Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:00:25 +0000
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| PUPs and more specifically system optimizers have been found turning to tech support scams to increase the amount of money they can take from their unsuspecting customers. Categories: Tags: potentially unwanted programsPUPsystem optimizertech supporttech support scamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:00:07 +0000
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| Stay on the lookout for a new iCloud scam. A Malwarebytes employee reported receiving multiple calls claiming to be from Apple Support and asking for her credentials. Categories: Tags: AppleApple IDcelebgateicloudiCloud IDiOS App StoreiPhonemacMac App Storescamtech supporttech support scamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:00:49 +0000
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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 differentiate us from a tech support scammer. Categories: Tags: fraudMalwarebytesscamtech supportTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:54 +0000
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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. Categories: Tags: fraudscamtech supporttech support scamsTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:00:05 +0000
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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. Categories: Tags: advanisbrgsinstallreports.comscreenlockertech supporttech support scamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:00:28 +0000
To get to the bottom of a devious form of phone-based fraud, a group of researchers scammed the scammers. The post Listen to ‘Tech Support’ Scam Calls That Bilk Victims Out of Millions appeared first on WIRED.
Read moreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:00:28 +0000
To get to the bottom of a devious form of phone-based fraud, a group of researchers scammed the scammers. The post Listen to ‘Tech Support’ Scam Calls That Bilk Millions Out of Victims appeared first on WIRED.
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| Interest in Tor based threats is increasing to the extent that some vendors will scoop up all activity they find on Tor and provide you a nice front end to search through it at your leisure. This might lead the casual observer to assume that the darkness is a one stop shop for cyber threats, but criminals existed on the internet prior to Tor, and still do quite well for themselves without it. In fact, bad guys with good OPSEC tend to be the exception, rather than the rule. So let’s take a quick look at some unpleasant stuff and the nadir of bad OPSEC, Facebook. Categories: Tags: darknetfacebookscamsocial mediatech supporttech support scam |