Results for 'tech support scam'
A Week in Security (Apr 12 – 18)
April 20, 2015 - Last week, our security researchers covered a number of 419 scams, with one taking lead from an old racket back in 2012;...
TeslaCrypt: Video game Safety 101
April 20, 2015 - TeslaCrypt is a piece of Ransomware which encrypts your data and locks it behind a “Pay up some serious cash or no...
A Week in Security (Feb 08 – 14)
February 16, 2015 - A new old phish was back. Amazon. Instead of taking your credentials, it was asking for credit card information. A supposed...
A Week in Security (Nov 16 – 22)
November 24, 2014 - Last week, Security Researcher Pieter Arntz gave us a comprehensive overview of Mindspark, a marketing company, and its toolbar’s ability to lure users into more...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Online Shopping Made Safer
November 24, 2014 - We’ve seen the infographics and read the articles. Year after year, the statistics showing the outcome of the mad online shopping spree around this...
A Week in Security (Nov 02 – 08)
November 10, 2014 - A round-up, you say? You’re in luck! On the blog, I took a look at sites claiming to offer up Netflix premium...
Sites Offering Free Netflix Accounts: Good Luck With That
November 5, 2014 - We’ve seen a number of Netflix themed websites which claim to offer up accounts / logins for fans of TV and...
Steam Threats: What They Are and What You Can Do to Protect Your Account
September 17, 2014 - UPDATE [9/24/2014 6:38AM] The Steam user in question has reached out to us via Twitter to report that another scammer contacted him, using...
Rogue E-Books Could Pose Threat to Amazon Accounts
September 16, 2014 - It seems there’s an issue for Amazon Kindles owners should be aware of and take appropriate steps to avoid. A security researcher discovered malicious...
Goodbye CD Wallet. Hello ISOSTICK!
August 27, 2014 - The ISOSTICK is a USB stick that masquerades as an external CD/DVD drive and loads ISOs from a removable MicroSD card. Many of...
