On-chain sleuth ZachXBT uncovered a major $4 million social engineering scam orchestrated by Christian Nieves, also known by his aliases Daytwo and PawsOnHips. The scammer reportedly targeted Coinbase ...

Google’s director of Android security and privacy has confirmed new 2026 protections amid spoofed calls that have driven a ...

About two-thirds of crypto incidents investigated by blockchain analytics company AMLBot in 2025 were driven by social engineering rather than technical exploits, according to a report based on the ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Social engineering is the next cybersecurity battleground. In ...

Ravi Rathore, a former software engineer, swapped his corporate career for cybercrime, orchestrating a multimillion-dollar ...

Just about every day, we receive emails from readers who have encountered new scams. Many involve cryptocurrency. The pattern keeps repeating. Someone receives a message that feels urgent, emotional ...

Social engineering and impersonation-related scams were the most frequent attack vectors targeting crypto investors in AMLBot’s investigations last year. About two-thirds of crypto incidents ...