An 85-year-old Florida woman lost $50,000 after falling victim to a tech scam that began with a pop-up warning on her ...
The scammers contact victims, claim to have kidnapped a loved one, and demand immediate payment for their release.
Big Tech pushes AI amnesty through NDAA after 99-1 Senate defeat. Federal preemption without rules means corporate immunity ...
December is a busy time of year for shippers and scammers, with the biggest holiday scam involving fake shipping alerts ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. — Computers have become an essential part of this tech-driven world. They can be our best friends or our worst enemies. So much information and data is stored within them that ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Cyber crime complaints in the United States hit an all-time high in 2024 with more than 859,000 victims reporting internet scams. While that is a staggering number ...
Threat actors are generating real Apple support tickets to phish two-factor authentication (2FA) codes and take over iCloud ...
Everywhere you look there's a potential scam waiting to happen. Look no further than your inbox, CNET survey finds. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...
Many of the scams I write about are increasingly high-tech, such as those powered by Artificial Intelligence or that ask for payment via cryptocurrency. But a low-tech scam involving a UPS-delivered ...
PayPal and Venmo just rolled out something big: AI-powered scam alerts for Friends and Family payments. If you've ever worried about accidentally sending money to a scammer, this new feature is ...
Phyllis Weisberg, 90, never thought she’d fall for a scam. Though widowed and living alone, she maintained robust social connections and confidently used her mobile phone and laptop computer to ...