The FBI has issued a Public Service Announcement offering advice on how to spot and react to AI scamming attacks – particularly when they are targeting financial fraud. FBI | Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud Well worth a read – I am going to be including …
We will all have to wait
The promised replacement for the lack lustre Action Fraud service will not be delivered on time. The UK government and the City of London police promised a new online service for reporting cyber fraud by Q2 of this year but the contractors Capita and PwC have failed to deliver. Being …
Scammers really know their job!
You need to read the article linked from here – because whatever you think, you are not ready for the latest phone scammers. Why do I say you are not ready? The victim here is Cory Doctorow – you might not have heard of him, but people in tech have. …
Some Seasonal Advice about Scammers
Here is an excellent article by Rachael Medhurst Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at the University of South Wales full of advice on how to spot and defend yourself against Christmas scams and cyber threats. How to protect yourself from cyber-scammers over the festive period (theconversation.com) Have a read and …
Clamp down on the scammers
This is a good news cyber security story from India – for anyone who has received a phone call that starts “I am calling from Microsoft support…” India targets Microsoft, Amazon tech support scammers in nationwide crackdown (bleepingcomputer.com) India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been out in force across …
