“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 ...

The tactics of the criminals who utilize AI are changing fast. However, there are also practical steps advisors can take.

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

You’re browsing the web when suddenly your screen turns red. A warning flashes: “Your computer is infected! Call support immediately!” Maybe there’s a blaring alarm or a robotic voice telling you 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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A rapidly growing scam dubbed the "Phantom Hacker" is targeting users of Apple, Android and other platforms, the Federal ...

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 ...

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 ...