- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 21st, 2018
Thousands of WordPress Sites Send Visitors to Tech Support Scams
Crooks use multiple attack vectors to hijack websites
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 26th, 2016
Criminal Scum Offering Website Builder for Online Scammers
Crooks providing tech support for the tech support scammers
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 18th, 2016
Microsoft: Half of Tech Support Scam Victims Are Millennials
The elderly only accounted for 17 percent of all victims
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 14th, 2016
US Authorities Come Down Hard on Prodigious Tech Support Scammers
FTC files complaint against 5 companies and 3 individuals
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 29th, 2016
Tech Support Scammers Find New Trick to Hijack Chrome Browsers
Scammers put the user's browser in fullscreen mode and show a fake Google UI toolbar at the top in the form of a JPEG
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 18th, 2016
Global Phishing Numbers Rise As Hosting Firms Fail to Respond
A quicker response from hosting firms is needed
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 11th, 2016
This Windows Activation Scam Talks to You So You Won't Forget to Call & Pay
New Windows Activation Screen scam discovered
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 7th, 2016
Security Researcher Tricks Tech Support Scammer Into Installing Locky Ransomware
Infosec researcher has fun at a crook's expense
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 6th, 2016
Ransomware Mimics Windows Activation Screen, Uses Poisoned Search Results
Unlock code discovered, users can bypass the scam
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 26th, 2016
Online Scam Trends: Turkey Coup, Tinder, BEC, and a Lot of Tech Support Scam
Online scams remain a very lucrative cyber-crime category
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 30th, 2016
One Crook Running over 120 Tech Support Scam Domains on GoDaddy
... and it seems there is no one to stop him from registering new domains and setting up new websites
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 3rd, 2016
FBI Warns of a Few New Tricks in Tech Support Scams
Scammers pose as government agents, ISP employees, more
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 18th, 2016
Tech Support Scam Blurs the Line with Ransomware, Locks Users' Computers
Scammers are constantly evolving their mode of operation
- Other Search Engines
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 14th, 2016
Microsoft Bans Tech Support Ads in Bing, Google Outlaws Payday Loan Ads
Companies put the foot down when it comes to shady ads
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 21st, 2016
Crooks Cleverly Impersonate ISPs in New Type of Tech Support Scam
Scammers tracked down to Indian tech support website
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 16th, 2016
Diabolic Tech Support Scammers Find a New Way to Keep Users on Their Sites
Scammers create an infinite loop out of shady subdomains
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 22nd, 2016
Symantec Disavows Business Partner Caught Running a Tech Support Scam
Reseller was scamming users into buying Symantec products