scams – Experimental News Clipping Site

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds

Sep 6, 2025

—

by

Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/technology/ai-doctor-scams.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds Feedly Summary: Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting dubious health care products. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a concerning trend where…

Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How CISOs and boards can help fight cyber-enabled fraud

Aug 28, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-how-ciso-board-can-fight-cyber-enabled-fraud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: How CISOs and boards can help fight cyber-enabled fraud Feedly Summary: Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for August 2025. Today, David Stone and Marina Kaganovich, from our Office of the CISO, talk about the serious risk of cyber-enabled fraud — and how CISOs…

The Register: Crims laud Claude to plant ransomware and fake IT expertise

Aug 27, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/27/anthropic_security_report_flags_rogue/ Source: The Register Title: Crims laud Claude to plant ransomware and fake IT expertise Feedly Summary: AI lowers the bar for cybercrime, Anthropic admits comment Anthropic, a maker of AI tools, says that AI tools are now commonly used to commit cybercrime and facilitate remote worker fraud.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

Slashdot: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam

Aug 18, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/18/0223228/googles-ai-overview-pointed-him-to-a-customer-service-number-it-was-a-scam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a fraudulent scheme involving AI-generated chatbots and search engine results that led a real estate developer to fall victim to a scam when searching…

Slashdot: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Number. It Was a Scam

Aug 18, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/18/0223228/googles-ai-overview-pointed-him-to-a-customer-number-it-was-a-scam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Number. It Was a Scam Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a scam where a real estate developer was tricked into providing credit card information to an impersonator posing as a customer service representative for a…

Krebs on Security: Mobile Phishers Target Brokerage Accounts in ‘Ramp and Dump’ Cashout Scheme

Aug 15, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/mobile-phishers-target-brokerage-accounts-in-ramp-and-dump-cashout-scheme/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Mobile Phishers Target Brokerage Accounts in ‘Ramp and Dump’ Cashout Scheme Feedly Summary: Cybercriminal groups peddling sophisticated phishing kits that convert stolen card data into mobile wallets have recently shifted their focus to targeting customers of brokerage services, new research shows. Undeterred by security controls at these…

The Register: Trend Micro offers weak workaround for already-exploited critical vuln in management console

Aug 10, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Trend Micro offers weak workaround for already-exploited critical vuln in management console Feedly Summary: PLUS: Crypto mixer founders plead guilty; Another French telco hacked; Meta fights WhatsApp scams; And more! Infosec In Brief A critical vulnerability in the on-prem version of Trend Micro’s Apex One endpoint security platform…

CSA: Businesses are Unprepared for Next Wave of AI Scams

Jul 25, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://www.vikingcloud.com/blog/why-businesses-are-unprepared-for-the-next-wave-of-ai-scams Source: CSA Title: Businesses are Unprepared for Next Wave of AI Scams Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rising threat of deepfake audio fraud enabled by AI, highlighting the inadequacy of businesses in responding to this danger. It emphasizes the need for proactive measures, such as…

Krebs on Security: Phishers Target Aviation Execs to Scam Customers

Jul 24, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/phishers-target-aviation-execs-to-scam-customers/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Phishers Target Aviation Execs to Scam Customers Feedly Summary: KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader whose boss’s email account got phished and was used to trick one of the company’s customers into sending a large payment to scammers. An investigation into the attacker’s infrastructure points to a…

Krebs on Security: Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

Jul 3, 2025

—

by

Kurt Seifried

in Uncategorized

Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/big-techs-mixed-response-to-u-s-treasury-sanctions/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions Feedly Summary: In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But more than a month later, the accused…

Tag: scams