Deborah Patterson is one of the latest victims. She was sitting in her Raleigh home doing some work on her computer and suddenly, she said, "My computer went black and then this number from ...

Last August, the woman received a message on her computer claiming it had been hacked. Believing she was contacting a Microsoft hotline for assistance, she unwittingly reached a scammer.

At 6 p.m. March 26, a Solon woman, 80, reported being a fraud victim. She said she had received a pop-up message on her computer that included a warning that she may have a computer virus.

Although it’s still experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help give voice to those unable to speak. A new study described testing the device on a 47-year-old woman with ...