Advancements in AI have made it possible to create deepfake videos and voices in which scammers write the scripts to try and illegally obtain others’
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Scammers prefer banking customers over crypto investors in Ireland: Report
To date, Irish authorities managed to recover approximately 4 million euros of the 20 million euros lost in banking scams since January 2023.
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EtherHiding: Hackers create novel way to hide malicious code in blockchains
Threat actors have worked out a way to hide malicious payloads in Binance smart contracts to lure victims into updating their browsers from fake prompts,
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BlackRock seeks court crackdown on 44 copycat sites, some crypto adjacent
The world’s largest asset manager wants to take control of a raft of domain names that have been registered to imitate it.
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Alameda Research lost $190M to scams and ‘questionable’ blockchains: Whistleblower
Former Alameda Research engineer Aditya Baradwaj says one trader lost more than $100 million after clicking on a fake link.
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Meet the guerilla artist who staged a crypto ‘rug pull’ in front of the SEC
Artist Nelson Saiers’ “Rug Pull” highlighted the victims of crypto rug pulls and perceived SEC inaction in safeguarding investors.
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