As a shooting unfolded at Brown University on Dec. 13, students turned to the anonymous app Sidechat to document fear, confusion and grief in real time — often before receiving ...

You may see an alert from Apple on your iPhone warning your device is at risk or has been infected with a virus or malware.

Researchers warn that attackers are abusing Google notifications and cloud services to deliver phishing emails that bypass ...

In addition to Android 16 QPR2, Google today is rolling out a pair of updates to the Messages (group chat warnings) and Phone (Urgent call reasons) apps. As we previously spotted, the Phone by Google ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – The state’s NY-Alert app was hacked last week, sending a message about a bogus transaction to the phones of tens of thousands of people signed up to get emergency notifications, state ...

As we head into the busy holiday shopping season, it also happens to be International Fraud Awareness Week. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans lose billions of dollars every year ...

In a significant cybersecurity incident this week, scammers exploited a breach in the New York state text message alert system, sending 166,000 scam texts to residents across the state. This event, ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

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 ...

An emergency alert test message from South Pasadena was accidentally sent to an estimated 10 million mobile phones across Los Angeles County Tuesday night. Just before 6 p.m., cell phone screens ...

As the nation honors veterans for their service, the Department of Veterans Affairs is reminding the community to stay alert to a growing threat, the VA overpayment scam. Reports show that fraudsters ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WSFA) - Auburn University is clearing the air after several mobile alert warnings were falsely sent out to faculty and students Thursday morning. The Auburn community received multiple ...