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Google Introduces AI-Powered Safety Tools to Protect Users from Phone Call Scams and Malicious Apps
Google introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) safety tools for Android devices on Wednesday. These tools are aimed at protecting users from phone call-based scams and malicious apps by monitoring the activity in real time. The first is Scam Detection in Phone by Google, which monitors conversation patterns to determine whether an incoming ...
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Google Cleared In Lawsuit Alleging Profit From 'Gift Card Scams'
A federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Google of illegally profiting from Google Play gift card scams by refusing to refund millions of dollars stolen from victims.
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Google Messages Rolls Out Sensitive Content Warning, Enhanced Spam Detection and More Features
Google Messages is rolling out several new features aimed at improving user privacy and protecting them from suspicious calls and messages. One of the additions is protection against scam texts related to package deliveries and jobs, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) models. There are also features related to handling international callers an...
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Crypto Wallet Drainer App Identified on Google Play Store, Report Suggests $70,000 Stolen
A report from Check Point Research (CPR) reveals that a malicious app used "advanced evasion techniques" to steal $70,000 (roughly Rs. 58.6 lakh) over five months from users interacting with the platform. After analysing its JavaScript code, the app has been named "MS Drainer."
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'Match', Date Night And A Huge Bill: Modus Operandi In Dating App Scams
Dating App Scam: Multiple posts on Reddit, some of them a year old, narrate accounts of people who were scammed into paying exorbitant amounts during dates with women they met on dating apps.
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Noida Man Duped Of Rs 20.54 Lakh In Work-From-Home Job Scam: Cops
A Greater Noida resident has allegedly fallen victim to a cyber fraud that cost him Rs 20.54 lakh after he was lured into the scam through a text message offering a work-from-home job, which involved rating hotels on Google Maps for monetary rewards.
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Google I/O 2024: Android to Get Support for Scam Call Detection, Circle to Search for Homework using On-Device Gemini AI
Google I/O 2024 saw the company unveil new features powered by AI that will soon come to the company's Android smartphones. During the keynote event on May 14, the company's executives didn't unveil Android 15, but showcased off new features powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that are likely to arrive on Android phones in the coming months.
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Google Messages Could Show a New Pop-Up Warning When Users Click on Links From Unknown Senders: Report
Google is reportedly working on a new warning message for Google Messages that can prevent users from falling for a phishing scam or unknowingly installing malware on their devices. This feature will be triggered whenever the user clicks on a link sent by a number not saved in the Contacts. The new warning message is said to require users to take a...
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Google Files Lawsuits Against Chinese Nationals for Promoting Fraudulent Crypto Apps on Play Store: Report
In the lawsuit filed by Google, the company has alleged that the two Chinese nationals were luring people to engage with scam crypto apps, getting them to deposit funds and later blocking access to their deposits.
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Arvind Kejriwal Live Updates: 7-Day Enforcement Directorate Custody For Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal Arrest Live News: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to a seven-day Enforcement Directorate custody.
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Cyber Criminals Have New Tool ‘Drainer’ to Rob Crypto Holders, Beware of Web3 Ads on Google, X
Crypto hackers have reportedly been able to rob 63,210 victims so far and have managed to get away with a stolen wealth of $59 million (roughly Rs. 490 crores) between March and November this year via ‘Drainers’.
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Google Techie, 22, Loses Rs 67 Lakh To Crypto Scam. He Had Planned to Retire At 35
The techie shared that he lost Rs 67 lakh in crypto between November 2021 and June 2022.
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Crypto Fraudsters Exploiting Ads on Google Search Results for Scam Websites: Expert
Crypto scammers are exploiting people’s tendencies to interact with Google ads to hunt for victims. Cyber researcher who goes by the username of @0xngmi has sounded an alert about an ongoing scam on Google Search. “But Google has failed to take any action,” the researcher posted as part of their X thread.
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Crypto Scammers Fishing Victims on Android, iOS Via ChatGPT, Other AI Tools: Sophos
Crypto scammers are increasingly leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to breach the security protocols offered by Google and Apple, targeting members of the crypto community via fake apps. A total of seven malicious apps have been identified by Sophos that were available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play Stor...
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US Lawmaker Urges Tech Firms to Label AI-Generated Content, Limit Spread of Misinformation
US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is active in artificial intelligence issues, wrote to leading tech firms on Thursday to urge them to label AI-generated content and limit the spread of material aimed at misleading users.
