The FTC has warned of a fake CAPTCHA scam that tricks users into running hidden malware on their devices by asking them to ...

“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 ...

Fake CAPTCHA scams trick users into opening command windows and pasting malicious scripts, installing StealC malware that steals passwords silently.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Scammers target anyone and everyone and they know which scams work for different demographics and all different ages. If someone begins describing a typical scam ...

If you own a phone or a computer, you have almost certainly been the target of a scam. No matter your age, scammers have become more attuned than ever to preying on society’s most vulnerable.

A computer scam that uses malware to freeze your screen and then demands a $100 ransom to unlock it has prompted Vancouver police to issue a warning. "The scam is a variation of an online extortion ...

The Ohio Attorney General’s office is warning consumers about a scam that has seen an uptick in recent weeks involving computer repairs. Callers claim to be with a large corporation and telling people ...

It feels awful to be scammed. Unnerving to have a person's voice suddenly yelling at you right out of your computer. And you can't make it stop. "You've been hacked!" "You have pornographic material ...