Hackers are hijacking email accounts and sending fake invites that install remote access tools. Even your antivirus may not ...

The FBI is warning about a sophisticated “phantom hacker” scheme specifically targeting the elderly, and which has drained more than a billion dollars from victims’ retirement accounts in the U.S.

The "Phantom Hacker" scam involves a coordinated team of fraudsters posing as tech support, financial institutions, and U.S. government agencies to convince victims their devices and money are at risk ...

In June 2010, Andrew Auernheimer, a well-known Internet-security expert, discovered a gaping hole in AT&T’s website that exposed 114,000 e-mail addresses belonging to the wireless giant’s Apple iPad ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The confirmed loss in a computer hacking scam now exceeds more than $10 million, with some victims losing their life savings or homes, a federal prosecutor says. Assistant U.S. Attorney ...

CLEVELAND — A sophisticated, multi-phase fraud known as the "phantom hacker" scam has cost Americans more than $1 billion since last year, according to the FBI. The scam begins with a pop-up, text ...

At 81, Laura McFarling is looking for a job 15 years after retirement because she needs the money.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A July 15 posting to X, by the official FBI Los Angeles ...

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 ...

iPhone users are being targeted by a new calendar scam. Fake event invitations flood the app, mimicking urgent alerts about ...

Scam, 200 block of CR 282, Garrison. A woman said that she provided her debit-card information after someone told her that “her computer was being hacked and he needed $50 to help her get it stopped.” ...