Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Booking.com did not respond to questions about that, and its current account security advice urges customers to enable 2FA. A scan of social media networks showed this is not an uncommon scam. It’s unclear, however, if the company’s 2FA requirement is enforced for all or just newer partners.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Several reputable sources are warning about a very sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) supported type of scam that is bound to trick a lot of people into compromising their Gmail account. In another recent example, Windows expert Sam Mitrovic was targeted by a very similar AI recovery scam.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 5, 2024

AI-Powered Identity Protection: How Machine Learning Safeguards Your Data IdentityIQ Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are technologies that play a significant role in data protection. For example, financial institutions may use AI and machine learning to identify unusual transactions on a customer’s account.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

On the evening of May 15, 2024, Tony was putting his three- and one-year-old boys to bed when he received a message from Google about an account security issue, followed by a phone call from a “Daniel Alexander” at Google who said his account was compromised by hackers. When in doubt: Hang up, look up, and call back.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Other scam pages featured surveys, offering respondents gifts or prize draws for participating. Such fake giveaways are a classic scam tactic. Beyond verification scams, fraudsters also lured victims with attractive offers. Some scams offered users a surprise “gift” a free Telegram Premium subscription.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Already a meme The phrase-turned-meme “As an AI language model…” and its variations often pop up on scam pages, not only in the context of apologies. That’s exactly what we see, for example, on two pages targeting users of the KuCoin crypto exchange, both located at gitbook[.]us.

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