“Message scam losses are on the rise,” is the headline in a recent edition of the AARP Bulletin. To be sure, in every single AARP publication as well as in Consumer Reports and other magazines, there ...

A new scam is making the rounds online, and it's disguising itself as a simple captcha test, getting you to click without ...

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.

TRICKS THEY ARE USING TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. YOU TURN ON YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A VERY FRIGHTENING MESSAGE. SOMETIMES WITH A BLARING AUDIBLE ...

A new scam using fake CAPTCHA authentication screens allows hackers to access your computer.

The Cincinnati office of the FBI issued a warning Thursday about a computer virus being used to extort money from area residents. The virus is called Reveton. This computer virus can install itself ...

CHICO — It will likely surprise no one reading this that working in journalism means a lot of security when it comes to logging in and accessing our content. I say that, but security features are ...

Driven by a commitment to make cutting-edge scam protection available to everyone, Avast, a leader in digital security and privacy and part of Gen, has unveiled Scam Guardian, a new AI-powered ...

An e-mail virus designed to facilitate a PayPal "phisher" identity-theft scam is circulating among computer users globally. Though the virus, which first surfaced late Thursday, hasn't become a large ...

The posts appear to come from friends and include the phrase “he died in an accident” with multiple people you tagged. The ...

WILLMAR - Local law enforcement warns of a phone scam sweeping the area in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft and asks for access to computer files and money to repair a virus. A number of ...

GRAY, Maine (WGME) -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says scammers tried to steal close to $20,000 from an elderly couple through a virtual banking scam. Authorities say Androscoggin Savings ...