Security News

Washington state sues iYogi tech support firm for scamming users (Help Net Security)
2015-12-18 09:33

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a lawsuit against one of the biggest independent tech support providers in the world, iYogi, and its President, Vishal Dhar, to stop a scam tha...

Comcast users hit with malvertising, malware and tech support scam all in one go (Help Net Security)
2015-12-15 14:40

Another tech support scam / ransomware campaign combo has been launched at users, but this time the order of delivery is reversed. The intended victims are the customers of Comcast, the largest hom...

A double whammy of tech support scam and ransomware hits US, UK users (Help Net Security)
2015-12-03 14:26

Tech support scams and ransomware usually don't go together, but there's a first time for everything. Symantec researchers have spotted a generic tech support scam hitting mostly US, UK and Canadia...

Tech support scammers start targeting users of Apple devices (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 07:30

With the rise of popularity and the widespread ubiquity of devices made by Apple, it was only a matter of time when tech support scammers would begin targeting that ever increasing segment of the popu...