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Microsoft Edge’s News Feed ads abused for tech support scams
2022-09-15 18:08

An ongoing malvertising campaign is injecting ads in the Microsoft Edge News Feed to redirect potential victims to websites pushing tech support scams.

App subdomains to host their scam pages within a single day.

To redirect to their scam landing pages, the threat actors use the Taboola ad network to load a Base64 encoded JavaScript script designed to filter the potential victims.

"This scheme is meant to trick innocent users with fake browser locker pages, very well known and used by tech support scammers."

While Malwarebytes didn't say what happens if you call the scammers' phone number, in most cases, they would lock your computer using various methods or tell you that your device is infected and you need to purchase a support license.

Either way, once they connect to your computer to help you, the scammers will try to convince their victims to pay for an expensive tech support contract with no benefit to the victim.


News URL

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-edge-s-news-feed-ads-abused-for-tech-support-scams/

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