Scams are more advanced than ever, in large part thanks to AI. But there are still ways to identify them. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of ...

A text about making extra money can feel harmless at first. Maybe it shows up while you are between errands, scrolling on the couch or looking for a way to pad your budget. That is exactly why these ...

Michigan residents using Microsoft 365 for work, inluding apps like Outlook, Teams or OneDrive, are at risk for a phishing scam called Kali365 which the FBI has been investigating since April. On May ...

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network ...

Your phone rings. It's your son's voice. Panicked. He says he's been in a car accident. He hurt someone. He's about to be arrested. He needs $15,000 wired before the end of the day, and please, don't ...

From AI-powered scam detection to data removal and remote access blocking, here are the best tools to help protect your identity, money, and more. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

If you're targeted by Kali365, you'll get a phishing email that appears to be from an authentic document-sharing platform. The FBI has issued an urgent warning about a fast-acting phishing scam ...

Google has filed a lawsuit against a China-based cybercrime network it calls the "Outsider Enterprise," alleging the group used artificial intelligence, including Google's own Gemini, to mass-produce ...

A new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a showcase of how hard it’s become to police the app stores for scammy apps. The suit alleges that a company known as Genesis Tech ...

There’s a new twist on phishing scams. This time, it’s not in your email or texts. It’s showing up right on your digital calendar. Scammers send fake digital calendar invites that can automatically ...

UPDATE: Jun. 8, 2026, 4:36 p.m. This article has been updated with a statement from Reddit. Scammers are running sponsored ads on Reddit that impersonate major news outlets, including the BBC, the ...

The scammers who have been bombarding American smartphones with fake messages about packages and toll-road fines have pivoted to impersonating the phone companies. Worse, they are using artificial ...