A large-scale mobile ad fraud operation dubbed SlopAds exploited 224 Android apps, amassing over 38 million downloads across 228 countries. The campaign generated up to 2.3 billion ad bid requests daily by leveraging hidden WebViews and steganography

The DOJ is pursuing civil forfeiture of approximately $5 million in Bitcoin stolen through SIM swapping attacks. These attacks targeted five victims, exploiting mobile phone number hijacking to gain unauthorized access to cryptowallets.

A newly identified threat actor group, GhostRedirector, has launched a global "SEO fraud-as-a-service" campaign targeting Windows servers to promote gambling websites. The campaign leverages two custom backdoors - Rungan and Gamshen.

Users of the popular messaging app WhatsApp are being targeted by a new, highly deceptive scam that grants attackers full access to victims’ contacts, chat history, and media files.

A BEC attack targeting the City of Baltimore resulted in the theft of over $1.5 million through fraudulent EFTs. The attacker impersonated a legitimate vendor and manipulated internal processes to redirect payments to unauthorized accounts.

An impersonation scam has resulted in the City of Baltimore losing over $1.5 million through fraudulent vendor payments. The attacker exploited weaknesses in the city’s verification procedures to alter banking information in the Workday system.

A new AI-driven framework named ScamAgent demonstrates how LLMs can be weaponized to conduct highly convincing scam calls. This system leverages multi-turn conversations and text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis to bypass traditional AI safety guardrails.

A fraudulent message claiming that Europol was offering a $50,000 reward for information on the Qilin ransomware group has been confirmed as a scam. The law enforcement agency has clarified that it does not use Telegram for official communications.

Scammers are increasingly impersonating fictitious law firms to defraud individuals—particularly vulnerable populations such as the elderly—who have previously fallen victim to cryptocurrency scams.

A sophisticated wave of fraudulent “AI-powered” trading platforms is targeting global investors using deepfake technology and coordinated online deception. These exploit artificial intelligence to impersonate public figures and fabricate credibility.