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Trio accused of using deepfake CEOs and bogus lawyers to scam businesses out of $129 million

Three men allegedly used deepfakes of company CEOs and law firm attorneys to trick employees into wiring more than $129 million to accounts the group controlled, the Justice Department said. The indictment names the three as Jacob Soall, 41, Sharon Hazan, 54, and Guy Sheetrit, 42. Soall used the alias “Rocky Balboa,” and Hazan went by “Superman Cash,” “Impossible Mission” and “Fat Boy,” among others. The scheme ran f…

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$133 million stolen from French bank via exploited service provider

Attackers siphoned an estimated $133 million from Crédit Mutuel Arkéa by using the bank’s own account to wire money to other banks, from where it was possibly converted into cryptocurrency. The French cooperative banking group, which has €211.5 billion in total assets and more than 5.8 million customers, confirmed the attack days after blockchain investigator ZachXBT began tracking over $100 million in suspected stol…

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Product showcase: What the Malwarebytes Claude connector reveals about unexpected texts

The Malwarebytes connector for Claude checks suspicious links, phone numbers, and email addresses without leaving the chat. You can paste a link or upload a screenshot of a message, then ask Claude to check the details against Malwarebytes’ threat database. The connector works with free and paid Claude plans and requires no separate Malwarebytes account. Setting permissions for each tool The connector has six tools,…

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