Hackers are using this insidious scam to get unwitting victims to install malware themselves.

You've seen CAPTCHA checks everywhere. You click a box. You move on. No big deal. Now imagine that same box asking you to press a few keys on your keyboard. It might tell you to open a command window ...

NORTHPORT, NY — Suffolk County prosecutors said $30,000 has been returned to an 85-year-old Northport woman who was scammed out of her retirement savings after pop-up messages on her computer ...

A fake computer alert can be the first move in a scam that ends with someone moving their own retirement money out of reach. The ... Read More ...

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 ...