Google fires sueball at alleged Chinese phishers over AI-powered fraud ops
Telegram-based 'Outsider Enterprise' accused of sending millions of scam texts and impersonating trusted brands
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Telegram-based 'Outsider Enterprise' accused of sending millions of scam texts and impersonating trusted brands
Ads giant complains of damage to its reputation and finances ... and crime, too Google has filed a lawsuit against 25 unnamed individuals in China it accuses of breaking into more than 10 million devices worldwide and using them to build a botnet, called BadBox 2.0, and then to carry out other cybercrimes and fraud.…
Feds say $970K scheme defrauded 13+ companies A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to fraud after landing a job with a contractor working on US government software, and then outsourcing the work to a self-described North Korean developer in China.…
PLUS: Sony admits to MoveITbreach; Blackbaud fined again, Qakbot's sorta back from the dead; and more Infosec in brief Bot defense software vendor Human Security last week detailed an attack that "sold off-brand mobile and Connected TV (CTV) devices on popular online retailers and resale sites … preloaded with a known malware called Triada."…
This one has it all: Donald Trump’s inner circle, a Beijing bot backlash, conspiracy theories, and more Meet the newest member of the crypto rogues' gallery: Ho Wan Kwok, aka Guo Wengui, aka Miles Guo, whom the US Department of Justice on Wednesday arrested over what investigators have described as a "sprawling and complex scheme … to solicit investments in various entities and programs through false statements and representations to hundreds of thousands of Kwok's online followers."…
Cyberspace regulator's fraud report finds all is not well behind the Great Firewall Fraudsters in China have targeted a child with promises of allowing them to get around the nation's time limits on playing computer games – for a mere $560, according to the nation's cyberspace administration. Yesterday the CAC detailed some of the 12,000 acts of online fraud perpetrated against minors it handled this year.…
'Brushing' tops the list, as quantity of forbidden content continue to rise China’s Ministry of Public Security has revealed the five most prevalent types of fraud perpetrated online or by phone.…