ReDence is an open‑source hybrid framework that combines a multimodal agentic Investigator model with a specialized Decider model to detect modern social engineering scams. It automates investigative planning, evidence interpretation, and decision‑making across multiple scam categories, achieving 96% accuracy and operating at least four times faster than comparable agentic models. The system outputs structured, evidence‑grounded reports that enable analysts to audit decisions and support mitigation efforts.
By Jaishnoor Kaur, Josef Hor\'a\v{c}ek, Ian Waskom, Sayak Saha Roy
The paper introduces MechScam, a benchmark of 6,614 videos that covers diverse scam mechanisms and non‑scam content, providing evidence‑supported explanations and annotations of scam elements. It also proposes ScamCourt, a debate framework where prosecution and defense debaters argue over verified citations, and a judge decides based on the transcript. Experiments show that current large multimodal language models struggle to differentiate scam videos from similar non‑scam content, while ScamCourt reduces false positives and better resists misleading arguments.
By Yifan Wang, Junyu Lu, Shun Zhang, Chaozhuo Li, Fanliang Bu, Rong Yin, Lingbin Bu, Changrong Min, Peng Chen
arXiv:2607. 11707v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Following the rapid progress of generative Artificial Intelligence, there is a growing threat posed by conversational scams.
By Ahmed Omar Salim Adnan, Yogananda Manjunath, Shivanjali Khare
arXiv:2602. 09222v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language model (LLM) based web agents are increasingly deployed to automate complex online tasks by directly interacting with web sites and performing actions on users' behalf.
By Georgios Syros, Evan Rose, Brian Grinstead, Christoph Kerschbaumer, William Robertson, Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Alina Oprea
arXiv:2609.06027v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Search-augmented LLM agents are increasingly used for consumer decisions, making them vulnerable to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) poisoning. E...
By Zhongan Bi, Qiwen Wang, Jianrong Jiang, Jigang Ding, Wenwen Xiong, Changhua Meng, Xuanang Gao, Kepeng Lin, Changjiang Jiang, Yiang Chen, Huan Yao, Wei Wang, Zhenyu Ma, Wenhui Dong
arXiv:2512. 23128v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Web-based agents powered by large language models are increasingly used for tasks such as email management or professional networking.
By Karolina Korgul, Yushi Yang, Arkadiusz Drohomirecki, Piotr B{\l}aszczyk, Will Howard, Lukas Aichberger, Chris Russell, Philip H. S. Torr, Adam Mahdi, Adel Bibi