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The search giant said that in future any company wanting to advertise these services would have to pass manual verification checks first.

"Hi Daddy Love you," texted the daughter of one of the hacker's alleged victims. The reply: "TELL YOUR DAD TO GIVE US BITCOIN"

Scammers have been exploiting Twitter for months now to steal digital currencies from naïve users, but this month one attacker pulled off a rare coup by compromising a verified Twitter account.

"This is SO NOT my ripped-off laptop," the scammer must have thought when the scammer-scammer sent a package of magazines instead.

The FTC has been battling tech support scams for years, especially ones targeting older citizens who are seen by fraudsters everywhere as susceptible to these cons.

Major win against business email compromise losses Police have carried out a worldwide wave of arrests that have seen 74 people detained and over $16m in purloined funds seized by suspected...

Agari, a firm that offers protection against email-borne threats, has spent the last 10 months analyzing the targets, tactics and identities of 10 separate criminal organizations. All ten...

Nigerian-based cybercriminals are growing more dangerous as they add sophisticated tools to their arsenal, including complex remote access trojans, a new report reveals.

Chocolate Factory's map service cuts commute times, URL lengths Scam sites have been abusing a little-known feature on Google Maps to redirect users to dodgy websites.…

A bug in Google Maps has turned it into a better URL shortener for crooks than goo.gl