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Hackers Use AI Agents to Do Hacking for Them

October 19, 2026
AI Access Becomes New Commodity for Cybercriminals
Cybersecurity // September 27, 2026

Illegal access to artificial intelligence models has reportedly become a key commodity for cybercriminals. That’s according to a report Sunday (Sept. 27) by the Financial Times (FT), which said this trend is happening as hackers look to employ expensive large language models (LLMs) for extortion,...

Bank Tellers Play Detective in Face of Rising Fraud
Fraud Prevention // June 07, 2026

A spike in incidents of financial fraud has reportedly turned America’s bank tellers into quasi-detectives. That’s according to a report Sunday (June 7) from The New York Times (NYT), which noted that this is happening against the backdrop of a five-fold increase in cybercrime losses,...

Verizon Report Warns of AI-Fueled Social Engineering Surge
Fraud Prevention // May 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence is changing the economics of cybercrime, giving scammers and fraudsters a faster way to scale attacks that companies already struggle to stop. That is one of the central findings in Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, which analyzed more than 31,000 real-world security...

FBI Flags $893 Million in AI-Driven Scams
Cybersecurity // April 07, 2026

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 22,364 internet crime complaints that contained references to artificial intelligence (AI) in 2025. These AI-related complaints reported losses of $893 million, the agency said. The FBI included this data in its 2025 Internet Crime Report, marking the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Crypto Crime Hits Record Levels as Nation-States Dodge Sanctions

January 26, 2026
 By most headline measures, 2025 looks like a year where crypto crime exploded. An estimated $154 billion flowed to illicit addresses, the highest total on record and a 160% jump in illicit volumes according to data cited by Eric Jardine, head of research at Chainalysis. But treating that number as evidence of runaway criminal adoption […]

A Matter of Trust: How AI Is Reshaping Risk Assessment

March 19, 2025
Financial services institutions have long relied on machine learning for risk management, but the threat landscape has grown exponentially in the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI), according to executives...

BEC and Phishing Attacks Surge, Exploiting New Domain Names

December 06, 2024
Technology begets opportunity, for both successful companies and fraudsters. And today’s rising tide of cybercrime has unveiled a new frontier of fraud, one where malicious entities and cybercriminals are focused...

Retailers Rethink Policies as Returns Fraud Spikes Everywhere

October 17, 2024
Returns fraud is a growing global issue, costing retailers billions annually. Recent estimates suggest that fraudulent returns account for up to 13% of total returns in the U.S., significantly impacting...

Quick Reads
Hackers Use AI Agents to Do Hacking for Them

October 19, 2026
New research shows the growing use of AI-powered hacking systems in cybercrime operations. The trend was uncovered in an investigation by cybersecurity firm NorForge, findings from which were published Monday (Oct. 19). The company’s investigation into publicly exposed artificial intelligence (AI)-driven penetration-testing control panels has found how they are widely used in malicious cyber operations. Among these […]

AI Access Becomes New Commodity for Cybercriminals

September 27, 2026
Illegal access to artificial intelligence models has reportedly become a key commodity for cybercriminals. That’s according to a report Sunday (Sept. 27) by the Financial Times (FT), which said this...

Bank Tellers Play Detective in Face of Rising Fraud

June 07, 2026
A spike in incidents of financial fraud has reportedly turned America’s bank tellers into quasi-detectives. That’s according to a report Sunday (June 7) from The New York Times (NYT), which...

Verizon Report Warns of AI-Fueled Social Engineering Surge

May 19, 2026
Artificial intelligence is changing the economics of cybercrime, giving scammers and fraudsters a faster way to scale attacks that companies already struggle to stop. That is one of the central...