The goal was not to install malware or lock the computer. It was to create enough confusion to get people to call the number ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own ...

Tech support scams seem like old news, but Microsoft issued a warning recently about an expanded phishing campaign where threat actors posed as legitimate technical support staff and even tricked some ...

An 85-year-old Singapore retiree came close to losing nearly $110,000 after a fake computer security warning led him from supposed technical support to a scammer ... Read More ...

AI has made online scams harder to spot by making deepfakes, voice cloning, and fake messages more realistic. Even so, the old tech support scam is still catching victims. For years, fraudsters often ...

What just happened? A recent run of scams in Washington state shows how quickly people can lose money when fraudsters pose as trusted tech or government figures and exploit fear. Over three days, four ...

The "Virus found!" fake scanner is a web browser advertisement that states that viruses are found and that should click Continue to perform a scan of the computer. When you click continue, it pretends ...

If you picture a scam victim, you probably picture someone older. Someone in their 60s, 70s, or 80s. But new data says the most vulnerable group is not seniors. It is their kids and grandkids. A new ...

A Chrome extension with 70,000 users and a 4.7-star rating began injecting fake update warnings after a threat actor acquired and weaponized it.