The growing number of flight cancellations during this travel season has created a golden opportunity for scammers, who are taking advantage of people’s frustrations.

The metaverse offers new ways to meet, socialize, play games and shop but there are privacy and security concerns lingering as this develops.

Metaverse gaming firm The Sandbox has hired BrandShield, an online threat detection company, to ensure the safety of crypto wallets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its marketplace.

Metaverse gaming firm The Sandbox has hired BrandShield, an online threat detection company, to ensure the safety of crypto wallets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its marketplace.

Cybersecurity company BrandShield removed 120 phishing sites and 58 fake social media accounts in March and April.

Brands should be vigilant to ensure sites and listings promoting NFTs for sale are legitimate and not being used as an instrument by fraudsters to swindle customers.

Crypto scammers are now leveraging celebrity influence to target vulnerable consumers.

Scammers are impersonating crypto celebs to sell bogus NFTs.

The metaverse, the new digital frontier where users can attend virtual concerts or purchase digital assets like land, has been hit with fraud.

Yoav Keren, CEO of BrandShield, examines the steps that must be taken to counter the rapid growth of the counterfeit goods industry facilitated by the rise of the Internet.