Results for 'tech support scams'
Catching up with WoofLocker, the most elaborate traffic redirection scheme to tech support scams
August 17, 2023 - Back in January 2020, we blogged about a tech support scam campaign dubbed WoofLocker that was by far using the most complex...
FTC tackles tech support scams by chasing payment processor firms
April 20, 2023 - A multinational payment processing company and two of its executives are facing a potential $650k fine as a result of allegedly...
Large typosquatting campaign delivers tech support scams
October 21, 2022 - This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura In recent years, tech support scammers have become very familiar with the mechanics...
Malvertising on Microsoft Edge’s News Feed pushes tech support scams
September 14, 2022 - While Google Chrome still dominates as the top browser, Microsoft Edge, which is based on the Chromium source code, is gradually gaining more...
Malvertising campaign on PornHub and other top adult brands exposes users to tech support scams
February 12, 2021 - Threat actors involved in tech support scams have been running a browser locker campaign from November 2020 until February 2021 on...
Mass WordPress compromises redirect to tech support scams
September 20, 2018 - Content Management Systems (CMSes) such as WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla are under a constant barrage of fire. Earlier this year, we...
Tech support scams: what are other people doing?
June 7, 2017 - We’ve talked a lot about tech support scams over the past few years, typically focused on what we see ourselves, and...
System optimizers turning to tech support scams
April 27, 2017 - A new trend, which was also pointed out in our Q1 cybercrime report, is the combination of PUPs and Tech Support...
Tech support scams, stolen data, and botnets
December 15, 2016 - NOTE: thanks to the Wack0lian for research contributions It would seem that scams as a service are a growth business...
Report: the anatomy of tech support scams
October 18, 2016 - Each year, several million people fall for tech support scams and, according to Microsoft, in 2015 alone crooks walked away with an...
