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Fraud is intentional deception used to obtain money, access, information, or another unfair benefit. In information security, the term commonly covers digitally enabled schemes such as phishing, account takeover, payment fraud, business email compromise, and misuse of stolen identities or credentials. The defining feature is deceptive use of systems, accounts, or data—not merely a technical failure.
Security teams should treat fraud as both an identity and transaction-risk problem. Relevant controls include phishing-resistant authentication, least-privilege access, payment and account-change verification, and monitoring for unusual login or transaction patterns. Personal and financial data require appropriate privacy protections because exposed data can support impersonation even when passwords are not compromised. Investigation must preserve authentication, email, endpoint, and transaction records so organizations can contain unauthorized access, reverse or block fraudulent activity where possible, notify affected parties, and improve controls based on the attack path.
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The president’s speech re-hashed debunked conspiracies around U.S. elections. Critics say the administration’s 18-month investigation into voter fraud has been a total failure. The post State officials, election experts pan Trump speech: ‘This is what desperation looks like’ appeared first on CyberScoop.
Residential proxies are no longer the silver bullet they once were for carding. Flare explains why cybercriminals increasingly seek "clean" residential proxies and combine them with browser fingerprints, device profiles, and other identity signals to evade modern fraud detection. [...]
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged a New York man and woman for their roles in a large-scale crime ring that laundered money stolen in cyber investment fraud scams. [...]
Iberian hackers carried out a variety of cyberattacks and laundered the winnings through complex financial networks.
The Dutch Police announced the arrest of multiple individuals suspected of being part of an international investment fraud scheme estimated to have tens of thousands of victims. [...]
The Spanish Police dismantled a cybercrime and money-laundering organization that made €140 million ($160 million) from investment fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. [...]
Human did 10% of the job, AI did 90%
Five UK residents have been charged in relation to supplying Russian Coms fraud devices and apps
Discover how deepfakes, voice cloning, and AI-powered phishing are reshaping digital deception—and learn practical strategies to strengthen identity security with real-time, AI-driven defenses.
A Bulgarian national has been charged with stealing $290,000 in government-seized cryptocurrency while serving 121 months in prison for helping launder millions stolen from American fraud victims. [...]
INTERPOL’s Operation First Light 2026 led to 5,811 arrests, blocked $293M in criminal assets, and disrupted global fraud and money laundering networks. INTERPOL coordinated a four-month operation across 97 countries and territories that ended with 5,811 arrests and the interception of USD 293 million in illicit assets. Operation First Light 2026 ran from January 15 […]
The anti-fraud crackdown, dubbed Operation First Light, identified more than 142,000 victims of various social-engineering scams. The post Interpol cybercrime crackdown nets 5,800 arrests across 97 countries appeared first on CyberScoop.
Most security mess starts as admin work. A link gets clicked. A tool gets trusted. A bucket name gets reused. A setting stays loose because nobody wants to touch it
Law enforcement agencies have arrested 5,811 suspects and seized $293 million in illicit assets in a global anti-fraud operation spanning 97 countries. [...]
A new Android malware operation called RedWing is being rented out on Telegram as a ready-made bank-fraud service. It lets even low-skill criminals take over a victim's phone, steal their banking logins, and capture the one-time codes that protect their accounts
A teenager accused of belonging to the hacking group Scattered Spider has been extradited from Finland to face U.S. charges of conspiracy, computer intrusion, and fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on July 1
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Amazon will pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to settle charges that it blocked identity theft victims' access to transaction records. [...]
The FIFA World Cup 2026 opened on June 11. By that date, according to Check Point Research, the fraud infrastructure targeting it had already been built, staged, and partially deployed. Threat actor activity was pre-planned, months out, across three sectors and at least ten languages
Report Fraud data reveals that more than half of 323 UK ransomware victims last year were SMEs
The ruling is a victory for election advocates who say the evidence overwhelmingly shows that voter fraud is rare and not tied to mail voting in general. The post Supreme Court approves mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day appeared first on CyberScoop.