“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 ...

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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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 ...

Even if you feel confident spotting scams, your loved ones might not. We all have that one family member who clicks on every pop-up and chain email. If they receive a suspicious message about ...

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 ...

A North Andover woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges related to her role in perpetrating tech support scams that ... The victim was on a porn website when a pop-up message appeared prompting ...

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.

Phone scams may seem like a thing of the past, but nearly a quarter of older adults who reported losing money in a scam last year said it all started with a phone call. But, there is tech that can ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...