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A phishing-as-a-service platform called AnonyMousKIT automates the retrieval of codes used to unlock stolen Apple devices. Active since early 2024, it operates across 506 domains with 168 storefront brands as resellers, using AI-powered voice calls that impersonate Apple Support to trick victims into revealing device passcodes and Apple ID credentials.
Revolut has established Revolut Research, a dedicated AI research division within its AI department, to develop Pragma—a foundation model trained on data from 80 million customers across 40 markets. Built in partnership with Nvidia, Pragma has demonstrated a 2.3x uplift in identifying credit default risk and 65% improvement in fraud detection compared to legacy systems.
Experian's latest report shows financial fraud in India has shifted from volume to value, with fraud amounts rising nearly fourfold to Rs 48,021 crore in FY26 from Rs 12,230 crore in FY24. Organized fraud networks using AI and synthetic identities are driving this change, prompting lenders to adopt advanced fraud prevention strategies.
Major financial institutions including Visa, Mastercard, JP Morgan, and Standard Chartered are rebuilding payment infrastructure for an AI-driven future. By 2030, up to 80% of digital transactions will be executed by autonomous AI agents, fundamentally shifting payments from digital to delegated commerce where machines transact independently.
Apple Music is making AI transparency labels mandatory for all AI-generated songs later this year. While over a third of monthly uploads are now fully AI-generated content, these tracks account for less than 0.5% of actual listening on the platform. The move makes Apple Music the last major streaming service to implement visible AI disclosure.
British AI company Quantexa is considering a multibillion-dollar stock market listing in the UK or US, CEO Vishal Marria told Reuters. The decision highlights ongoing tensions as London's stock market continues losing tech firms to US exchanges offering deeper capital pools and higher valuations.
Razorpay unveiled Vulcan, India's first transformer-based AI foundation model for payments, trained on 3 trillion data points from 4 billion transactions. Built with Nvidia and AWS, the model delivers 8-10% higher payment success rates and detects 8x more international card fraud. Early adopters including Blinkit and redBus are already seeing results.
Australia's corporate watchdog ASIC warns of a sharp rise in deepfake scams using AI-generated videos of politicians and celebrities to promote fraudulent investment schemes. Anthony Albanese is the most impersonated public figure, with Australians losing $7.4 million to scams featuring the top 10 impersonated figures. ASIC removed over 19,400 online scams in the last financial year, nearly triple the previous year.
McAfee research reveals AI vision models can geolocate 91% of travel photos posted on social media without metadata. Scammers exploit this to create convincing phishing messages and fake bank alerts that reference exact vacation locations, turning innocent Instagram and Facebook posts into tools for targeted fraud.
Meta unveiled WhatsApp Scam Alert, an AI-powered tool in limited beta that uses on-device machine learning to detect scams without compromising encryption. With WhatsApp users losing $425 million to scams in 2025 alone, the optional feature analyzes message patterns from unknown senders to flag suspicious activity while keeping conversations private.
The Trump administration unveiled an AI-powered "detective border" system to combat illegal transshipment, targeting over 40 countries suspected of helping China evade US tariffs. The White House estimates $75 billion in goods were illegally rerouted through third countries, resulting in $19-34 billion in lost tariff revenue between February 2025 and February 2026.
Microsoft is phasing out SMS and voice-based authentication for all users, citing the surge in AI-powered phishing attacks that make text-based codes dangerously vulnerable. IT admins face a February 2027 deadline to switch to passkeys, while personal account users should prepare for similar changes as the company mandates stronger authentication security.
India's market regulator SEBI has launched Project Sudarsan, an AI-powered system that scans social media for fraudulent investment claims and unregistered financial advice. The move comes as 62% of investors report being influenced by finfluencers, with over 20,000 fraudulent posts already identified since November 2025.
Students are deploying AI agents to attend virtual classes, complete assignments, and take exams on their behalf. A Brown University professor saw exam scores plummet from 96% to 48.6% when switching from take-home to in-person exams. Universities struggle to respond as AI cheating threatens the credibility of online education.
Barracuda's red team conducted a proof-of-concept attack showing how a single compromised employee account with AI assistant access can escalate into CEO compromise and wire-transfer fraud netting attackers $250K. The demonstration reveals how AI assistants transform email inboxes into searchable intelligence repositories that attackers exploit using wholly legitimate processes.
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