New AI-Powered Scam Detection Features to Help Protect You on Android (Google Online Security Blog)

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Posted by Lyubov Farafonova, Product Manager, Phone by Google; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse Google has been at the forefront of protecting users from the ever-growing threat of scams and fraud with cutting-edge technologies and security expertise for years. In 2024, scammers used increasingly sophisticated tactics and generative AI-powered tools to steal more than $1 trillion from mobile consumers globally, according to the Global Anti-Scam Alliance. And with the majority of scams now delivered through phone calls and text messages, we’ve been focused on making Android’s safeguards even more intelligent with powerful Google AI to help keep your financial information and data safe. Today, we’re launching two new industry-leading AI-powered scam detection features for calls and text messages, designed to protect users…
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New AI-Powered Scam Detection Features to Help Protect You on Android (Google Online Security Blog)

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Posted by Lyubov Farafonova, Product Manager, Phone by Google; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse Google has been at the forefront of protecting users from the ever-growing threat of scams and fraud with cutting-edge technologies and security expertise for years. In 2024, scammers used increasingly sophisticated tactics and generative AI-powered tools to steal more than $1 trillion from mobile consumers globally, according to the Global Anti-Scam Alliance. And with the majority of scams now delivered through phone calls and text messages, we’ve been focused on making Android’s safeguards even more intelligent with powerful Google AI to help keep your financial information and data safe. Today, we’re launching two new industry-leading AI-powered scam detection features for calls and text messages, designed to protect users…
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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab (Krebs on Security)

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One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing its operations through networks run by the Russian antivirus and security firm Kaspersky Lab, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Security experts say the Russia-based service provider Prospero OOO (the triple O is the Russian version of “LLC”) has long been a persistent source of malicious software, botnet controllers, and a torrent of phishing websites. Last year, the French security firm Intrinsec detailed Prospero’s connections to bulletproof services advertised on Russian cybercrime forums under the names Securehost and BEARHOST. The bulletproof hosting provider BEARHOST. This screenshot has been machine-translated from Russian. Image: Ke-la.com. Bulletproof hosts are so named when they earn or cultivate a reputation for ignoring legal demands and abuse complaints. And BEARHOST has been cultivating…
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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab (Krebs on Security)

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One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing its operations through networks run by the Russian antivirus and security firm Kaspersky Lab, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Security experts say the Russia-based service provider Prospero OOO (the triple O is the Russian version of “LLC”) has long been a persistent source of malicious software, botnet controllers, and a torrent of phishing websites. Last year, the French security firm Intrinsec detailed Prospero’s connections to bulletproof services advertised on Russian cybercrime forums under the names Securehost and BEARHOST. The bulletproof hosting provider BEARHOST. This screenshot has been machine-translated from Russian. Image: Ke-la.com. Bulletproof hosts are so named when they earn or cultivate a reputation for ignoring legal demands and abuse complaints. And BEARHOST has been cultivating…
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