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Threatening rogue finance apps removed from the Apple Store
Multiple apps have been removed from the App Store in India after a large helping of unethical behaviour was aimed at…
New technique can defeat voice authentication “after only six tries”
Voice authentication is back in the news with another tale of how easy it might be to compromise. University of Waterloo scientists…
Warning: Victims’ faces placed on explicit images in sextortion scam
The FBI has issued a warning about criminals digitally manipulating people’s faces on to pornographic images—known as deepfaking—and then using those images to…
The weirdest security stories of 2022
There’s been a lot of weird and frankly bizarre attacks over the course of 2022, nestled in amongst the usual ransomware…
Romance scammer deepfakes Mark Ruffalo to con elderly artist
Deepfakes have settled into a groove, as most scam techniques do. It seems most deepfakers have decided to make as much…
Binance chief says a “sophisticated hacking team” turned him into a deepfake hologram
Deepfakes are back, and causing major problems for people involved in financial circles. Scammers have been targeting people in the cryptocurrency…
Criminals are applying for remote work using deepfake and stolen identities, says FBI
The FBI has warned businesses of an uptick in reports of criminals applying for remote work using deepfake and stolen PII…
Watch out for LinkedIn fakes who want to get connected
Despite continued warnings of deepfake chaos during major events, things haven’t worked out the way some thought. Those video deepfakes are…
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