Knowing their audience is something scammers excel at, and for very good reason. This is particularly true for tech support scammers…
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Repair firms might be rifling through your personal data
Sending your device in for a repair is something most of us have likely done at some point. Whether PC, mobile…
Large typosquatting campaign delivers tech support scams
This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura In recent years, tech support scammers have become very familiar with the mechanics…
Google ads lead to major malvertising campaign
Fraudsters have long been leveraging the shady corners of the internet to place malicious adverts, leading users to various scams. However,…
Canon printer owners: Be careful of bogus driver download sites
Think of all the really common, very mundane things you search for of a tech nature. Drivers. Scanners. Printers. A broken…
Software renewal scammers unmasked
We’ve been tracking a fraudulent scheme involving renewal notifications for several months now. It came to our attention because the Malwarebytes…
RevenueWire to pay $6.7 million to settle FTC charges
What can you do as a scammer when no legitimate payment provider wants to process your payments anymore? Or, what if…
WOOF locker: Unmasking the browser locker behind a stealthy tech support scam operation
Update [01-27-2020]: Shortly after this blog was published we noticed that a large part of the infrastructure behind this browlock was…
Scammers use old browser trick to create fake virus download
Tech support scammers are reusing an old technique in their existing browser locker (browlock) schemes to force a special kind of…
Partnerstroka: Large tech support scam operation features latest browser locker
Tech support scams continue to be one of the top consumer threats in 2018, despite actions from security vendors and law…