Phones across Missouri were buzzing with a Blue Alert on Monday after a shooting in Christian County. Here's what the alert means.

You might not think of a CAPTCHA check as a cybercrime lure, but if you fall prey to one, you may become infected with malware. Learn how to spot them with our guide.

Early on at spring training, Giants veterans Willy Adames and Matt Chapman pulled some of the young position players in camp ...

Jadin O’Brien becomes a U.S. Olympic bobsledder after she answered an Instagram message and tried the sport for the first time. On Friday and Saturday, she races in the two-woman ...

Police have staged a simulated mass attack on the Taipei metro, involving sending alert messages to people in the surrounding area. It's the third safety drill since an assailant with a knife killed ...

CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy officials are warning about a scam targeting customers, which claims they will be impacted by scheduled power outages. These messages do not come from the utility company. Do ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The state's power grid operator, ERCOT, is reminding Texans it does not text people directly to share information about power grid conditions. Some Texans have been getting text ...

Users once again are reporting getting texts from the "DMV" and "MVC" warning them of outstanding traffic tickets. t's a scam, which now has entered its second year. The scam text messages have been ...

NEW YORK (WNYT) – Attorney General Letitia James is celebrating an FCC order expanding emergency cell phone alerts to include multiple languages, including American Sign Language. Wireless Emergency ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – The state’s NY-Alert app was hacked last week, sending a message about a bogus transaction to the phones of tens of thousands of people signed up to get emergency notifications, state ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

As the nation honors veterans for their service, the Department of Veterans Affairs is reminding the community to stay alert to a growing threat, the VA overpayment scam. Reports show that fraudsters ...