Results for 'tech support scam'
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
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
