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Fraud News & Alerts
| 01/21 | Holding Government Contractors Accountable for Wrongdoing Argus Information and Advisory Services, a subsidiary of TransUnion, has agreed in... |
| 01/17 | Strengthening Appraisal Oversight: Progress at the Appraisal Subcom... CFPB Deputy Director Zixta Martinez discusses changes at the ASC since she became ... |
| 01/17 | Back from the Dead: Zombie Second Mortgages Forgotten second mortgages may be coming back to haunt homeowners who haven’t rece... |
| 01/16 | Holding Credit Reporting Companies Accountable for Junk Data Including junk data and mistakes on people's credit reports is against the law. |
| 01/15 | What We’re Watching: Language Access in Consumer Finance Financial institutions are increasingly serving consumers in languages other than ... |
| 01/14 | Strengthening State-Level Consumer Protections Today, the CFPB is releasing new recommendations to states on how they can update ... |
| 01/10 | LFG (Looking for gamers): CFPB wants to hear about your video game ... The CFPB invites video gamers to share their experiences with video game currencie... |
| 01/10 | New protections for payday and installment loans take effect March 30 The CFPB’s rule protecting payday and installment loan borrowers takes effect on M... |
| 01/02 | Protecting you from unlawful debt collection at work The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is stopping companies from improperly con... |
| 12/19 | New tactics from companies trying to charge illegal junk fees As companies are stopped from charging illegal junk fees, people are facing new ri... |
| 12/18 | FTC Approves Final Order against Rytr, Seller of an AI “Testimonial... The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order against Rytr, sett... |
| 12/17 | Food for thought: The FTC’s proposed settlement with Grubhub By Julia Solomon Ensor So, you’ve developed a technology-driven delivery platform ... |
| 12/17 | Getting to the bottom line: The FTC’s bipartisan Junk Fees Rule and... By Julia Solomon Ensor .field--name-body a[href$=".pdf"]:after, .field--name-body ... |
| 12/17 | Federal Trade Commission Announces Bipartisan Rule Banning Junk Tic... Image The Federal Trade Commission today announced a final Junk Fees Rule to prohi... |
| 12/17 | FTC, Illinois Attorney General Take Action Against Grubhub for Harm... Grubhub will pay $25 million to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission a... |
| 12/16 | FTC, Illinois Attorney General to Announce Major Law Enforcement Ac... The Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General will announce a maj... |
| 12/12 | New FTC Data Show Skyrocketing Consumer Reports About Game-Like Onl... New Federal Trade Commission complaint data show a sharp spike in online job scams... |
| 12/10 | FTC Sends More Than $540,000 in Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Phan... The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $540,000 in refunds to consumers... |
| 12/10 | Statement on FTC’s Win in Lawsuit Against the Makers of Dietary Sup... Samuel Levine, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Prote... |
| 12/10 | FTC Staff Sends Warning Letters to Healthcare Plan Marketers and Le... As open enrollment season for healthcare plans is ongoing, the staff of the Federa... |
| 12/10 | Selling health insurance plans or healthcare-related products? Take... By Julia Solomon Ensor ‘Tis the season for healthcare-related marketing and advert... |
| 12/09 | FTC Sends Refund Payments to Consumers Impacted by Epic Games’ Unla... The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling more than $72 million to ... |
| 12/09 | FTC Acts to Stop Scheme that Bilked Millions out of Student Loan Bo... The Federal Trade Commission has stopped a scheme that allegedly bilked millions o... |
| 12/05 | As holiday shopping begins, the FTC and IRS agree: scams and identi... By Julia Solomon Ensor The turkey is gone, and the relatives have departed. We’ve ... |
| 12/05 | FTC Sends Payments to Consumers Harmed by Vivint’s Misuse of Consum... The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $500,000 to consu... |
| 12/05 | CreditRepair.com and Lexington Law refund checks: What you need to ... Over 4 million consumers harmed by Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com’s illegal cr... |
| 12/05 | CFPB Ombudsman’s Office 2024 Annual Report The CFPB Ombudsman’s Office shares its FY2024 Annual Report |
| 12/05 | Los cheques de reembolsos de CreditRepair.com y Lexington Law: Lo q... Más de 4 millones de consumidores, quienes fueron perjudicados por las actividades... |
