US, European, and Japanese authorities, along with tech companies including Microsoft and Cloudflare, say theyโve disrupted Lumma, an infostealer popular with criminal gangs.
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelersโ devices when they cross into the United States. Hereโs what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
Plus: The worldโs โlargest illicit online marketplaceโ gets hit by regulators, police seize the Garantex crypto exchange, and scammers trick targets by making up ransomware attacks.
New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devicesโfrom TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systemsโare compromised to allow bad actors to commit ad fraud and other cybercrime.
Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse.
China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money.
