Crypto crooks are getting bolder — and now, they sound just like your mom. TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord, who testified before Congress last week, says scammers are now using AI-generated voices and deepfake ...

You may think you can spot a crypto scam from a mile away. But what if the pitch comes from what looks like an official ...

A UN report found 300,000 people trafficked into scam compounds across Southeast Asia. Forensic investigators say prevention, ...

Leave it to cybercriminals to come up with yet another way to abuse artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, by creating Google Gemini chatbots slick as used car salesmen who pressure people into ...

This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Cryptocurrency fraud is huge ...

The victims were led to the Arizona convenience store by an increasingly familiar scam: Crooks had tricked them into believing they were in legal trouble, their bank accounts were hacked or that they ...

The shift accelerated through 2025, as crypto markets crossed new institutional thresholds. Bitcoin touched new highs, ETF assets surged, and stablecoins quietly became payment infrastructure. What ...