The YouTube Ghost Network promoted thousands of scam videos. Videos offer game hacks or pirated software; they distribute malware. A web of fake accounts makes the scam videos look genuine. A ...

Artificial-intelligence tools have become good enough at fabricating realistic video that the FBI is urging people to confirm the identity of anyone contacting them through a second, independent ...

Broadcast journalists around the world are being targeted amid an explosion in deepfake scams. Are social media platforms doing enough to counter them? In May 2024, Pooja Shali, an anchor for India ...

FaceTime allows iPhone users not only to talk to someone but to actually see them as they engage in conversation. But, as criminals do with many helpful features, they use them to conduct a scam.

Avast has expanded its scam protection tools with the launch of Deepfake Guard on Windows, and the wider international availability of Avast Scam Guardian on mobile devices. The updates focus on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Video shows Kent County Sheriff's Office deputies converging on a suspected scam courier accused of ...

A Filipino woman thought she had found love with Dubai’s charismatic crown prince after weeks of flirtatious messages and intimate video calls. Instead, she became the latest victim of an increasingly ...

A Los Angeles woman was reportedly duped out of more than $81,000 by a scammer using AI-generated videos of “General Hospital” star Steve Burton. Abigail Ruvalcaba sent money through prepaid cards, ...

Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.” The (mostly) women who land these gigs are likely being used to dupe victims out of their money. When applying ...

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...