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.ASIA domain name scams still going strong
Aryeh Goretsky • 24 Jul 2012
Support scams: social engineering update
More cold-call/support scam information.
David Harley • 05 Jul 2012
Back to school scams? They may be just around the corner
Stephen Cobb • 19 Jun 2012
Close call with a Caribbean cruise line scam
Aryeh Goretsky • 15 Jun 2012
SMSmishing Unabated: Best Buy targeted by fake gift card campaign
Aryeh Goretsky • 14 Jun 2012
Press One if by LAN, Two if by Sea
Aryeh Goretsky • 21 May 2012
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
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
Modern viral propagation: Facebook, shocking videos, browser plugins
Robert Lipovsky • 13 Mar 2012