Olga Altukhova (Svistunova)

Everything you need to know about the latest Telegram scams and phishing, and how to stay safe.

Scammers are promising compensation from a bank to all comers — with no exceptions — and to boost their credibility they’ve even rolled out a deepfake newscast generated by AI.

Cybercriminals are enticing Telegram users with free subscriptions. Is this an unexpected act of generosity or just another scam?

Two-factor authentication protects your account from theft — until you yourself give away your one-time password.

Scammers claim you can earn plenty of Toncoin cryptocurrency by distributing referral links. What’s the catch?

Scammers want to steal your passwords and financial data with fake websites. But where do they host them, and how to spot a fake?

How cybercriminals force victims to work for them with offers of easy money.

Scammers are pretending to offer users tens of thousands of dollars, supposedly accumulated in an account on an “automated cloud-mining platform”.

Why scammers are more likely to target kids than hardcore gamers, how they do it, and what they want to steal

How to keep cybercriminals out of your Telegram account.

Scammers are sending e-mails under the guise of government agencies to coax personal data and money out of users.

How scammers swindle users out of cryptocurrency through a fake Nvidia giveaway supposedly worth 50,000 BTC.