You might have experienced this: You're browsing the web on your phone and a pop-up window appears on the screen, claiming you’ve won a prize or that you have a virus and you need to call a tech ...
Microsoft’s built-in security tool has improved over the years, and it still blocks plenty of everyday threats. But the latest news — along with a wave of scams abusing the Windows Defender name — ...
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Police say a woman from northern Florida lost nearly $30,000 to a scammer later traced south to Broward County — and it all began with a computer pop-up. Authorities arrested ...
Cybersecurity group eSentire has uncovered the use of fake CAPTCHA-style pop-ups to trick victims into deploying ...
Scams are a dime a dozen on the internet these days. It seems if we drop our guards for even a second, we may become the prey of cybercriminals looking to infect our computers with malware, steal our ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police in Elizabethtown issued a scam alert to help residents protect their money. The Elizabethtown Police Department said in one case, a local man got a virus pop-up on his ...
The latest ClickFix attack creates a fake, full-screen Windows OS update through the browser to try and dupe the user into ...
Last year, OpenAI boasted about a seismic change to its flagship ChatGPT: the chatbot could “now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Scammers are posing as tech support representatives from major companies like Microsoft, Google, or Apple, attempting to deceive users into giving up sensitive information. Despite ...
Threat actors are creating fake DocuSign and Gitcode websites The sites come with fake CAPTCHA and other scam mechanisms Victims are tricked into downloading a Trojan Security researchers have found ...
Security researchers have warned of a slew of fake obituaries designed to make money for their creators by redirecting visitors to adult entertainment sites and initiating antivirus (AV) popups.
The privacy-focused web browser DuckDuckGo has boosted its anti-scam features. It can now detect and block fake ecommerce stores, crypto sites, virus alerts, and more. The new security feature is ...