This week in cybersecurity: AI coding agents with exploitable vulnerabilities, cybercrime rings operating like professional enterprises, and new scam tactics—including malicious QR codes. I've been ...

The Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General (SSA OIG) is warning the public about a fast-growing ...

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As the April 15 tax deadline approaches, a sophisticated new threat is targeting unsuspecting taxpayers through the very devices in their pockets. Law enforcement and federal authorities are sounding ...

If you bank online, you probably know the routine. You enter your password and then wait for a six-digit code to arrive by text. That extra step is supposed to help ...

McAfee’s latest Scam Detector update focuses on stopping scams before you click, scan, or reply. Real-time QR code scanning is a major upgrade, helping users avoid fake login pages and malware-filled ...

McAfee announced upgrades to Scam Detector that improve protection across common scam channels. The enhanced tool helps users check QR code safety and identify suspicious direct messages across apps.

QR code phishing is becoming hard to ignore as attacks grow rapidly. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, “quishing” incidents spiked by 146%, with nearly 18.7 million cases recorded in March, ...

Cybercriminals are increasingly using fake CAPTCHA prompts to trick users into enabling malware and scam notifications. Security experts warn the tactic is spreading rapidly through ads, pirated ...