Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:00:25 +0000
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| PUPs and more specifically system optimizers have been found turning to tech support scams to increase the amount of money they can take from their unsuspecting customers. Categories: Tags: potentially unwanted programsPUPsystem optimizertech supporttech support scamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:00:07 +0000
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| Stay on the lookout for a new iCloud scam. A Malwarebytes employee reported receiving multiple calls claiming to be from Apple Support and asking for her credentials. Categories: Tags: AppleApple IDcelebgateicloudiCloud IDiOS App StoreiPhonemacMac App Storescamtech supporttech support scamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: msft-mmpc| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:58:02 +0000
Millions of users continue to encounter technical support scams. Data from Windows Defender SmartScreen (which is used by both Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer to block malicious sites) and Windows Defender Antivirus show that some three million users are subjected to these threats every month. In addition to being rampant, technical support scams continue to…
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:00:05 +0000
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| We briefly show you the workings of a tech support scammers lockscreen and introduce you to the person behind the scenes. Categories: Tags: advanisbrgsinstallreports.comscreenlockertech supporttech support scamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:00:07 +0000
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| Yet another trick to watch out for with this free antivirus offer that misleads you into calling tech support scammers. Categories: Tags: antiviruscouponGoogle ChromeMcAfeenortontech support scamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: msft-mmpc| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 05:39:41 +0000
The cornerstone of tech support scams is the deception that there is something wrong with your PC. To advance this sham, tech support scams have long abused browsers’ full screen function. Coupled with dialogue loops, the pop-up messages that just won’t go away, and the spoofing of brands like Microsoft, tech support scam websites can…
Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:22:42 +0000
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| Google Chrome may be one of the more secure browsers but an increasing number of malicious extensions are being forced onto users. The one we analyze can hide itself and receive commands from a remote server in order to hijack the browser with incessant offers, fraud and even tech support scams. Categories: Tags: chromeChrome Extensionextensionfake chrome extensionGoogleGoogle Chromemalvertisingtech support scam |
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| Interest in Tor based threats is increasing to the extent that some vendors will scoop up all activity they find on Tor and provide you a nice front end to search through it at your leisure. This might lead the casual observer to assume that the darkness is a one stop shop for cyber threats, but criminals existed on the internet prior to Tor, and still do quite well for themselves without it. In fact, bad guys with good OPSEC tend to be the exception, rather than the rule. So let’s take a quick look at some unpleasant stuff and the nadir of bad OPSEC, Facebook. Categories: Tags: darknetfacebookscamsocial mediatech supporttech support scam |