"I don't use Facebook. I don't even have an email. How could scammers possibly know anything about me?" That's the question I hear from people over 60 all the time. If you assume that by staying off ...

Now you can’t even trust the people that are supposed to protect you, with a new report finding that scammers are impersonating cyber crimes special agents to collect information from unsuspecting ...

As deepfake AI scams continue to become more prevalent, it's probably wise that we start forwarding our grandparents clips ...

Take a moment to think about your day: How many things did you do online? Perhaps you made a call or two via WhatsApp. You sent at least one WhatsApp text. You might have looked up a restaurant, ...

A comparison of an original and deepfake video of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. We are in no way suggesting that Mark Zuckerberg is a deepfake scammer. Credit: Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post via ...

Tech support scammers have devised a method to inject their fake phone numbers into webpages when a target’s web browser visits official sites for Apple, PayPal, Netflix, and other companies. The ruse ...

In Greek mythology, the Sirens were creatures whose irresistible song lured sailors to their doom. Odysseus, the hero of "The Odyssey," wanted to hear that famous song. But he knew it was dangerous.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many of the scams I write about are increasingly high-tech, such as those powered by Artificial Intelligence or that ask for ...

Worried man looking shocked and stressed, holding head in hands while seeing a system hacked warning message displayed on a computer screen, representing a data breach, cyber attack, or security risk.