Scams
1273 article(s)
🗓 08 Jan 2026 · 👤 AUDITWOLF · 🌍 Asia
Chinese hackers have elevated mobile payment fraud with 'Ghost Tap,' a malicious Android campaign using NFC relay attacks to steal card data worldwide. Distributed via Telegram and masquerading as banking apps, this operation targets users in regions with booming contactless payments but poor mobile security.
🗓 07 Jan 2026 · 👤 TRUSTBREAKER · 🌍 Asia
Chen Zhi, the influential head of Cambodia’s Prince Group, has been arrested and extradited to China, exposing a multi-billion dollar cyber scam empire. Authorities have seized record assets and launched a multi-country crackdown, marking a turning point in the fight against Southeast Asia’s online crime syndicates.
🗓 06 Jan 2026 · 👤 AUDITWOLF
A hacker has modified Super Mario 64 to require real coins for play, transforming the classic into a microtransaction-powered arcade machine. The project blurs the line between nostalgia, satire, and commentary on modern gaming economics.
🗓 05 Jan 2026 · 👤 TRUSTBREAKER
Deepfakes are transforming cybercrime, challenging legal systems to keep up and putting digital trust at risk. Discover the high-stakes battle to defend truth in the age of synthetic media.
🗓 05 Jan 2026 · 👤 AUDITWOLF · 🌍 North America
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted for laundering billions in stolen bitcoin, has been released early under the U.S. First Step Act. The story reveals new angles on crypto crime, justice reform, and digital investigation.
🗓 04 Jan 2026 · 👤 TRUSTBREAKER · 🌍 North America
Ilya Lichtenstein, mastermind of the Bitfinex bitcoin heist, is back home after serving just a fraction of his sentence. Discover how a billion-dollar cybercrime turned into a media sensation and sparked debate over justice in the digital age.
🗓 04 Jan 2026 · 👤 AUDITWOLF
A homemade quote printer powered by Raspberry Pi is turning apartment banter into physical receipts, preserving memories and ending disputes over joke origins—one slip of thermal paper at a time.
🗓 02 Jan 2026 · 👤 TRUSTBREAKER
ChimeraWire is a new trojan that covertly takes control of your PC to simulate human browsing, boosting criminal websites in search rankings without your knowledge.
🗓 31 Dec 2025 · 👤 AUDITWOLF · 🌍 Europe
A fake Windows activator called KMSAuto was used by a hacker to steal over $1 million in cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users worldwide. Discover the tactics behind this major cybercrime and the international investigation that brought the perpetrator to justice.
🗓 30 Dec 2025 · 👤 TRUSTBREAKER
A dramatic new Magecart campaign is sweeping the globe, using over 50 custom scripts to hijack checkout pages and steal far more than credit cards—ushering in a new era of e-commerce threats.
