A ChatGPT-style tool designed to assist cybercriminals will let hackers develop sophisticated attacks on a significantly larger scale, researchers have warned.

The New Year probably didn’t start the way Safelite officials expected. On Jan. 5, Safelite Group Inc., Safelite AutoGlass (SAG) and Safelite Solutions LLC (SSL) were sued for insurance fraud by a former employee for himself and on behalf of the people of California.

An insurance adjuster from Texas was sentenced to 20 years in prison for pocketing more than $200,000 in insurance payouts meant for St. Charles Parish residents who filed claims to repair damage to their property following Hurricane Ida, according to the St. Charles Parish District Attorney’s Office.

The Urban Automobile Insurance Fraud Task Force successfully dismantled an alleged auto insurance fraud ring that had been operating for years, resulting in the arrest of seven individuals yesterday. A total of 23 individuals are facing felony counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy in connection to the case.

Federal prosecutors have secured charges against five more people in an alleged years-long scheme to crash cars into big rigs and buses on New Orleans freeways for millions in insurance money.

Danny Williams, the proprietor of Southport Towing located in Mobile, is set to face trial next April following a decision by a Mobile County District Court Judge on Tuesday. The trial will revolve around charges of insurance fraud, which were brought against Williams in 2020.

When Hurricane Laura hit Lake Charles in August 2020, Aaron Sonnier’s roof was badly damaged. He was lucky: his insurance company quickly paid for repairs. But when he started noticing more damage to the house in the following months, things got messy.

Terrence Williams, a former member of the Sacramento Kings, has been handed a 10-year prison sentence by a federal judge in Manhattan for orchestrating an elaborate plot to embezzle over $5 million from the NBA’s health care program.

Technology is accelerating faster than it ever has before, giving IT and security teams more tools to fend off cybersecurity attacks from an increasingly diverse slate of bad actors, according to Comcast Business.

The threats that are posed by new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), which had consistently reduced since 2021, is now predicted to be a growing threat for the next 12 months ahead, according to Beazley’s latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023.