Microsoft researchers observed a recent spam campaign that distributes emails with links to fake tech support websites, according to an Aug. 7 Windows Security blog post. Unlike standard phishing ...

Cybercriminals are using fake search engine listings to hijack the results for people looking for tech support from brands like Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal.

Fake tech support scams have emerged after the CrowdStrike outage disrupted systems worldwide. The outage was caused by a defective software update from CrowdStrike, not a cyberattack. CrowdStrike ...

Tech support scams have risen significantly in recent years. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, consumers and businesses lost almost a billion dollars ($924,512,658) to tech support ...

Okay, this is way less bad than the headline, or even the article makes it sound. Like obviously bad and it's going to catch some people, but it's framed in the headline and all over the text as the ...

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