Doing a search online? Watch out for fake Google ads promoting criminal sites that can steal your money and passwords. Here's how to detect the fakes.

You think you're getting a refund. But in this scheme, cyber crooks are locking up your screen, messing with your bank account, and making off with your money --- all right in front of you. Here's how it works and how to protect yourself in this latest episode of Cyber Tricks Revealed.

Attackers are targeting the machines that run our world, like power, gas and water. This year they created two new pieces of industrial malware, bringing the world total to 7.

Are you oversharing? Giving away too much about yourself on social media? Here are three questions to ask yourself about your posts from a social engineering expert.

Cyber thieves are playing a complex game to get you on the phone and trick you into letting them hack your laptop. Watch out for these devious emails and tactics that could lead you into a total computer takeover.

Attackers have found a way to take over and shut down some of the smart devices that run the lights, heating, cooling and security doors at some office buildings. Here's how researchers were able to solve one of these cases and bring the building back to life.

Some magic shows use shills --- plants in the audience --- to make their tricks seem real. Now cyber attackers are trying the same thing in emails to see if you'll bite. Here are ways to detect this kind of attack.

If your favorite YouTube channel suddenly starts showing strange videos for game cheats, it could be this cyber attack that spreads like a contagion. Here’s how this YouTube attack works.

Your comments on social media can mark you as a target for scammers. If you talk about tickets for concerts or sports events, for example, you may get a message from a crook. Here's how they’ll try to trick you out of money.