A terrifying text message sent students running for cover, barricading themselves in bathrooms and knocking over chairs in the frantic rush to hide from the active shooter reported on their university campuses.

Yet another Internet hoax appeared in my e-mail box. This one, sent to everyone under the sun, tells me that illegal aliens will soon be able to collect American Social Security retirement ...

School safety continues to be top of mind for families and staff, especially a week after a deadly stabbing on a Phoenix high school campus.

Teens today may be more tech-savvy than generations before them, but that doesn’t make them immune from falling for internet scams. Sure, high schoolers aren’t falling for a Nigerian prince wanting to gift them money (does anyone ever really believe that?

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER FALSE CLAIM OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AT VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY. RADNOR TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED REPORTS OF

A since-deleted message board post on Tigernet.com falsely claimed he had been injured in a serious car accident. The fake news was later amplified by the satirical “Message Board Geniuses” social media account, alleged that Klubnik could not move his arm or shoulder following the supposed incident.

But like most Internet hoaxes, there's no truth to the message whatsoever. It wasn't sent by Bill Gates. No one is going to give you any money. There is no such thing as an "email tracing program." Hoaxes, email chain letters and multi-level marketing schemes all tie up our time and valuable computing resources.

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville was thrown into chaos on Monday afternoon, August 25, after a wave of phone calls falsely reporting an active shooter forced evacuations, a campus lockdown and widespread panic.