Emergency Management Director Michael Durkin said tying alerts to an address — rather than relying solely on cellphone “ping” technology — is a key advantage.

Police have staged a simulated mass attack on the Taipei metro, involving sending alert messages to people in the surrounding area. It's the third safety drill since an assailant with a knife killed ...

CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy officials are warning about a scam targeting customers, which claims they will be impacted by scheduled power outages. These messages do not come from the utility company. Do ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The state's power grid operator, ERCOT, is reminding Texans it does not text people directly to share information about power grid conditions. Some Texans have been getting text ...

Users once again are reporting getting texts from the "DMV" and "MVC" warning them of outstanding traffic tickets. t's a scam, which now has entered its second year. The scam text messages have been ...

NEW YORK (WNYT) – Attorney General Letitia James is celebrating an FCC order expanding emergency cell phone alerts to include multiple languages, including American Sign Language. Wireless Emergency ...

In addition to Android 16 QPR2, Google today is rolling out a pair of updates to the Messages (group chat warnings) and Phone (Urgent call reasons) apps. As we previously spotted, the Phone by Google ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – The state’s NY-Alert app was hacked last week, sending a message about a bogus transaction to the phones of tens of thousands of people signed up to get emergency notifications, state ...

As we head into the busy holiday shopping season, it also happens to be International Fraud Awareness Week. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans lose billions of dollars every year ...

Microsoft says that Teams users will be able to report false-positive threat alerts triggered by messages incorrectly flagged as malicious. This new feature was first announced in September, when it ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

As the nation honors veterans for their service, the Department of Veterans Affairs is reminding the community to stay alert to a growing threat, the VA overpayment scam. Reports show that fraudsters ...