On Aug. 7, a resident reported losing $49,200 after her computer was compromised by someone impersonating a Microsoft ...

We found fake Microsoft-branded scanners that invent security problems, tell victims to uninstall AV, and then steer them ...

Fake party invitations trick victims into downloading malware that gives criminals remote access to computers and spreads through contact lists.

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 ...

Nearly as soon as the web was born, scammers were using it to con people out of their money. From foreign princes who need your help to reclaim their family fortunes to chain emails with embedded ...

Scammers have found a way to weaponize an official Microsoft email address in order to spread their cyber crimes. Credit: Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images If you've ever received an email from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nachiket Banwari, a Charlotte resident, was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for participating in a tech scheme. A ...

WILLMAR - Local law enforcement warns of a phone scam sweeping the area in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft and asks for access to computer files and money to repair a virus. A number of ...

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 ...

Microsoft users are reporting a particularly difficult-to-detect scam: phishing emails sent from a genuine Microsoft email address that’s classified as “trustworthy” by the company itself. The emails ...