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Google Chrome will use AI to block tech support scam websites

May 9, 2025 - Google announced it will equip Chrome with an AI driven method to detect and block Tech Support Scam websites

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Repeat offenders drive bulk of tech support scams via Google Ads

December 3, 2024 - Consumers are getting caught in a web of scams facilitated by online ads often originating from the same perpetrators.

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Watch out for tech support scams lurking in sponsored search results

May 2, 2024 - Our researchers found fake sponsored search results that lead consumers to a typical fake Microsoft alert site set up by tech support scammers.

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Threat Intelligence

Catching up with WoofLocker, the most elaborate traffic redirection scheme to tech support scams

August 17, 2023 - Back in January 2020, we blogged about a tech support scam campaign dubbed WoofLocker that was by far using the most complex...

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How to spot and avoid a tech support scam

May 10, 2023 - Despite the occasional arrests and FTC fines for tech support scammers (TSS) and their henchmen, there are still plenty of cybercriminals...

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FTC tackles tech support scams by chasing payment processor firms

April 20, 2023 - A multinational payment processing company and two of its executives are facing a potential $650k fine as a result of allegedly...

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Threat Intelligence

Large typosquatting campaign delivers tech support scams

October 21, 2022 - This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura In recent years, tech support scammers have become very familiar with the mechanics...

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Threat Intelligence

Malvertising on Microsoft Edge’s News Feed pushes tech support scams

September 14, 2022 - While Google Chrome still dominates as the top browser, Microsoft Edge, which is based on the Chromium source code, is gradually gaining more...

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Tech support scammers target Microsoft users with fake Office 365 USB sticks

August 19, 2022 - Microsoft is a hot target for scammers and acts of fraud. For example, tech support scam websites cover themselves in Windows...

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Tech support scammers caught by their own cameras

July 11, 2022 - A Youtuber has hacked into the CCTV cameras of an office used by tech support scammers and reported them to the...

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