Victim has "nothing left" as AI fuels a surge in crypto fraud schemes
One woman's entire life savings was stolen from her by sophisticated scammers who used artificial intelligence to perfectly manipulate her.
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One woman's entire life savings was stolen from her by sophisticated scammers who used artificial intelligence to perfectly manipulate her.
State-sponsored cybercriminals used Anthropic's tech to target tech companies, financial institutions and other organizations, AI company alleges.
Google said the fake messages are part of a massive criminal network called "Lighthouse" that has stolen information through phishing and smishing scams.
Meta platforms such as Instagram have marketed AI tools that let users create sexually explicit images of real people.
A new UC Berkeley study aims to help non-profits defend themselves against cyber criminals with the help of local governments.
Kenny Choi reports on a new UC Berkeley study that looks to shore up cybersecurity for nonprofit organizations.
Meta says it's banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to "foreign interference activity."
Ransomware attacks on schools are rising, paralyzing districts, shutting down systems and putting student data at risk.
Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached events giant Ticketmaster and stolen the details of 560 million customers.
Deputies arrested a man for allegedly swindling a San Mateo County resident earlier this week by sending malware to the victim's computer, the Sheriff's Office said.
An unauthorized intrusion Thursday afternoon into the computer system of the city of Pleasant Hill was detected and quickly contained officials said on Friday.
A cybersecurity clinic at Berkeley is training the next generation of experts to help organizations that have limited resources to defend themselves.
Legislation aimed at tackling the issue of cyberattacks on the state's public K-12 education system was signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday.
A new generation of high-tech thieves are attacking vulnerable vehicle computer systems to steal cars in seconds.
Clorox is slowly restoring its systems after a hack last month forced the consumer products maker to take them offline.
U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks.
Officials in the city of Hayward announced that the city's internal computer network has been restored following a ransomware attack that took systems down earlier this month.
Hayward is still struggling to fully recover from a recent cyber attack that threatened to cripple the city's computer systems.
Victims include Johns Hopkins University, the University of Georgia, the BBC and British Airways.
An ongoing cyber attack on the city of Oakland, allegedly by the group Play Ransomware, may have left city residents' personal information vulnerable to fraud.
10 days after the City of Oakland experienced a ransomware attack, many of its departments remain shut down to the public.
Although they get less attention than massive ransomware attacks, Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams involve criminals hacking into email accounts, pretending to be someone they're not and fooling victims into sending money where it doesn't belong.
The San Francisco branch of the FBI announced Monday that it seized the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers who caused the operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month.
Five years after Ross Ulbricht, founder of dark web marketplace Silk Road, received to a double life sentence in prison, federal prosecutors filed a civil complaint Thursday seeking the forfeiture of thousands of Bitcoins seized by law enforcement on Nov. 3 that were valued over $1 billion.
Lithuanian businessman suspected of tricking Google and Facebook out of more than $100 million be extradited to the U.S., local judge rules.