| 12/04 | Protecting consumers’ location data: Key takeaways from four recent... By Bhavna Changrani Since the start of this year, the FTC has announced four groun... |
| 12/04 | FTC Sends Refunds to Consumers Deceived by False Claims of ‘Next Da... The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $114,000 to consumers who w... |
| 12/03 | Selling facial recognition technology or other biometric informatio... By Julia Solomon Ensor Today, the FTC continues its fight against unsupported clai... |
| 12/03 | FTC Takes Action Against Mobilewalla for Collecting and Selling Sen... The Federal Trade Commission will prohibit data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. from sell... |
| 12/03 | FTC Takes Action Against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for Unlawfully Se... The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Gravy Analytics Inc. and its... |
| 12/03 | FTC Takes Action Against IntelliVision Technologies for Deceptive C... The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against IntelliVision Technologies C... |
| 12/02 | FTC Order Requires Online Retailer GOAT to Pay More than $2 Million... The Federal Trade Commission today announced a court order requiring GOAT, a leadi... |
| 11/27 | FTC Takes Aim at Top Fraud Driving Losses Among Older Americans The Federal Trade Commission has approved final amendments to its Telemarket... |
| 11/26 | FTC Takes Action Against Evolv Technologies for Deceiving Users Abo... The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Evolv Technologies over alle... |
| 11/26 | Smart Products Surveyed Fail to Provide Consumers with Information ... A new paper from Federal Trade Commission staff finds that nearly 89% of products ... |
| 11/21 | FTC Sends Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Credit Bureau Center’s Fak... The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $1.9 million to c... |
| 11/20 | FTC Staff Issues Report on Undercover Funeral Rule Phone Sweep The staff of the Federal Trade Commission have issued a report detailing... |
Fake News & Hoaxes
| 05/22 | Musk claimed Starlink isn't allowed to operate in South Africa beca... Tech billionaire Elon Musk was born in South Africa but emigrated at age 17 and ev... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: Video Does NOT Authentically Show Pope Leo XIV Criticiz... Does the video authentically capture Pope Leo XIV publicly disparaging JD Vance fo... |
| 05/22 | Trump, Allies Spread Unfounded Claims About Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Former President Joe Biden's office announced on May 18 that he had been diagnosed... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Authentically Show Houthis Missiles Targ... Does a photo shared on social media authentically show Houthis missiles targeting ... |
| 05/22 | No, Pete Townshend of The Who did not call Bruce Springsteen 'a bit... He did however, once say the American singer's performances were "a bit of blood a... |
| 05/22 | Did LA Dodgers reject ad for Musk's Tesla electric vehicles at Dodg... The rumor is part of a symphony of nearly identical claims about other professiona... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: 'White Genocide' Video Played In Oval Office Does NOT S... Did the footage shown to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 21, 2025 i... |
| 05/22 | Trump suggested Biden hid cancer diagnosis. Here's what we know abo... Standard medical practice is to not test men who have a life expectancy of less th... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: Rep. Ilhan Omar Did NOT Fail To Condemn Capital Jewish ... Did Rep. Ilhan Omar fail to condemn the shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers a... |
| 05/22 | Clarifying claims that cheating 'after signing marriage papers' wil... Some U.S. states do have laws criminalizing adultery, but lawyers generally advise... |
| 05/22 | Trump Video Doesn’t Show ‘Burial Sites’ in South Africa In a salient moment with the leader of South Africa, President Donald Trump played... |
| 05/22 | Here's why Obama was briefly mentioned during Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial The former U.S. president's name came up during during a line of questioning regar... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: Pete Townsend Did NOT Say Bruce Springsteen Should 'Shu... Did Pete Townsend from The Who say Bruce Springsteen should "shut up and play" in ... |
