Watch for: emails selling “lifetime” access to a popular AI tool like Claude for one small payment, with a countdown timer and a fake $597-a-month “regular price.” Don’t click. Here’s how we knew it was fake.
One click on a fake invitation is all it takes. AARP lays out why crooks want your email so badly, how to tell if they got in, and the six steps to take back control.
Scammers aren’t spraying the same message everywhere and hoping something sticks anymore. They’ve worked out which con plays best on which platform — and they’re choosing your inbox, your feed, or your phone accordingly. Malwarebytes Labs just released a report built on three months of its own threat data (mid-April through mid-July 2026), and it…
Picture this: you open Google Calendar and there’s an event you don’t remember creating. It’s got some strange promise attached to it — a “secret” for making money on Etsy, a suspicious link, maybe even a fake “confirmation number” to make it look official. And here’s the part that really makes your stomach drop: It…
