Repeat offenders drive bulk of tech support scams via Google Ads
Consumers are getting caught in a web of scams facilitated by online ads often originating from the same perpetrators.
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PSA: These ‘Microsoft Support’ ploys may just fool you
We came a cross a clever abuse of Google and Microsoft’s services that fooled us for a minute. See if you could have spotted it.
Read moreMassive malvertising campaign targets seniors via fake Weebly sites
Categories: Threat Intelligence Tags: malvertising Tags: weebly Tags: google Tags: ads Tags: seniors Tags: recipe Tags: tech support Tags: scam Scammers are buying ads on for the most common Google searches made by seniors and defrauding them with tech support scams. |
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Read moreGoogle ads lead to major malvertising campaign
Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:10:47 +0000
Scammers go mainstream by hijacking top Google searches and replacing them with malicious ads.
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Read moreCanon printer owners: Be careful of bogus driver download sites
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 08:43:17 +0000
We look at reports of scams involving fake Canon printer drivers, non-existent downloads, and tech support scams.
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Read moreFBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:45:23 +0000
The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/z_YNbnD3_LU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreWOOF locker: Unmasking the browser locker behind a stealthy tech support scam operation
Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000
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| We reveal the inner workings of WOOF locker, the most sophisticated browser locker campaign we’ve seen to date. Learn how this tech support scam evades researchers and ensnares users by hiding in plain sight. Categories: Tags: 404Browlock404errorbrowlockbrowlocksBrowser guardbrowser lockerchromeEdgefirefoxmalvertisingmalvertising campaignsmicrosoftscamsSocial Engineeringsteganographytech supporttech support scamsTSSWOOF |
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Read moreTwo charged with tech-support scamming the elderly for $10m
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:55:01 +0000
The tech-support scammers were allegedly part of a network of crooks in the US and India who conned about 7,500 victims.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/0TbNYtAQBLk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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