A Youtuber has hacked into the CCTV cameras of an office used by tech support scammers and reported them to the…
Tag: tech support scammers
ParetoLogic facing complaint of alleged wrongdoing
A short while ago we reported on the FTC ruling against payment provider RevenueWire. Now, another Canadian company is under scrutiny,…
Recipe for success: tech support scammers zero in via paid search
Tech support scammers are known for engaging in a game of whack-a-mole with defenders. Case in point, last month there were…
Christmas tech scams roundup
There’s a fair few Christmas tech scams floating around out there as 2018 winds up, and we thought it’d be a…
A conversation with America Geeks
Thanks to NeeP for contributing significant research. You can check out NeeP’s YouTube channel here. Malwarebytes has written quite a bit…
Tech support scammers GeeksHelp caught again, two years later
Many researchers have noted an increase in tech support scam activity during the past few months. This trend, facilitated by browser lockers,…
Report: Cybercrime climate shifts dramatically in first quarter
The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape and we aren’t talking about heavy…
A closer look at a tech support screen locker
In this blog post, we are going to take a closer look at some of the code that the most predominant…