The update screen is a normal occurrence on Windows machines, so of course hackers are now manipulating it to sneak malware onto devices. The scheme, a recent iteration of a ClickFix attack, is ...

A Charlotte man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for participating in a multi-million-dollar, international tech scam that mostly targeted elderly victims with fake online pop-up ads, federal ...

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office is cautioning people not to fall for online pop-up scams that can cause their computers to be infected with viruses or even locked. According to MDSO's Cyber Crime ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Pop-ups are more than an annoyance. These messages are often loaded with malware. Hackers have found ways to inject malicious software into pop-ups and online ads. Even those ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The DeWitt Township Police Department is warning residents after a local victim lost thousands of dollars in a gold-purchase scam. The scheme was initiated by a fraudulent ...

One computer pop-up launched a devastating nine-month scheme that erased an elderly woman's life savings. Three major banks ...

NORTH MANKATO — More than $25,000 was recovered for a victim of a mail scam as the result of a recent Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force investigation involving a suspicious package sent to a ...

A Moran Avenue resident was nearly scammed out of $36,500 after she received a pop-up message on her computer that claimed it was compromised, according to the Princeton Police Department. The victim, ...

A resident from Hingham, Massachusetts fell victim to an online scammer claiming to be from Microsoft on Tuesday.According to Hingham police, the resident lost $21,000 in the scheme.Investigators said ...