Security News

Google Chrome users targeted by tech support scammers (Help Net Security)
2016-08-29 20:54

Google Chrome users, beware: tech support scammers are misusing helpful browser features to impersonate Microsoft and to bombard users users with pop-ups. In the first instance, the scammers are...

Researcher Unleashes Ransomware on Tech-Support Scammers (InfoRiskToday)
2016-08-17 16:06

Tech support scammers mess with hacker's mother, so he retaliated with ranswomware (The Register)
2016-08-17 07:51

World's lamest ransomware authors won't answer fake tech support line (The Register)
2016-08-08 06:34

Here's how fake telephone tech support scams work (ZDNet)
2016-07-09 11:29

Tech support scammers impersonate victims’ ISP (Help Net Security)
2016-06-22 20:16

Tech support scammers have switched from cold calls to pop-ups ambushing users online, seemingly coming from the victims’ ISP. In the US and Canada, Verizon, AT&T and TimeWarner users are being...

Tech support locker scam poses as failed Microsoft Update (The Register)
2016-05-20 17:54

Tech support scammers start locking Windows computers (Help Net Security)
2016-05-18 15:05

Tech support scammers have come up with a new way to trick users into sharing their payment card information: screen lockers showing fake Windows alerts telling users that their Windows copy has...

Tech support scammers take tips from ransomware to make you pay up (ZDNet)
2016-05-17 12:06

Microsoft to Bing users: No more shady third-party ads for tech support, password recovery (ZDNet)
2016-05-13 12:21