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Fake Online Stores See A 135% Spike As Black Friday And Holiday Shopping Approaches
As Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) approaches, the annual online sales phenomenon shows no sign of slowing down, and neither do cybercriminals looking to take advantage of the busiest shopping days of the year. The kick-off to holiday shopping, much…

Large Language Models (LLMs) Are Falling for Phishing Scams: What Happens When AI Gives You the Wrong URL?
Key Data When Netcraft researchers asked a large language model where to log into various well-known platforms, the results were surprisingly dangerous. Of 131 hostnames provided in response to natural language queries for 50 brands, 34% of them were not…

Uncloaking Fake Search Ads
Search engine ads are not always as they seem. Cybercriminals can take advantage of the ability to precisely target potential victims, tricking them into clicking malicious links prominently displayed before the intended legitimate destination. This blog post takes a detailed…

What Toll Agencies Need to Know About Toll Text Scams and Brand Impersonation
Reports to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network shows losses to text scams have skyrocketed even as the number of reports declined. In 2024, people reported $470 million in losses to these scams, more than five times the 2020…