A woman in the Kootenays is out nearly $7,000 thanks to a bogus tech support scam. RCMP said in a news release they were called on Jan. 20 by a 47-year-old Trail, B.C. woman about a “sophisticated ...
It's reasonable to assume that if you reach out to tech support from a legitimate help website, you'll be speaking with a real customer service representative. However, scammers are hijacking pages ...
Microsoft has discovered a piece of malware masquerading as its Security Essentials software, which prompts users to call a tech-support scammer when active. The malware has been christened ...
Microsoft released its 2021 Global Tech Support Scam Research report, which shows that 65 percent of Canadian adults were exposed to a tech support scam. These types of scams involve fraudsters faking ...
Scammers are using legitimate website to post their malicious 'tech support' phone numbers It's called search parameter injection or reflected input vulnerability Attackers modify legitimate URLs with ...
"AI-powered features like Scareware blocker will forever change the way we protect customers from attacks,” Rob Franco, ...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has busted a transnational cyber fraud syndicate that was operating a sophisticated fake tech support scam targeting citizens in the United Kingdom and ...
In Raebareli, Gaurav Trivedi allegedly ran a tech support scam, preying on vulnerable individuals. However, he targeted NanoBaiter, a digital vigilante, who reversed the connection and exposed ...
Hundreds of millions of people around the world are at risk of falling victim to cyber attacks if they do not update their computers today, Microsoft has warned. A decade after releasing Windows 10, ...
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Nearly seven out of 10 consumers in India were targeted by a tech support scammer in the last 12 months, finds a report released by Microsoft on Thursday. The report titled ...