Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Security experts say a new scam is spreading fast, and it looks like something many people get all the time: A simple calendar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scam often arrives from a close friend. (Anna Barclay via Getty Images) WhatsApp has taken action against the ‘PIN Code scam’ ...

Hackers have figured out how to hijack WhatsApp accounts without cracking the messaging app’s encryption, security researchers have warned. The so-called GhostPairing scam takes advantage of ...

The end-of-year fatigue is a biological reality that cybercriminals bank on. While December is traditionally associated with winding down, for the digital underworld, it is the busiest quarter of the ...

The holiday season is like a bullseye for a lot scammers and hackers. More people are shopping online and buying gift cards and many employees are off the clock. Chris Pickett, CEO at the Saratoga ...

It starts as a classic “PayPal refund” scam—remote access, urgency, and the same old script. But the second they get a ...

What can you do about it before it's too late? Learn about your best methods of defense and more in this week's cybersecurity news roundup. I've been writing and editing stories for almost two decades ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

Scammers using fake calendar invites to access computers, steal money Security experts are on alert as hackers used a fake calendar invite to scam a Chicago-area woman, access her computer and take ...