Fraud

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

2026-05-03 Per Henrikson

What Is Dark AI?

2026-05-01 Ian Fleming

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

2026-04-30 Ian Fleming

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.

EU age verification app can be hacked in 2 minutes, says Telegram founder

2026-04-21 Ian Fleming

Pavel Durov describes new app as a ‘surveillance tool’. Pavel Durov joined cyber security experts and privacy campaigners in questioning the security of the new initiative, describing it as a “surveillance tool”. “The EU age verification app was hackable by design – it trusted the device (that’s instant game over),” he wrote on X.

Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion

2026-04-13 Ian Fleming

The attackers reportedly obtained authentication tokens used by Anodot customers to access their cloud data, bypassing traditional controls like passwords and MFA.

Dutch crackdown exposes global fake ID network powering cybercrime economy

2026-04-11 Per Henrikson

Dutch authorities have dismantled a significant node in the global cybercrime ecosystem, arresting eight individuals suspected of participating in a sprawling fake identity document operation that enabled fraudsters worldwide.

LexisNexis: Synthetic identity fraud soared 8X in 2025

2026-04-09 Ian Fleming

Theft using synthetic identities now accounts for 11 percent of all reported fraud, making it the fastest-growing fraud type worldwide, according to LexisNexis.

"Finance Complaint List" Alerts Public to AI-Powered Deepfake Scams Using Celebrity Likenesses to Lure Crypto Investors

2026-04-06 Per Henrikson

New advisory highlights the growing threat of manipulated videos and fake endorsements targeting unsuspecting investors in digital asset markets.

Austrian police warn of sophisticated ‘ID-Austria’ phishing scam as thousands of digital IDs near expiry

2026-04-05 Ian Fleming

Vorarlberg police report a surge in bogus SMS messages that coax users into “renewing” their ID-Austria digital certificate and installing remote-access software. Two victims have already lost significant sums.