Since March 6, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 739 reports related to the pandemic, with 178 of those attempts succeeding.

Irish student Ross Walsh found a way to turn the tables on a man who asked him for £1,000 in an emailed "business proposal."

A visibly emotional city treasurer told councillors on the audit committee on Monday that "the sophisticated attack" has affected her "deeply both professionally and personally."

Christopher Brannan was the fifth person charged in the 2014 “celebgate” scandal in which hackers obtained nude photographs and other private information from more than 200 people.

Elections Canada will be meeting with party officials next week to reinforce the need to train their volunteers how to avoid falling prey to "fairly basic cyber tricks," like phishing.

A City of Edmonton agency that receives money in order to help propel the city's economy says it was targeted by swindlers who tried to defraud it of $375,000.

Police are warning elementary school parents in Pointe-Claire about the international hoax known as the Momo Challenge.

The United States' top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down.

In a news release on Wednesday, AHS said the organization never sends text messages to patients and never sends funds via e-transfer “under any circumstances.”

A huge sigh of relief at MacEwan University as the school has recovered almost all of the $11.8 million that was lost in a phishing scam late last year.