- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 7th, 2018
Browser Locker Downloads and Decodes Itself On the Fly to Avoid Detection
Scammers use new obfuscation method to deceive victims
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 10th, 2017
British ISP TalkTalk Blacklists TeamViewer to Protect Customers from Scammers
TeamViewer is one of many tools and sites blocked by the ISP
- Spam Reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 26th, 2016
Dev Trolled Spammers for Two Years with Bot That Sent Random Email Replies
Some spammers kept answering for days in a row
- 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
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 12th, 2016
Scammers Hijack Customer Support Requests on Twitter
Clever trick sends users to dangerous phishing sites
- 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
- 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
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 19th, 2016
Chrome Extensions Steal Your Steam Inventory
Steam scammer caught red-handed by Panda Security researcher
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 2nd, 2015
Phisher Gets Phished Back by Cyber-Security Vendor
Nobody said cyber-criminals are supposed to be smart
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 12th, 2015
Female Seducers on Skype Blackmail Males for Cash
Online wooing can easily lead to money spilling
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 11th, 2015
Scammers Pose as Buffalo Office Attorney General Representatives
Threats with lawsuits used as scare tactics
- Advisories
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 6th, 2014
Virtual Kidnapping Incidents Are on the Rise
Criminals can be very convincing in their attempt
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 9th, 2014
“Virtual Kidnapping” Scammers Become More Targeted
In South Texas, physicians of any kind are on the list
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 8th, 2014
Researcher Grabs Scammer’s Picture with His Own Camera
Zeus Trojan's protection mechanism bypassed using publicly available hacking tools
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 5th, 2014
Duo Caught for Banking €130,000 / $177,000 in Phishing Scheme
The cybercriminals triggered the bank's anti-fraud mechanisms
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- October 4th, 2012
FTC Shuts Down International Phone Scam Network
Consumers were tricked into paying for non-existent virus infections