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Google and FBI warn of ransomware group sending fake IT workers to hack victims in person
A ransomware gang has stepped up its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers to victims’ offices, where the crooks steal data directly…
Google announced Tuesday that Android is rolling out fake call detection to protect against AI impersonation scams. The feature will roll out globally on Phone by…
Some age verification systems are no match for enterprising kids, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a make-up pencil is enough to…
Yet another government spyware maker has been arrested after its customers used fake Android apps to install the surveillance software on targets, according to a new…
Two Americans convicted of helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme
Two US citizens have been sentenced to seven and a half years and nine years in prison for their roles in a scheme to help the…
In recent years, North Koreans have found remote jobs at hundreds of Western companies pretending to be from somewhere else, using fake resumes and sometimes with…
WhatsApp is alerting hundreds of users who installed a fake app made by a government-run spyware maker
WhatsApp says it has notified about 200 users who were tricked into installing a maliciously fake version of the chat app that contained spyware. WhatsApp has…
YouTube extends fake AI detection to politicians, government officials and journalists
YouTube is expanding its AI-generated similarity detection technology, which identifies deep fakes, to a pilot group of the company’s government officials, political candidates and journalists was…
Hi, thanks as always for reading TechCrunch. We want to talk to you quickly about something important. A growing number of fraudsters impersonate TechCrunch’s reporters, editors…
Fintech firm Betterment confirms data breach after hackers sent fake crypto scam alert to users
Automated investment platform Betterment has confirmed that hackers broke into some of its systems last week and accessed the personal information of an unknown number of…