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Google Introduces AI-Powered Safety Tools to Protect Users from Phone Call Scams and Malicious Apps
Google introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) safety tools for Android devices on Wednesday. These tools are aimed at protecting users from phone call-based scams and malicious apps by monitoring the activity in real time. The first is Scam Detection in Phone by Google, which monitors conversation patterns to determine whether an incoming ...
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Google Cleared In Lawsuit Alleging Profit From 'Gift Card Scams'
A federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit accusing Google of illegally profiting from Google Play gift card scams by refusing to refund millions of dollars stolen from victims.
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Google Messages Rolls Out Sensitive Content Warning, Enhanced Spam Detection and More Features
Google Messages is rolling out several new features aimed at improving user privacy and protecting them from suspicious calls and messages. One of the additions is protection against scam texts related to package deliveries and jobs, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) models. There are also features related to handling international callers an...
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Crypto Wallet Drainer App Identified on Google Play Store, Report Suggests $70,000 Stolen
A report from Check Point Research (CPR) reveals that a malicious app used "advanced evasion techniques" to steal $70,000 (roughly Rs. 58.6 lakh) over five months from users interacting with the platform. After analysing its JavaScript code, the app has been named "MS Drainer."
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'Match', Date Night And A Huge Bill: Modus Operandi In Dating App Scams
Dating App Scam: Multiple posts on Reddit, some of them a year old, narrate accounts of people who were scammed into paying exorbitant amounts during dates with women they met on dating apps.
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Noida Man Duped Of Rs 20.54 Lakh In Work-From-Home Job Scam: Cops
A Greater Noida resident has allegedly fallen victim to a cyber fraud that cost him Rs 20.54 lakh after he was lured into the scam through a text message offering a work-from-home job, which involved rating hotels on Google Maps for monetary rewards.
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Google I/O 2024: Android to Get Support for Scam Call Detection, Circle to Search for Homework using On-Device Gemini AI
Google I/O 2024 saw the company unveil new features powered by AI that will soon come to the company's Android smartphones. During the keynote event on May 14, the company's executives didn't unveil Android 15, but showcased off new features powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that are likely to arrive on Android phones in the coming months.
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Google Messages Could Show a New Pop-Up Warning When Users Click on Links From Unknown Senders: Report
Google is reportedly working on a new warning message for Google Messages that can prevent users from falling for a phishing scam or unknowingly installing malware on their devices. This feature will be triggered whenever the user clicks on a link sent by a number not saved in the Contacts. The new warning message is said to require users to take a...
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Google Files Lawsuits Against Chinese Nationals for Promoting Fraudulent Crypto Apps on Play Store: Report
In the lawsuit filed by Google, the company has alleged that the two Chinese nationals were luring people to engage with scam crypto apps, getting them to deposit funds and later blocking access to their deposits.
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Arvind Kejriwal Live Updates: 7-Day Enforcement Directorate Custody For Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal Arrest Live News: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to a seven-day Enforcement Directorate custody.
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Cyber Criminals Have New Tool ‘Drainer’ to Rob Crypto Holders, Beware of Web3 Ads on Google, X
Crypto hackers have reportedly been able to rob 63,210 victims so far and have managed to get away with a stolen wealth of $59 million (roughly Rs. 490 crores) between March and November this year via ‘Drainers’.
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Google Techie, 22, Loses Rs 67 Lakh To Crypto Scam. He Had Planned to Retire At 35
The techie shared that he lost Rs 67 lakh in crypto between November 2021 and June 2022.
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Crypto Fraudsters Exploiting Ads on Google Search Results for Scam Websites: Expert
Crypto scammers are exploiting people’s tendencies to interact with Google ads to hunt for victims. Cyber researcher who goes by the username of @0xngmi has sounded an alert about an ongoing scam on Google Search. “But Google has failed to take any action,” the researcher posted as part of their X thread.
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Crypto Scammers Fishing Victims on Android, iOS Via ChatGPT, Other AI Tools: Sophos
Crypto scammers are increasingly leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to breach the security protocols offered by Google and Apple, targeting members of the crypto community via fake apps. A total of seven malicious apps have been identified by Sophos that were available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play Stor...
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US Lawmaker Urges Tech Firms to Label AI-Generated Content, Limit Spread of Misinformation
US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat who is active in artificial intelligence issues, wrote to leading tech firms on Thursday to urge them to label AI-generated content and limit the spread of material aimed at misleading users.
