1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (263+ words) Hyderabad police have warned citizens about a new form of ‘hybrid cyber fraud’ in which organised gangs combine mobile phone theft with cybercrime to empty victims’ bank accounts. Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said senior citizens and people with…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (309+ words) South Africans lost R2.4 billion to digital banking crime in 2025, with more than 110,000 reported incidents highlighting the growing threat from social engineering, impersonation and increasingly sophisticated scams. Digital banking crime inflicted heavy financial losses on South African consumers in 2025, with reported…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (362+ words) The Times of India Rajkot: A 45-year-old man from Bhavnagar was allegedly duped of Rs 3.26 lakh after a fraudster posing as an ICICI bank employee lured him with an offer for a new credit card and obtained his Aadhaar and…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago   (124+ words) Bloomberg Law News Academy Mortgage Corp. will pay nearly $2 million under a proposed deal filed in federal court to settle a proposed class action alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of more than 284,000 people that was exposed…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (309+ words) SINGAPORE – Two Malaysian mobile phone shop employees were arrested on Aug 25 for their suspected involvement in a scheme to register bogus e-wallet accounts for receiving scam earnings, said the police. The two men, aged 25 and 47, are suspected to have exploited…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (454+ words) A federal jury convicted Profit Connect owner Brent C. Kovar on 15 fraud and money-laundering counts after prosecutors said he obtained $24 million from at least 400 investors through false claims about an AI-powered crypto business. The Justice Department said the verdict followed a…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (777+ words) Lawsuit claims Athena Bitcoin knew its kiosks were frequently used in scams targeting older consumers but abandoned safeguards that could have prevented fraudulent transactions. A Texas man has filed a class action lawsuit alleging Athena Bitcoin failed to implement adequate…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (197+ words) The incidents Belshe was responding to emerged from 141,006 evaluation runs reviewed by Anthropic after a containment failure at evaluation partner Irregular. Test machines were left connected to the internet even though prompts told the models they were inside sealed simulations....

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (619+ words) New York officials are warning consumers about increasingly sophisticated investment scams that use artificial intelligence, fake trading platforms and online relationships to steal money. The state Division of Consumer Protection cited Federal Trade Commission data showing 144,041 consumers reported more than…...

56+ min ago   (287+ words) Two mobile phone shop employees have been arrested for their involvement in a Singpass exploitation scam. Published Aug 26, 2026, 11:58 PM Updated Aug 27, 2026, 12:03 AM SINGAPORE – Two Malaysian mobile phone shop employees were arrested on Aug 25 for their suspected involvement in a scheme…...