The REAL ID enforcement deadline officially passed on May 7, 2025, and with summer travel about to ramp up Memorial Day weekend, many Americans are still scrambling to update their identification to stay compliant with TSA regulations. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are capitalizing on the confusion and urgency, rolling out a new wave of REAL ID-related scams. […]
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Phishing remains one of the most common entry points for cyberattacks—and thanks to AI, phishing emails are becoming more convincing and harder to detect than ever before. Even though only 0.7–4.7% of phishing emails that made it past filters in 2024 were AI-generated, researchers at Hoxhunt say the level of sophistication is quickly rising. AI
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As more drivers hit the road for spring and summer travel, a new FBI alert warns consumers about an E-ZPass unpaid toll scam. Text message scams are rapidly evolving and this new wave of “smishing” text scams is targeting toll users nationwide. What started with fraudulent texts posing as E-ZPass, EZDriveMA, or other toll collection
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In 2023, imposter scams cost the U.S. $2.7 billion, with scammers posing as government officials, bank fraud agents, tech support, or even distraught friends or family members. AI is making these scams even more convincing, especially with the rise of audio deepfake scams, also known as voice cloning. It may seem harmless, but just a
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It’s getting tougher to identify a phishing attack with AI technology boosting the frequency and sophistication of phishing schemes. According to recent research by a group of Harvard professors and cybersecurity experts, 60% of participants fell victim to artificial intelligence (AI)-automated phishing, which is comparable to the success rates of non-AI-phishing messages created by human
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Generative AI is making headlines as it changes the tech landscape, fueling new products and tools that streamline processes, enhancing creativity and helping with complex problem-solving. As with most new technology, however, it’s just a matter of time that a good and bad side of generative AI emerges. Generative AI is not new. But rapid
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Phishing is the most common cybercrime tactic and takes place when a target or targets are contacted by email, phone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to trick them into providing personal data, such as banking information and passwords. 3.4 billion phishing emails are sent every day and in 2023 alone,
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