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Stolen security logos used to falsely endorse PUPs

January 30, 2018 admin 101, logos, McAfee, microsoft, misleading, norton, Pieter Arntz, pups, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:35:05 +0000

To gain the trust of users, the makers of PUPs put the logos of reputable security and tech firms on their websites to imply their product is endorsed by the companies. They are not.

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Free antivirus coupon leads to tech support scam

March 3, 2017 admin Antivirus, coupon, Google Chrome, McAfee, norton, Social engineering, tech support scam, Threat analysis, TSS

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:00:07 +0000

Yet another trick to watch out for with this free antivirus offer that misleads you into calling tech support scammers.

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