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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new scam is sweeping across smartphones and catching thousands of people off guard. Criminals are sending fake “Cloud Storage Full” or “photo deletion” alerts that claim your images and videos are about to disappear unless you upgrade your storage.  The warning looks urgent and real. It even mimics major cloud services. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! App stores are supposed to be reliable and free of malware or fake apps, but that’s far from the truth. For every legitimate application that solves a real problem, there are dozens of knockoffs waiting to exploit brand recognition and user trust. We’ve seen it happen with games, productivity tools and entertainment …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Selling your car online should be simple. Lately, though, more sellers are running into fake “vehicle report” demands from so-called buyers. The pitch looks routine, yet it leads straight to a payment page on a site you don’t know.  We heard from Nick K. of Washington, who spotted the pattern in real …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The holiday season is the happiest and riskiest time of year to be online. As millions of us gear up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, scammers do the same. Every year, they target holiday shoppers with fake websites, “too-good-to-be-true” deals and scam emails that look identical to legitimate retailers. But …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hyundai AutoEver America discovered on March 1, 2025, that hackers had compromised its systems. Investigators found the intrusion began on February 22 and continued until March 2.  Hyundai AutoEver America (HAEA) provides IT services for Hyundai Motor America, including systems that support employee operations and certain connected-vehicle technologies. While the company works …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Skagit County Superior Court judge ruled that images from Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras in Stanwood and Sedro-Woolley qualify as public records under Washington’s Public Records Act. Judge Elizabeth Yost Neidzwski said the images are “not exempt from disclosure” and explained that an agency does not need to physically …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When your phone buzzes with a message saying your flight is canceled, your first instinct is to panic. Scammers are counting on that.  A new travel scam is spreading through fake airline texts that look convincing but connect you to fraudsters instead of customer service. These cybercriminals claim to help rebook your …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kids are spending more time online than ever, and that early exposure is opening the door to a new kind of danger.  Artificial intelligence has supercharged online scams, creating personalized and convincing traps that even adults can fall for. The latest Bitwarden “Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025” poll shows that while parents know …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Joe A. from Shelton, Connecticut, received a text about a crypto investment opportunity, he thought it was his chance to rebuild after a divorce. Instead, he lost every dollar he had. Joe’s story is a heartbreaking reminder of how easy it is to fall for an online investment scam that promises …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian state-backed hackers have stepped up their game with new malware families that hide behind fake CAPTCHA tests. The group, known as Star Blizzard or ColdRiver, now uses ClickFix attacks to trick people into launching dangerous malware disguised as a simple “I’m not a robot” check. These attacks represent a new wave …