WhatsApp cloned: 6 signs and what to do in the first minutes
Lost access or contacts getting Pix money requests? Learn 6 signs of a cloned WhatsApp, how to recover the account and …
Social Engineering 19 posts
Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
Kevin Mitnick: the story of the FBI's most wanted hacker
From teenage phreaker to FBI fugitive: how Kevin Mitnick became the most famous hacker in history and what his story …
Mr. Robot: what the show gets right about hacking (and what it exaggerates)
With an ex-FBI agent and veteran hackers behind the scenes, Mr. Robot became a technical benchmark in fiction. But where …
AI romance scam: how bots keep the fake love story running
Romance scams now run on AI: generated photos, chatbot messages and even deepfake video calls. Here's how the love scam …
Deepfake candidate: the fake employee scam on video
A deepfake in a job interview has already fooled a security company. How the fake employee scam works and the red flags …
AI scams: the 6 most common ones and how to protect yourself
Cloned voices, deepfakes, flawless phishing: the fastest-growing AI scams, how each one works, and the defenses that …
Deepfake CEO fraud: the video call scam that stole US$25 million
An employee wired US$25 million after a video call with deepfakes of the company's entire finance team. Inside the Arup …
How generative AI changed phishing: perfect emails, zero mistakes
AI-generated phishing emails already hit an 81% click rate. How ChatGPT and similar tools raised the quality of the scam …
The fake-relative scam with an AI-cloned voice: how it works and how to protect yourself
Criminals use AI to clone the voices of children and grandchildren and demand an urgent transfer by phone. How the scam …
Social engineering: the attack no antivirus blocks
Hackers manipulate people, not systems. According to Secureframe, 98% of cyberattacks involve social engineering. …