Scammers use bogus search results to fool voice assistants

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:41:10 +0000

The Better Business Bureau reports that scammers have worked out how to game search results for company customer support telephone numbers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3nK_drrO_gM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:23:23 +0000

His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vcTREDMg0FE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Recipe for success: tech support scammers zero in via paid search

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

We take a deep dive into the recently reported Azure-hosted tech support scam pages, identifying this as one of the most successful scam campaigns in use today.

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