Results for 'tech support scam'
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...
Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers
November 2, 2016 - One of the primary vectors for the distribution of tech support scams is malvertising. You’ll simply be browsing the web when...
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...
Tech support scams and Google Chrome tricks
August 25, 2016 - Tech support scams coming as phishing pages that contain fake alerts urging you to call for immediate assistance are common place these days....
Tech support scams, two for the price of one
August 2, 2016 - If you have read the blog post about Tech Support Scammers using the Winlogon Shell registry value, you know the basics...
Tech support scammer follow-up
June 27, 2016 - This post is a sequel to Tech support scammers using Winlogon. As we have found after writing that post there are...
Tech support scammers using Winlogon
May 23, 2016 - As we’ve seen in other recent examples [1], [2],[3] Tech Support Scammers are using every trick in the malware authors book...
Tech support scammers get serious with screen lockers
May 17, 2016 - Tech support scammers are well aware of what is going on in the malware scene and often rip off ideas and concepts...
Tech support scams: help and resource page
May 10, 2016 - Hello, we are calling from Windows and your computer looks like it is infected. Our Microsoft Certified Technician can fix it...
The hunt for tech support scammers
May 9, 2016 - Update (05/10/16): The owner of Instant PC Care, Moksh Popli, contacted our legal department for a take down request of this blog...
