The Cipher Brief

Cyber Fraud, Banks, and What America Can Do About It

Did you authorize a $2,400 transfer? Reply NO to stop it.” You reply, and seconds later a calm “fraud agent” calls, knows your name and the last four digits of your card, and walks you through ...

How AI Is Fueling A New Wave Of Air Conditioner Scams

As extreme heat drives demand for air conditioners, scammers are using AI-created websites and deceptive social media ads to ...

Methodology for AP/'FRONTLINE’ investigation into how US tech is abused for global scams

The AP/“FRONTLINE” investigation was based on tens of thousands of leaked scam center files, videos and photos; an analysis with C4ADS of misuse of artificial intelligence at scam centers; an ...

Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people

Technology from American companies is being used to power a revolution in the scam industry, playing a key role in the industrialization and globalization of fraud in ways that have not been clear ...
Forbes

O2 Warns Customers Not To Fall For Convincing New Phone Text Scam

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. O2 is warning UK phone users about a sophisticated new SIM expiry scam. Fraudulent text ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Scammers Used Gemini AI to Help Build Spam Messages, Google Says

Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to send more than 2 million text messages with fraudulent ...
Android Police

Gemini scam detection is the AI feature I actually want on my parents' phones

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...
eWeek

AI Voice-Cloning Scams Put Australian Households and Businesses on Alert

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...
Hosted on MSN

How an AI music scammer ended up hiring real musicians

The promise of AI music is simple: create more content faster than ever before. But when one creator's methods came under scrutiny, the conversation changed completely. This video explores what ...
The New York Times

Customers Are Giving Billions to Scammers. Tellers Are Intervening.

With cybercrime continuing to rise, some banks are testing new prevention strategies. JPMorgan Chase hired a behavioral scientist. By Tara Siegel Bernard Karen Battista and Angela Castaldo have spent ...
AOL

‘It was his voice’: An AI scammer cloned her son's voice and nearly convinced one mom to send money — but one small red flag gave him away

Getting a phone call from a loved one asking for help is everyone's nightmare. Now, advances in artificial intelligence are making it easier for scammers to turn that fear into a convincing con.