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 ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Scam emails are getting better at looking official. This one claims to be an urgent warning from Microsoft about your email account. It looks serious. It feels time sensitive. And that is exactly the ...

A new phishing campaign is exploiting a visual trick that is easy to miss and hard to unsee once you know it. Attackers are using the domain rnicrosoft.com to impersonate Microsoft and steal login ...

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 ...

TRICKS THEY ARE USING TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. YOU TURN ON YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A VERY FRIGHTENING MESSAGE. SOMETIMES WITH A BLARING AUDIBLE ...

Tech giants join forces to fight online scams with AI, data sharing and new protections. Here’s what it means for your safety ...

This past week, many agencies celebrated "Safer Internet Day" by sharing tips to help us all be mindful of the importance of staying alert to potential safety and fraud issues online. One area that ...

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Others Unite Under New Anti-Scam Pact Your email has been sent Google, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, and others join a new voluntary accord to share signals, tighten safeguards, ...

There’s a new scam to look out for in a place you wouldn’t expect. Security experts at the Identity Theft Resource Center ...