If a hacker or scammer has access to your email, every account connected to it is at risk. We show you how to protect ...

A fake site about hot dog-eating capabilities may seem funny, but behind the laughs lies a series of serious cybersecurity failures.

The best way to avoid ClickFix attacks is to be aware of them—question unexpected prompts skeptically, make sure your device ...

Techsperts are warning users about a sneaky new calendar scam, in which cybercrooks have figured out a sneaky way to blast iPhones and iPads with bogus alerts in order to hack their personal info.

In mid‑2025, the company secured a King County Superior Court order transferring control of more than 75 domains used to market fake five‑star reviews and fraudulent seller accounts, its largest ...

Three men are facing charges after Atlanta police say they ran a phone-transfer theft scheme on and around Georgia Tech’s Midtown campus that left one student dragged by a car while trying to get ...

(ABC 6 News) – It’s time for all of us to get a handle on how much of our personal information is available to anyone who searches for it. We accept that people can find us on social media. Photos, ...

For three years, a 32-year-old La Center man pretended to be Snapchat tech support and conned users out of their logins, then raided their private photo vaults. On Friday, that scheme caught up with ...

It is dark by dinner, everyone is shopping online and our kids are streaming more while indoor time climbs. Winter is wonderful, and it is also when tech hiccups and scams tend to spike. You do not ...

In today’s Tech Bytes, a new attempt to crack down on scam ads online. A bipartisan Senate bill called the Scam Act would require social platforms to prevent fraudulent or deceptive ads from which ...

Small businesses often lack formal operating procedures and dedicated technical oversight, making them an easy target for scammers. Here are three low-tech scams that take advantage of typical small ...

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