Social Engineering News

After an Indian court found no case against CoinDCX’s founders, the Coinbase-backed exchange said it will roll out an anti-fraud network to tackle impersonation and cyber fraud.

A Thane judge granted bail to CoinDCX co-founders Sumit Surendra Gupta and Niraj Ashok Khandelwal, finding no case against them.

A simple “wrong number” message led to a $3.4 million crypto scam, exposing social engineering tactics, fake investments and fund laundering methods.

A 66-year-old Hong Kong retiree lost $840,000 in three related scams over six months, as fraudsters posed as crypto experts promising profits and fund recovery.

Mandiant, which operates under Google Cloud, has tracked the suspected North Korean scammers since 2018, and AI has helped scale up malicious attacks since November 2025.

The feature allows non-technical teams to conduct onchain investigations and compliance analyses without relying on custom code.

An Investigation from ZachXBT traced the suspect through posts gloating on social media and Telegram activity.

Security researcher Taylor Monahan warns that hackers have already stolen over $300 million from this method. Here’s what to do if you are caught in their scam.

The company offers crypto trading on the platforms that it manages, including the mixed-asset trading platforms Swissquote and Yuh.

Hackers are moving from smart contract vulnerabilities to exploiting human behavioural weaknesses, according to the co-founder of Web3 cybersecurity firm CertiK.

Coinbase users are falling prey to social engineering scams, costing users tens of millions of dollars in losses, according to ZachXBT.

The stolen $330 million was laundered through 300 wallets and 20+ exchanges, experts told Cointelegraph.

Cyberattacks originating from the country range from social engineering attempts to assaults on exchanges and can take a year to play out.

A cybercrime group has launched a complex social engineering scheme with fake crypto job ads, a fake firm and a malicious meeting app.

The FBI has unveiled details of a $305M Bitcoin heist by North Korea-affiliated hackers using social engineering techniques.