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Misusing VERIFY (and other support scam tricks)

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Misusing VERIFY (and other support scam tricks)

After Event Viewer, ASSOC, INF, PREFETCH and Task Manager, it seems that VERIFY is the latest system utility to be misused by PC tech support scammers.

David Harley • 06 Aug 2012

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.ASIA domain name scams still going strong

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.ASIA domain name scams still going strong

Aryeh Goretsky • 24 Jul 2012

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Support scams: social engineering update

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Support scams: social engineering update

More cold-call/support scam information.

David Harley • 05 Jul 2012

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Back to school scams? They may be just around the corner

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Back to school scams? They may be just around the corner

Stephen Cobb • 19 Jun 2012

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Close call with a Caribbean cruise line scam

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Close call with a Caribbean cruise line scam

Aryeh Goretsky • 15 Jun 2012

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SMSmishing Unabated: Best Buy targeted by fake gift card campaign

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SMSmishing Unabated: Best Buy targeted by fake gift card campaign

Aryeh Goretsky • 14 Jun 2012

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Press One if by LAN, Two if by Sea

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Press One if by LAN, Two if by Sea

Aryeh Goretsky • 21 May 2012

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Support Scam Poll

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Support Scam Poll

Internet Storm Center is running a poll on Fake Tech Support Calls, also the topic of a paper for VB 2012.

David Harley • 01 May 2012

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Support Scammers (mis)using INF and PREFETCH

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Support Scammers (mis)using INF and PREFETCH

As well as misusing Event Viewer, ASSOC or a system CLSID, scammers hijack "prefetch" and "inf" to con victims into believing they have malware.

David Harley • 15 Mar 2012