- 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
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 13th, 2016
Ransomware Permanently Deletes Your Files Then Has the Nerve to Ask for Money
Don't pay Ranscam's ransom demand to recover your files because you're just throwing money out the window
- 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
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 29th, 2016
Snapchat Employee Falls For Phishing Scam, Reveals Staff Payroll Information
Careless staff member falls victim to trivial scam
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 22nd, 2016
Nigerians Are Responsible for Two-Thirds of Craigslist US House Rental Scams
Craigslist took down only 53% of the scams detected in the study, of which 66% originated from Nigeria
- 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
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 29th, 2016
Scam Alert: Be Like Bill Facebook Meme Generators May Put You in Danger
Shady Be Like Bill meme generators will collect user info
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 28th, 2016
Zero-Click Scam Tries to Extort $2,000 from Users
Online scammers find new techniques to con victims
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 10th, 2016
Dell Has a Severe Tech Support Scam Problem
Dell customers harassed by tech support scammers
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 9th, 2016
Instagram Swamped with Adult-Themed Fake Profiles
Users should avoid interactions with these profiles
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 7th, 2016
EU Cookie Law Notification Abused to Hijack Clicks for Invisible Ads
Did you click on a cookie notification, or was that an ad?
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 6th, 2016
Facebook Disabled Page Scam Wants Your Credit Card Data, Facebook and PayPal Credentials
Cheeky scammers want your financial information
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 17th, 2015
FBI Warns Shoppers of "Too Good To Be True" Scams Before the Holiday Season
The holiday season is here, keep an eye out for scams!
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 30th, 2015
FTC Warns Gamers of Online Phishing Scams
An uptick in gaming phishing scams makes the FTC issue a PSA
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 23rd, 2015
After Ruining Microsoft's Reputation, Tech Support Scammers Now Go After Apple
Fraudsters impersonate the Apple Remote Access website
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 6th, 2015
Windows Phone Store Distributes Fake Apps Infected with Adware
Over 58 infected apps detected on the Windows Phone Store
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 4th, 2015
Microsoft Received over 175,000 Customer Complaints Regarding Tech Support Scams
The US tech support scam industry evaluated at $1.5 billion