A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own retirement money out of reach.

The FBI warns that the Silent Ransom Group is targeting law firms by posing as IT support workers, even showing up in person ...

A hoax that sounds like a rescue can end with an empty bank account. Federal authorities are warning about Phantom Hacker scams, a layered fraud scheme that can trick victims into moving their own ...

Clicking a captcha "I am not a robot" box and identifying images to prove it is second nature for many internet users. Now, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Security experts say a new scam is spreading fast, and it looks like something many people get all the time: A simple calendar ...

From account hijacks and convincing scams to surveillance systems and experimental malware, AI was behind some of this week's ...

You've seen CAPTCHA checks everywhere. You click a box. You move on. No big deal. Now imagine that same box asking you to press a few keys on your keyboard. It might tell you to open a command window ...

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 ...

An innocent man has spoken of his terror after hackers demanded he hand over Bitcoin worth thousands or they would release ...

Travel giant Booking.com has confirmed it has suffered a significant data breach, prompting warnings of sophisticated “reservation hijacking” scams targeting holidaymakers. The Amsterdam-headquartered ...