Online Safety stories - Page 2

A leading fraud expert says the FCA’s new Firm Checker will boost transparency but leave sophisticated social engineering scams largely untouched.

Manchester’s FourNet has scooped Palatine’s inaugural Leadership in Social Value award after generating GBP £2,660,194 in social value.

Over half of UK adults want under-16s barred from social media, as new polling exposes deep divides over children’s online access and safety.

A sexual assault survivor says she feels re‑victimised and furious after the Manage My Health hack and US$60,000 ransom demand.

New UK platform FOLO-UP uses AI to flag unsafe products on major online marketplaces, pressuring retailers to pull dangerous listings.

Banks are set to embed AI deep into payment systems by 2026, slashing costs as fraud surges and pressure mounts on platforms and regulators.

YEO launches real-time facial age and ID checks promising ‘unspoofable’ privacy-first verification for social media, gaming and finance.

Gen and Intel debut an on-device deepfake detector at CES, targeting AI-driven scam videos by analysing audio and visuals in real time.

CelcomDigi and Vircle launch SafePAY Jr, a prepaid card and e-wallet with parental controls to teach kids cashless, safer spending.

Neighbourly breach puts up to a million users at risk as stolen GPS data and messages hit dark web, experts urge extreme vigilance online.

Neighbourly has been taken offline while Stuff and external experts probe claims of a data breach affecting the community website’s users.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is funding Global Signal Exchange to expand its shared threat data network against rising online fraud.

Australians are reshaping Boxing Day, prioritising essentials, thrift and online safety over impulse spending amid cost-of-living strain.

Security experts warn new Christmas smart gadgets could expose personal data, urging buyers to change defaults and tighten app permissions.

Digital wallets and decentralised IDs are set to surge by 2026 as AI-driven threats push firms to monitor human and machine identities nonstop.

World rolls out an updated World App in Malaysia, merging encrypted chat with proof-of-humanness checks to tackle bots and deepfakes online.

MITRE warns that cheap face-swap deepfakes can defeat banks’ remote KYC checks, bypassing liveness tools to open fraudulent accounts.

Once harmless web clutter, parked domains now funnel over 90% of visitors to scams, malware and illegal content, Infoblox researchers warn.

Researchers warn a new ‘GhostPairing’ WhatsApp scam turns device linking into a stealth spy tool, hijacking chats via trusted contacts.

Temu signs over 1,500 brands to its expanded Brand Guardian scheme, stepping up IP enforcement and counterfeit crackdowns worldwide.