Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nachiket Banwari, a Charlotte resident, was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for participating in a tech scheme.

Tech support scams cost victims billions each year and often target the most vulnerable users. Scammers use fear and urgency ...

Call screening tools are becoming a frontline defense against scam calls and robocalls. New built-in features from Apple and Google can automatically ask unknown callers to identify themselves.

Google is rolling out a comprehensive security update for Android this month that’s designed to actively protect users from phone scams, phishing attacks, and other fraud attempts. The first security ...

Google has slowly been improving Android with new security systems — like upgraded features that help protect you from message scams — and now the company is taking things a step further with in-call ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Getting a brand-new iPhone should be a moment you enjoy. You open the box. You power it on. Everything feels secure. Unfortunately, scammers know that moment too. Over the past few weeks, we've heard ...

Scammers can use new AI technology to mimic the voice of someone you know and create a phone call or voicemail recording. That “voice cloning” technology has recently advanced, and anyone with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Olathe Police Department is sending a warning to families to be aware of a new phone scam that claims their ...

A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam that mostly targeted elderly victims with fake online pop-up ads, federal ...