A new type of WhatsApp scam is now doing the rounds on the internet. A seemingly innocent act –downloading a funny meme or image on WhatsApp – could be the gateway for fraudsters to compromise your ...

Breaking Bad star Dean Norris says his X account was hacked as part of an elaborate scam to promote a meme coin – a crypto currency often inspired by internet ...

Ryan has been self-employed for 15 years. He works long hours on two small manufacturing businesses. But he finds time to daydream about getting in early on a cryptocurrency that goes to the moon. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Khamzat Chimaev’s manager apologized for his client’s involvement in the SMASH meme coin scam. Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) came ...

The Financial Conduct Authority said in a statement Tuesday that any marketing for financial products — including those expressed in memes — should be fair, clear, and not misleading. The watchdog ...

Hacked social media accounts are increasingly being used to promote fraudulent coins, exposing vulnerabilities in platform security. The Pump.fun and Binance affiliate X account breach shows the risks ...

Meme coins have grown from an obscure corner of crypto to a booming market all their own. But with their rise has come an increase in scams and criminality, sources told Business Insider. Industry ...

One of the wildest, most scam-ridden corners of the cryptocurrency industry — memecoins, which are rooted in internet memes — has roared back. Credit...Nick Little Supported by By David Yaffe-Bellany ...

The Lazarus Group, the primary suspect behind the $1.4 billion Bybit hack, may also be linked to recent Solana memecoin scams, including rug pulls on the Pump.fun platform, according to onchain ...