Malwarebytes released our annual list of predictions for the year 2017. We claimed that ransomware will remain king—and personal. We also…
Tag: tech support
Tech support scams, stolen data, and botnets
NOTE: thanks to the Wack0lian for research contributions It would seem that scams as a service are a growth business…
A closer look at a tech support screen locker
In this blog post, we are going to take a closer look at some of the code that the most predominant…
Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers
One of the primary vectors for the distribution of tech support scams is malvertising. You’ll simply be browsing the web when…
Scamming as a service – seriously
Over the years we’ve done analysis on tech support scammers to include their tactics, infrastructure, front companies, payment mechanisms, and even…
Report: the anatomy of tech support scams
Each year, several million people fall for tech support scams and, according to Microsoft, in 2015 alone crooks walked away with an…
Tech support scammer follow-up
This post is a sequel to Tech support scammers using Winlogon. As we have found after writing that post there are…
Tech Support Impostors Part II: Where are They Now?
Last October, we uncovered a tech support scam trading on Malwarebytes’ good name. So half a year later, what happened to the…
Dodge four tries to escape from being scammed
Today, we would like to discuss some very persistent Tech Support Scammers with you. After installing a file – which was…
“I’d like to add you to my scammer network”
We’ve encountered many a tech support scam over the years, and the story is usually the same: a fake Blue Screen…