18 Sep Cybersecurity For Consumers In the Age of AI
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Sep. 18, 2025
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Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that the global cost of cybercrime it will surpass $10.5 trillion annually in 2025.
When it comes to consumers, they’re being targeted more often, and with more advanced strategies that use AI, leaked data, and social engineering to make scams harder to spot.
Scams no longer just involve phishing emails with obvious typos or fake lottery winnings. Today’s fraudsters use AI, data harvesting, and social engineering to make scams look more authentic. They know how to craft messages that trick even the most experienced consumers into clicking on harmful links or entering their sensitive data into fake websites.
The hardest part of falling for a scam isn’t just the financial loss, it’s the feeling of being outmaneuvered, of realizing too late that the signs were there, hidden in plain sight.
Guardio, developers of an advanced browser extension and mobile app designed to protect you from a wide range of online threats across all your devices, explains how to protect yourself from scams and cybercrime, in a Entrepreneur article.
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