In 2023, neck-deep in freelancing projects in his hometown in Rajasthan, Babu Lal stumbled upon the underbelly of India’s digital financial ecosystem. The internet, including app stores, were infested ...

Paul C. in Washington, D.C., received an Apple Pay scam text claiming $8,250 was charged and a duplicate would auto-approve ...

Because the ads appear out of context—after a phone call and with content unrelated to the utility app—it's harder for users ...

Unveiled at Black Hat, Scam Buster is an open-source tool that turns the tables on social engineering.

RIVERDALE — Artificial intelligence is creating more convincing scams, including fake emails, cloned voices and spoofed caller IDs. Older Utahns are particularly susceptible to scams, according to ...

Is your mobile phone losing battery life quickly or racking up a lot data usage? It’s possible an app on your device has hijacked your phone to serve invisible ads at your expense. Smartphone users ...

New iOS 27 framework helps apps detect when people are being scammed and alert them in real time. Here's what you need to know.

Brothers Patrick and Ryan Coughlin, each with impressive careers in the tech industry (Patrick worked in national cyber defense, and at Splunk and Cisco; and Ryan with consumer products at Apple and ...

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 ...