Fake AI voice scammers are now impersonating government officials
You probably know that it’s easy enough to fake audio and video of someone at this point, so you might think to do a little bit of research if you…
Android 16 has a new tool for keeping scammers at bay
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new security feature for Android that blocks you from changing certain sensitive settings during phone calls. These sensitive settings…
How Microsoft outplays scammers with clever virtual ‘honeypot’ traps
Earlier this year at the BSides Exeter security conference, Microsoft security software engineer Ross Bevington — the company’s self-proclaimed “Head of Deception” — described the exciting process by which Microsoft…
Crypto scammers hack OpenAI’s press account on X
OpenAI’s official press account on X was compromised by cryptocurrency scammers. Or, at least that’s what appears to have happened. Late Monday afternoon, OpenAI Newsroom, an account OpenAI recently launched…
Protect yourself from phone scammers who are using faked AI voices
Never before has it been easier to clone a human voice. New AI tools can take a voice sample, process it, copy it, and say anything in the voice of…