August 2025

August 27, 2025

Unmasking AI-Powered Scams: How to Protect Yourself from Deepfakes and Voice Cloning Fraud

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology explodes in capability and use, so do the tactics of cybercriminals. AI-powered scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using this tech to create deepfakes and voice cloning to deceive individuals and organizations. Understanding these threats is crucial for safeguarding your identity and assets. Introduction to AI-Powered Scams Cybersecurity threats are evolving faster than ever. With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, scammers are using deepfakes and voice cloning to deceive individuals and organizations. In 2025, losses tied to deepfake fraud alone have surged past $200 million in just the first quarter, and Americans now face an average of 14.4 scam attempts every day—including nearly three deepfake videos. Therefore, understanding these threats and knowing how to spot them is essential for protecting your identity and assets. What Are AI-Powered Scams? Deepfakes and Voice Cloning Explained Deepfakes: The New Face of Cybercrime Deepfakes are synthetic media created using […]

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August 14, 2025

2025 Identity Theft: What’s Really Hitting Employees (and How to Shut It Down)

Brian Thompson Employee Benefits, Identity Theft

Quick take Identity theft reports and losses climbed again in 2024–2025, with the FTC logging 6.47M total consumer reports and more than $12B in fraud losses for 2024 alone; credit‑card identity theft was the #1 ID‑theft type (449,032 reports). Federal Trade Commission Account takeovers and AI‑assisted scams are spiking, while enterprises accelerate passkeys to replace passwords (87% rolling them out). KasadaFIDO Alliance Table of contents Why this matters to HR & finance 7 threats defining 2025 (plain‑English, no jargon) Protection plan: fast wins for individuals and employers FAQs (updated for 2025) SEO + content upgrades we applied (so this post actually performs) Why this matters to HR & finance Productivity drain: An ID‑theft case can swallow dozens of employee hours (missed work, phone calls, dispute filings). Compliance & liability: Identity theft and imposter scams sit atop FTC categories; regulators expect proactive controls. Federal Trade Commission Hiring & retention: Security benefits […]

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August 7, 2025

Protecting Kids from Identity Theft in 2025: What Parents and Students Need to Know

Brian Thompson Uncategorized

Keeping children safe is hard enough without worrying about credit fraud and online scams. Yet the digital world makes it easy for criminals to exploit kids: almost one in fifty children falls victim to identity theft each year and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reports a 40 % surge in child identity theft between 2021 and 2024 –lseg.com. Children’s clean credit records and long detection windows make them lucrative targets. Understanding how identity theft happens and how to prevent it is therefore essential for parents, guardians and students. This guide updates our previous posts about identity theft in educational settings. It provides new statistics, highlights emerging scams targeting children and college students, and offers an actionable checklist and FAQ section to help families protect themselves in 2025. Why Kids Are Prime Targets Children may not even realise they have a credit file, which makes any suspicious activity easy to overlook. Criminals […]