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Tech support scammers and their banking woes

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We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look.

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Advanis tech support screenlocker

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We briefly show you the workings of a tech support scammers lockscreen and introduce you to the person behind the scenes.
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A week in security (Jan 01 – Jan 07)

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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 1st of January to the 7th. This week, we touched on the Sundown exploit kit with a surprising payload and a fake technical support page that wreaked havoc on Mac systems.Categories: Securit… Continue reading A week in security (Jan 01 – Jan 07)→

Tech support scam page triggers denial-of-service attack on Macs

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Tech support scammers are up to dirty tricks again, trying to cause your computer to freeze by simply visiting a webpage.Categories: MacTags: browser alertmacMac OSmalwaresafaritech supporttech support scamTSS(Read more…) Continue reading Tech support scam page triggers denial-of-service attack on Macs→

A week in security (Dec 11 – Dec 17)

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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 11th of December to the 17th. This week, we talked about ransomware, screen lockers, Goldeneye–not the James Bond movie–and Malwarebytes’ 2017 predictions.Categories: Security world
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Tech support scams, stolen data, and botnets

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We’ve found a scam in a box company that also offers intelligence leads. That is, they’ll sell you the scam and point you at the most vulnerable targets first.

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Tech support scammers up their game with ransomware

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Ransomware is so popular that even tech support scammers have eventually adopted it. Now the ransom note asks you to call ‘Microsoft’ to get your encrypted files back.Categories: Threat analysisTags: microsoftransomwaretech supporttech support scamsTSS… Continue reading Tech support scammers up their game with ransomware→

Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers

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A flaw found in an HTML5 API is being used by tech support scammers to push fraudulent pages and freeze people’s computers with a fake virus warning.Categories: Social engineeringTags: HTML5microsoftpushstatetech supporttech support scams(Read more…) Continue reading Tech support scammers abuse bug in HTML5 to freeze computers→

Scamming as a service – seriously

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Over the years we’ve done analysis on tech support scammers to include their tactics, infrastructure, front companies, payment mechanisms, and even how they hire. But one question that comes up frequently from security researchers is how a group of criminals, who are by most accounts computer illiterate, set up tech support scams that require a hard minimum of technical expertise, troubleshooting, and maintenance?

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