A Chrome extension with 70,000 users and a 4.7-star rating began injecting fake update warnings after a threat actor acquired and weaponized it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'These people are real slick': Kansas man, 87, says scammers stole $30,000 after a fake computer alert, nearly wiped out his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own ...

Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented ...

The BBB warns a scam that starts with a fake computer virus alert is tricking victims into handing over gold bars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

A Northern California man is facing felony charges in an elaborate computer fraud scheme that prosecutors say used a fake Microsoft warning, frightening claims and an impostor federal agent to swindle ...

It feels awful to be scammed. Unnerving to have a person's voice suddenly yelling at you right out of your computer. And you can't make it stop. "You've been hacked!" "You have pornographic material ...

A scam where bogus callers phone and offer to fix computers remotely is still going strong in Marlborough. Blenheim police have received repeated calls about the scam in the past few weeks. Community ...