India is teaming up with tech giants Google and Facebook to step up efforts against "romance scams" that use cryptocurrencies for investment fraud. The scams mainly target disadvantaged groups such as unemployed youth, housewives, students and financially disadvantaged individuals, according to the Indian Home Ministry's 2024 annual report. The report highlights the global nature of the problem, which also involves large-scale money laundering and cyber slavery. Cyber scammers often abuse Google...
Kaspersky has detected a cyber fraud campaign aimed at stealing cryptocurrencies and sensitive information using hot topics such as web3, encryption, artificial intelligence and online gaming. It is understood that the campaign was orchestrated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals. Kaspersky named the cybercriminals behind the campaign "Tusk". They created fake websites that mimicked legitimate services, involving websites that mimicked cryptocurrency platforms, online role-playing games and AI tr...