Over the past few years, YouTube has been hit with a series of cryptocurrency scams. In 2020, the company faced at least 18 lawsuits over it.

The YouTube Ghost Network promoted thousands of scam videos. Videos offer game hacks or pirated software; they distribute malware. A web of fake accounts makes the scam videos look genuine. A ...

In the summer of 2010, thousands of YouTube users received a strange private message that directed them to a website promising overnight success for aspiring YouTubers. This site ultimately proved to ...

Cybersecurity firm SentinelLABS has warned that malicious actors are using old, seemingly legitimate YouTube accounts to promote a crypto trading bot that hides a smart contract designed to drain ...

Ripple warns that bad actors are stealing YouTube accounts and using them to impersonate the firm to shill their scams, including fake “XRP giveaways.” Fraudsters and scammers are taking advantage of ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A major international fraud ring that stole more than $65 million from thousands of elderly Americans—including a 97-year-old San Diego woman— has been dismantled with ...

New attack poisons sources AI chatbots use for content. Public sites like YouTube and Yelp abused to host spam links. AI answers can surface poisoned content and put users at risk. Cybercriminals are ...

At the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, the exhibits chart how technology got to where it is today. And there could be no better guide to this history than Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple ...

STEVENSVILLE, MI (WSBT) — Scamming the scammers, a comedian and radio show host have spent months scamming those who scam others from behind the screen. Recovering billions of dollars for those ...

“People will be looking for ways to alleviate their burdens,” Valesquez says of 2026. “So when they get a [message] that says ...