| 05/22 | FEMA packages to migrants provided by Biden admin weren't found by ... Online users shared and discussed a rumor in May 2025 about U.S. Border Patrol age... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: Venezuelan Government Did NOT Donate $22.9 Million For ... Did the Venezuelan government donate $22.9 million for an apartment to be built on... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: Photo of Two Men With Israeli Flags Does NOT Show Embas... Did a photograph shared online show the victims of a May 21, 2025 shooting outside... |
| 05/22 | 10 rumors we've fact-checked involving Bruce Springsteen The "Born in the U.S.A." singer is the subject of many rumors — some true, some not. |
| 05/22 | Banner of Trump hung next to Lincoln on USDA building in a move cri... An edited version of the image showing Lincoln giving Trump the finger also circul... |
| 05/22 | Fact Check: Rep. LaMonica McIver Did NOT Start Singing 'You Fight O... Did Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-NJ, start singing "You Fight On" during a CNN intervie... |
| 05/21 | Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen performed together in 'defiance' af... The president posted scathing criticisms of the two musicians on Truth Social. |
| 05/21 | Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show British Porn Actress 'Bonnie Blue' ... Do viral videos authentically show the British porn actress known as Bonnie Blue b... |
| 05/21 | Fact Check: Next Air Force One Is NOT Qatari-Made -- Qatar Manufact... Did the Pentagon in May of 2025 approve acquisition of a "Qatari-built jet" to be ... |
| 05/21 | Kristi Noem said habeas corpus gives Trump right 'to remove people ... The homeland security secretary was wrong. We take a look at the actual meaning of... |
| 05/21 | Usher didn't testify in court against Sean 'Diddy' Combs A YouTube user promoted this false rumor about Usher and Combs' trial with an AI-g... |
| 05/21 | George Strait canceled show with Bruce Springsteen over Trump comme... There is no evidence the musicians had a show scheduled together. |
| 05/21 | What we know about claims China 'broke through' Israeli blockade to... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in early March 2025 that Israel wou... |
| 05/21 | Look out for claims comedian Abby McEnany is dead This is only the latest celebrity death hoax. |
| 05/21 | UN's Statement About 14,000 Children Dying In 48 Hours In Gaza With... Did the UN say that 14,000 babies would die if there is no aid to Gaza in 48 hours... |
| 05/21 | Fact Check: Usher Did NOT Testify at Diddy Trial, As Of May 21, 2025 Did recording artist Usher testify during the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs in May 2... |
| 05/21 | Unpacking claims Fox News is one of the default TV stations on US m... The U.S. Marines and U.S. Army said their respective branches do not mandate viewe... |
| 05/21 | Fact Check: Pam Bondi Did NOT Say 'It's Illegal to Call Yourself Th... Did Attorney General Pam Bondi say "It's illegal to call yourself 'The Boss' if yo... |
| 05/21 | Don't be fooled by staged 'police bodycam' where white officer stop... The alleged footage used an altered Axon watermark and his department turned out t... |
| 05/21 | Grindr hasn't threatened to reveal GOP politicians 'secretly' using... The claim spread across social media platforms over 2 years after an X account sup... |
| 05/21 | Fact Check: Pam Bondi NOT Prosecuting People Saying 'Clown Prince T... Did Attorney General Pam Bondi threaten to prosecute anyone calling President Trum... |
| 05/20 | Ford didn't shut down US production due to Trump's tariffs, nor did... YouTube creators used artificial intelligence in May 2025 to generate scripts and ... |
| 05/20 | Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Authentically Show RFK, Jr. Saying Ch... Did Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testify before Congress that "China is putting gay chem... |
| 05/20 | Don't fall for video allegedly showing scene of 2 hooded KKK member... The video showed superimposed mug shots of white men on top of several clips depic... |
| 05/20 | Yes, Chicago Sun-Times published AI-generated 'summer reading list'... While the newspaper published the content, it originated from a company owned by m... |
| 05/20 | Trump admin cut weather service staff in Kentucky, where tornadoes ... Residents did receive advance warning of the tornado before it hit. |
| 05/20 | Donald Trump Jr. questioned why 'Dr. Jill Biden' missed Biden's can... Jill Biden has a doctorate in education. She is not a medical doctor. |
| 05/20 | Pam Bondi said it's 'illegal to call yourself The Boss' about Bruce... The claim spread online amid a war of words between Springsteen and U.S. President... |
