Americans lost nearly $900 million to AI-powered scams, FBI says

The 2025 Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Internet Crime Report shows that Americans reported $893,346,472 in AI‑related scam losses. Those losses stem from 22,364 AI-related complaints. And these figures represent only the reported losses, which may well be the proverbial tip of the iceberg...

Eliminating AI Deepfake Threats: Is Your Identity Security AI-Proof?

Artificial Intelligence AI has rapidly evolved from a futuristic concept to a potent weapon in the hands of bad actors. Today, AI-based attacks are not just theoretical threats—they're happening across industries and outpacing traditional defense mechanisms. The solution, however, is not...

Memcyco Report: Just 6% of Brands Guard Against Digital Impersonation Fraud

By Waqas Memcyco Inc., a provider of digital trust technology designed to protect companies and their customers from digital impersonation… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Memcyco Report: Just 6% of Brands Guard Against Digital Impersonation Fraud...

Beware scammers disguised as fraud busters

Fraudsters like confusing and disorienting people. Successful ones avoid obvious lines of approach and try things you wouldnt expect. A recent story highlights this, with a particularly devious method of parting someone from their money. The Daily Record reports scammers running off with an $11,0...

Inbox Attacks: The Miserable Year (2020) That Was

Purging your inbox has become a year-end tradition for many. A short hiatus for the holidays often provides a quiet moment to flush the previous year’s mountain of spam. And, from the looks of our 2020 inbox, years of herculean efforts to harden email defenses have fallen short. The most-targeted...

WordPress justnews-child Themes Open Redirect Vulnerability

WordPress is a set of WordPress Software Foundation's blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. An open redirect vulnerability exists in WordPress justnews-child Themes. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to...

WordPress Eatery Restaurant Themes Open Redirect Vulnerability

WordPress is a set of WordPress Software Foundation's blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. An open redirect vulnerability exists in WordPress Eatery Restaurant Themes. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to...

WordPress Attitude Themes Open Redirect Vulnerability

WordPress is a set of WordPress Software Foundation's blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. An open redirection vulnerability exists in WordPress Attitude Themes. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to...

WordPress Nashvilleparent Themes Open Redirect Vulnerability

WordPress is a set of WordPress Software Foundation's blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. An open redirect vulnerability exists in WordPress Nashvilleparent Themes. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to...

New Threat Actor Fraudulently Buys Digital Certificates to Spread Malware

Researchers have identified a new threat actor that is using impersonation fraud to purchase digital certificates that are then used for the spread of malware. Security firm ReversingLabs identified a bad actor that deceives certificate authorities into selling them legitimate digital certificate...

RSAC 2019: Malicious Emailed URLs See Triple-Digit Increase

SAN FRANCISCO: Business emails laced with malicious URLs in the message body have spiked by more than 125 percent in Q4 2018 in comparison with the quarter before. According to Mimecast’s latest Email Security Risk Assessment ESRA report, released at the RSA Conference 2019 in San Francisco this...

A week in security (February 19 – February 25)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we gave readers a primer on encryption, took a stab at that Deepfakes tool Internet users seem to be interested in, and started a new series that talks about GDPR. We also looked at a drive-by download campaign that starts in booby-trapped Chinese websites that dro...