ai-fraud

$20.88 Billion Gone: What the FBI's New Cybercrime Report Actually Says

John Z Black Apr 8, 2026

Ransomware & Cybercrime #fbi #ic3 #cybercrime #crypto-fraud #ransomware #bec #ai-fraud #healthcare

The FBI's IC3 report crossed $20 billion for the first time. Crypto fraud, AI-enabled scams, and elder exploitation tell a story the headline number doesn't capture.

The Week the Infrastructure Fought Back (and Lost)

John Z Black Mar 23, 2026

Weekly Recap #the-week-in-cyber #mobile-security #supply-chain #identity #iran #dprk #ransomware #ai-fraud #threat-intelligence

The week of March 16-22 hit management planes, identity infrastructure, and security tooling itself -- and North Korea kept hiring.

AI Made Fraud 4.5x More Profitable. It Also Made You Stop Trusting What You See.

John Z Black Mar 22, 2026

AI Security #ai-fraud #deepfakes #interpol #iproov #digital-trust #deepfake-as-a-service #identity-verification

Interpol says AI-powered criminals are 4.5x more profitable. iProov says consumers can no longer trust what they see online. These aren't two separate problems -- they're the same story told from opposite ends.