday's threat. The 2026 attack surface includes AI agents, deepfake voices, and quantum-era data harvesting.

Fraud Trends 2026: AI Scams, Deepfakes, and Emerging Threats

Hidden Signals Can Hijack AI Voice Systems

Agentic document processing as a risk source

Stolen UK Payment Cards Sell for £9 as Dark Web Fraud Market Expands

ChatGPT Images 2.0 Is Becoming a Market Fraud Tool with Deepfakes

Why service desks are emerging as a critical security weakness

Incognia Study Finds 81% of Financial Institutions Report Rising Mule Account Fraud

What Is Dark AI?

Kids 'drawing on fake moustaches to cheat online age checks' as parents given warning

US security company ADT confirms data breach after ShinyHunters leak threat

Australian teens say social media ban is futile and look to masks, parents' ID to dodge controls

9 Identity-Based Threats Redefining Cybersecurity in 2026

Fraud Trends 2026: AI Scams, Deepfakes, and Emerging Threats

Why Mobile Network Data is the Future of Identity Verification

Sumsub launches self-service Travel Rule tool for crypto firms

Nigeria's Smartcomply Expands to UK With AML Platform

Nigeria's Smartcomply Expands to UK With AML Platform