Microsoft has revealed in a report that every single hour, about 1.6 million fake accounts try to sign up on Microsoft ... started using AI to make their scams look even more real.

To fight these scams, Microsoft is using machine learning and AI to spot fraud patterns and warn users about probable threats. Tools like Microsoft Edge now have typo protection and can spot fake ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by scammers to create fake ... of Microsoft Security, explained the company's approach to combating these scams.

Sophisticated scam campaigns that used to take cybercriminals weeks to set up can now pop up in minutes, Microsoft is warning. The difference? Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI).

Bitdefender researchers say there has been a surge in subscription scams which have gotten both more sophisticated and ...

Police said this scam also began with a computer pop-up, but this time asking the victim to contact Microsoft's tech support number. The scammers then pretended to be a tech support agent and a ...

Microsoft Edge has website typo protection and domain impersonation protection, which use deep learning to warn users about fake websites. Edge also has a Scareware Blocker, which blocks scam ...

Between April 2024 and 2025, Microsoft blocked billions in fraud attempts and millions of bot sign-ups. AI enables quick creation of fake e-commerce sites and job scams with convincing interviews.

Microsoft says it blocks 1.6 million bots every hour as scammers take up artificial intelligence tools. The use of AI has led to a concerning increase in the number of scam attacks and their ...