| 05/20 | Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Portray Karmelo Anthony Attending Prom Does a viral image show Karmelo Anthony, who is a subject to fatal stabbing charge... |
| 05/20 | Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Israeli Bombing Of Gaza Does this video authentically document the Israeli military bombing Gaza, as a soc... |
| 05/20 | 14 rumors about Michelle Obama we've investigated The former first lady of the U.S. has been at the center of many false rumors. |
| 05/20 | Fact Check: Mo'Nique Did NOT Testify in Diddy Trial About Oprah, Ty... Did comedian Mo'Nique testify during the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs in May 2025? ... |
| 05/20 | Fact Check: Sheila E. Did NOT Testify About Prince's Fears at Trial... Did percussionist Sheila E. testify during the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs in May ... |
| 05/20 | No evidence King Harald of Norway snubbed Trump to meet Obama instead Former U.S. President Barack Obama was already in Oslo delivering a lecture. |
| 05/20 | AstraZeneca means 'a road to death' in Latin? Google Translate often gets it wrong. |
| 05/20 | Fact Check: AI Video Has Trump Cancel Pride Month, Replace It With ... Did President Donald Trump announce in a video that "Pride Month is canceled" and ... |
| 05/20 | Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Cruise Ships Dumping Sewa... Does a viral video authentically show several cruise ships dumping raw sewage into... |
Cybersecurity News
| 09/24 | Sixth PQC Standardization Conference FULL CONFERENCE DETAILS NIST plans to hold the 6th PQC Standardization Conference ... |
| 08/14 | NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Webinar: Protecting Your Small Bu... Phishing is one of the most common types of cyber crime. These scams use convincin... |
| 06/26 | Iris Experts Group (IEG) Annual Meeting The Iris Experts Group is a forum for the discussion of technical questions of int... |
| 05/22 | Cybersecurity and AI: Integrating and Building on Existing NIST Gui... What is NIST up to? On April 3, 2025, NIST hosted a Cybersecurity and AI Profile W... |
| 05/21 | Threat Level - GUARDED On May 21, the Cyber Threat Alert Level was evaluated and is remaining at Blue (Gu... |
| 05/21 | A 5-Stage Process for Automated Testing and Delivery of Complex Sof... Managing and maintaining deployments of complex software present engineers with a ... |
| 05/20 | Threat Actors Deploy LummaC2 Malware to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data f... Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infras... |
| 05/20 | CSF 2.0 Webinar Series: Deep-Dive into the CSF 2.0 Govern Function ... One of the major updates to CSF 2.0 is the creation of the Govern Function, highli... |
| 05/19 | CISA Welcomes Madhu Gottumukkala as the New Deputy Director |
| 05/15 | A Vulnerability in Google Chrome Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Exe... A vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chrome which could allow for arbitra... |
| 05/15 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile Could Al... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile, t... |
| 05/15 | How Threat Modeling, Actor Attribution Grow Cyber Defenses Want to enhance your threat modeling? By combining it with threat actor attributio... |
| 05/15 | Stop Imagining Threats, Start Mitigating Them: A Practical Guide to... When building a software-intensive system, a key part in creating a secure and rob... |
| 05/14 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Products Could Allow for Arbitrar... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe products, the most severe o... |
| 05/13 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Fortinet Products Could Allow for Arbit... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fortinet Products, the most sever... |
| 05/13 | Critical Patches Issued for Microsoft Products, May 13, 2025 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most seve... |
| 05/13 | Five Years Later: Evolving IoT Cybersecurity Guidelines The Background…and NIST’s Plan for Improving IoT Cybersecurity The passage of the ... |
| 05/13 | CISA Statement on Cyber-Related Alerts and Notifications |
| 05/12 | Russian GRU Targeting Western Logistics Entities and Technology Com... Executive Summary This joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) highlights a Russian sta... |
| 05/12 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Android OS Could Allow for Remot... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Android OS, the most sever... |
