Where did the tech support scam blacklist go?

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We’ve removed our blacklist of recognized tech support scammers from our tech scam support page. Here’s what we’re doing instead.

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Teaming up in the war on tech support scams

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:00:23 +0000

Beyond customer education, the scale and complexity of tech support scams require cooperation and broad partnerships across the industry. Given the scale and complexity of tech support scams, how can the security industry at large work together to deal a major blow to this enduring threat?

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Tech support scammer tries to sell free software

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:13:16 +0000

Watch as a Malwarebytes researcher catches a rather rude tech support scammer from AmericaGeeks in the act.

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FTC providing partial refunds for Advanced Tech Support victims

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:00:35 +0000

Last month, the FTC announced the recovery of 10 million dollars from Advanced Tech Support. If you were a victim of ATS, also known as Inbound Call Experts (ICE), you might be able to get a partial refund of what they scammed from you.

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Expired domain names and malvertising

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:00:08 +0000

A look at how expired domain names can be turned into a lucrative malicious traffic redirection tool.

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Terror EK actor experiments with URL shortener fraud

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:25:39 +0000

We catch up with a small player in the exploit kit scene.

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The numeric Tech Support Scam campaign

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:00:21 +0000

A new tech support scam campaign is being pushed in lieu of exploit kits. We take a look at its distribution method and how it is able to bring browsers to their knees.

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Tech support scams: what are other people doing?

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:00:38 +0000

We’ve talked a lot about tech support scams over the past few years, typically focused on what we see ourselves, and the scammers who like to pose as Malwarebytes. But tech support scams are much bigger than that, targeting every tech company under the sun. So what are other people doing about it? Let’s take a look at some of the other players working to keep you safe.

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