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A lot of companies don’t make it all too clear who their tech support is. Given the wide variety in how legitimate companies handle their support, how can you tell the difference between tech support and a tech support scam? We point out how to differ… Continue reading Do I have Malwarebytes or a tech support scam?
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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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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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Yet another trick to watch out for with this free antivirus offer that misleads you into calling tech support scammers.
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Social engineering
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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 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
Week… Continue reading A week in security (Dec 11 – Dec 17)
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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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Continue reading Tech support scams, stolen data, and botnets
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
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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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In this article we take a look at some tricks that target Google Chrome users to dupe them with the infamous tech support scam pop ups. In particular, we examine the fake address bar and alert dialogs which people have come to trust and yet can be dece… Continue reading Tech support scams and Google Chrome tricks