| 05/07 | 5th High-Performance Computing Security Workshop High-performance computing (HPC) systems provide fundamental computing infrastruct... |
| 05/05 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 10... Multiple v ulnerabilities have been discovered in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (... |
| 05/05 | CIS Benchmarks May 2025 Update Here is an overview of the CIS Benchmarks that the Center for Internet Security (C... |
| 05/05 | Small Businesses Create Big Impact: NIST Celebrates 2025 National S... This week we’re celebrating National Small Business Week—which recognizes and cele... |
| 04/29 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Products Could Allow for Arbitr... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla products, the most severe... |
| 04/28 | 10 Things Organizations Should Know About AI Workforce Development This post outlines 10 recommendations developed in response to work with our missi... |
| 04/25 | A Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Could Allow for Re... A vulnerability has been discovered in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, which could ... |
| 04/23 | Top 10 Malware Q1 2025 In Q1 2025, the Top 10 Malware observed via the MS-ISAC® changed slightly from the... |
| 04/23 | CISA, DHS S&T, INL, LSU Help Energy Industry Partners Strengthen In... |
| 04/23 | Statement from Matt Hartman on the CVE Program |
| 04/23 | A Vulnerability in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series ... A vulnerability has been discovered in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Ma... |
| 04/21 | DataOps: Towards More Reliable Machine Learning Systems Decisions based on ML models can have significant consequences, and managing the r... |
| 04/18 | Oracle Quarterly Critical Patches Issued April 15, 2025 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle products, which could allo... |
| 04/18 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple Products Could Allow for Arbitrar... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple products, the most severe o... |
| 04/16 | Hacktivist Group DieNet Claims DDoS Attacks against U.S. CNI DieNet is a hacktivist group that's claimed DDoS attacks against U.S. critical inf... |
| 04/16 | CISA Statement on CVE Program |
| 04/14 | NIST Updates Privacy Framework, Tying It to Recent Cybersecurity Gu... Targeted changes to content and structure respond to stakeholder needs and make th... |
| 04/08 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Fortinet Products Could Allow for Remot... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered Fortinet Products, the most severe o... |
| 04/08 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Products Could Allow for Arbitrar... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe products, the most severe o... |
| 04/08 | A Vulnerability in Google Chrome Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Exe... A vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chrome, which could allow for arbitr... |
| 04/08 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Could Allow for... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, the most... |
| 04/08 | Critical Patches Issued for Microsoft Products, April 8, 2025 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most seve... |
| 04/08 | CIS Benchmarks April 2025 Update Here is an overview of the CIS Benchmarks that the Center for Internet Security (C... |
| 04/08 | Open Industrial Digital Ecosystem Summit The Open Industrial Digital Ecosystem Summit is an annual event bringing together ... |
| 04/07 | FFIEC CAT Sunset: What You Need to Know How are you preparing for the sunset of the FFIEC CAT? Read on to learn how anothe... |
| 04/07 | Evaluating LLMs for Text Summarization: An Introduction Deploying LLMs without human supervision and evaluation can lead to significant er... |
| 04/03 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Products Could Allow for Arbitr... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla products, the most severe... |
| 04/03 | A Vulnerability in Ivanti Products Could Allow for Remote Code Exec... A Vulnerability has been discovered in Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and Z... |
| 04/03 | CISA and Partners Issue Fast Flux Cybersecurity Advisory |
| 04/03 | Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX could allow for arbitrary code ... Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in IBM AIX, the most severe of which... |