“A scare tactic on this fake pop-up that looks like a virus,” says Nathan Drager, president of Quantum Technologies in Door County. A Consumer First Alert to help you avoid a computer sca ...

Attackers use caller ID spoofing and AI voices to steal money. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson provides seven ways to ...

Microsoft Edge's Scareware blocker is a local AI model designed to help users avoid annoying and dangerous full screen ...

The FBI claims tech support scams are costing victims ... A crucial part of this scam is the pop-up ad, so the best ad blockers will keep you safe from these - and a big bonus is that many of ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There's a warning to local drivers about an ongoing scam involving FasTrak. All around the Bay Area, people have been getting texts warning them they owe money for an ...

Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams. Scareware scams (also known ...

WITH tech an essential part of everyone’s life, it’s easier to be scammed than ever before. New research shows a quarter of Scottish teens are likely to be lured in by a dodgy text, with almost ...

By now, you’ve probably received your tax documents, which means it’s officially tax season — not just for you, but for ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed “scareware blocker,” which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. “Scareware” has blighted ...

But while many of us dabble in these technologies, cybercriminals are treating AI as a powerful tool to improve their scams. Their motivation is high, and the results can be devastating.

A North Andover woman who led a tech support scam taking thousands of dollars from three elderly victims pleaded guilty Wednesday.