Law enforcement agencies worldwide have arrested thousands and frozen hundreds of millions in assets tied to bank-related fraud schemes.

Thai police uncovered a crypto-laundering scheme in which one suspect's wallet processed more than $122.5 million in proceeds from romance scams, as part of a global INTERPOL sweep.  The international ...

About two-thirds of crypto incidents investigated by blockchain analytics company AMLBot in 2025 were driven by social engineering rather than technical exploits, according to a report based on the ...

OS 27 introduces the Trust Insights framework, enabling apps to identify and counteract social engineering scams in real time ...

Meta’s AI support system was exploited to hijack over 20,000 Instagram accounts through social engineering, showing how AI can be manipulated without safeguards. A related case involved a former ...

Social engineering fraud victimized more than 142,000 people across 97 countries in a four-month window this year, according to results INTERPOL announced July 9 from its largest-ever coordinated ...

As scams rise with increased AI integration, Apple aims to enhance user protection in its upcoming iOS 27. The company plans to introduce 'Trust Insights,' a framework that identifies potential social ...

Here’s the scenario: An employee in your accounting department receives an email that appears to be from the CEO. The email requests an urgent wire transfer to a vendor to close a time-sensitive deal.

The FBI has issued a new alert on a rapidly growing cybercrime problem known as account takeover fraud. Cybercriminals are using social engineering tactics to trick individuals into giving away ...

Elastic Security Labs says a multi-step social engineering scam is aimed at those in crypto and finance, using a community plugin feature on a note-taking app to spread malicious device-controlling ...

Social engineering and impersonation-related scams were the most frequent attack vectors targeting crypto investors in AMLBot’s investigations last year. About two-thirds of crypto incidents ...