Adam Levin

The new smart cars are a privacy nightmare for consumers.

Adam Levin's comments on the recent hack of MGM Resorts was featured in the Washington Post. "If you’re a hospitality organization and in particular a...

Online crime is often inventive, but it can also be cruel with fatal results.

Feel like your every move online was being observed and weaponized? It’s worse than you think.

We love scams gone wrong, especially when the person targeted winds up making some money.

Gig workers have to be on top of things, which is hard in a world filled with hacks and scams.

Think you’re too smart to get scammed? A psychologist tells us why you’re wrong.

In this episode: Stories that almost made it on the show but didn’t because criminals are sorta scary.

Adam Levin was a featured guest on the Consumerpedia podcast with host Herb Weisbaum. In a wide-ranging conversation, the two discussed corporate malfeasance on...

His attempt to Marie Kondo a grill out of his life caught the attention of a scammer.

Affinity scammers exploit commonality—deploying familiarity as a weapon. Here’s what you need to know.

Two award-winning journalists explore a scammer’s troubled mind and dubious claims and introduce us to affinity scams.

Scammers don’t always need quantum computing or even much in the way of tactics. Sometimes, they can just steal your mail.

Will Data Poisoning Be the Next Frontier for Cyberattacks and Misinformation?

A new study from the AARP confirms what most of us feared: Scammers aren’t ageist.

Data poisoning in deep-learning and artificial intelligence environments may impact the future of mis- and disinformation campaigns and even malware. Here’s what you need to know.

When Nadine told the government that she wanted to protect a trademark, she also alerted a criminal.

A couple tried to adopt a puppy after they lost their beloved lab and they found one that was perfect, except it didn’t exist.

Sextortion scams featuring targeted AI “deepfake” participants are becoming more common. Here’s what you need to know.

A professor of criminology says drivers’ licenses are the new skeleton key to your identity.