A group of hackers gathered to do something most victims never see: hit scam operations where they store control of other people’s computers. They identify the servers scammers use to keep remote ...

Lawrence police said a “Robin Hood” hacker stepped in to help stop a scam in action. The victim is a widow, living in ...

It's crucial to exercise caution when surfing the web. Most of us are familiar with the basics of online safety, such as not sharing our passwords or entering payment information on suspicious ...

“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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Whenever I interview victims of scams, they often express shock about how the bad guy knew so much personal information about them. Yes, their phone, computer, or other device could ...

A Maumee man’s quick thinking prevented his father from losing $7,000 to scammers who had gained control of the elderly man’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The logo of US instant messaging software Whatsapp displayed on a smartphone's screen, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on 1 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. — We are less than a week into Open Enrollment, and already the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Michigan is reporting cases of scammers preying on those needing to sign up for ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

Hackers scammed fans out of $5.3 billion in 2025 by impersonating celebrities like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter, according to a new report. Per Billboard, Israeli social media security firm ...

The holiday season is like a bullseye for a lot scammers and hackers. More people are shopping online and buying gift cards and many employees are off the clock. Chris Pickett, CEO at the Saratoga ...