A fake family text claims a phone fell in the sink, then asks you to message a new number. That tiny detour can start a ...

The AP/“FRONTLINE” investigation was based on tens of thousands of leaked scam center files, videos and photos; an analysis with C4ADS of misuse of artificial intelligence at scam centers; an ...

If you've spent any time on Meta's Threads app in the last year, then you've likely seen what I like to call "the Mr Beast ...

Operation Navy Ghost is targeting Python developers who build Telegram bots by hiding backdoors inside trojanized Pyrogram forks uploaded to PyPI. The campaign has been active since November 2025, ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of fraudulent activity targeting users across the Middle East and North Africa by employing various fraudulent Facebook accounts impersonating ...

Harris County officials are warning residents to watch out for callers who pretend to be from their bank, claim there is suspicious activity, then pressure people to punch in one-time verification ...

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Google filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against Outsider Enterprise for allegedly using Gemini AI to power ...

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to send more than 2 million text messages with fraudulent ...

Bitdefender’s The Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026 shows how online scams have evolved far beyond crude phishing emails and fake websites into a coordinated, industrialized cybercrime economy.

Australia’s 2.6 million small businesses and community groups need to act fast, or risk having their texts mistaken for scams – all because of one new word.

There is a reason your bank texts you a fraud alert instead of emailing it. People open text messages. Almost all of them, almost immediately. SMS open rates run as high as 98%, and roughly 90% of ...