FBI busts two global scareware rings  

FBI busts two global scareware rings

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 24 June 2011 9:40 AM
EU law enforcement busts criminals.
Scareware-monger to cough up US$8m 

Scareware-monger to cough up US$8m

In Applications - By Liam Tung, 31 January 2011 11:50 AM
Operators of Winfixer, Drive Cleaner and Antivirus XP to pay up.
Three people indicted in $100m scareware operation 

Three people indicted in $100m scareware operation

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 31 May 2010 9:47 AM
Authorities attempt to reclaim cash from Ukrainian bank.
McAfee warns of scareware plague 

McAfee warns of scareware plague

In Applications - 10 March 2010 2:00 PM
Fake anti-virus scams extracting millions from unwary users.
FBI warns of scareware threat 

FBI warns of scareware threat

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 14 December 2009 9:55 AM
Fake AV scams have already cost users A$164m.
Symantec finds rogue AV to be well-oiled profit machine 

Symantec finds rogue AV to be well-oiled profit machine

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 20 October 2009 10:41 AM
Business is booming.
Fake Twitter accounts lead to scareware sites 

Fake Twitter accounts lead to scareware sites

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 22 September 2009 11:25 AM
Fake profiles auto-generated.
Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009 

Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 14 July 2009 10:17 AM
A 60 per cent increase in spam volumes has resulted in spam now representing 90 per cent of all inbound email, according to the TRACElabs report on the first half of 2009 from ...
Commonwealth Bank phishing scam changes its MO 

Commonwealth Bank phishing scam changes its MO

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 June 2009 10:52 AM
A new attack targeting Outlook users has morphed from trying to retrieve login credentials to attempting to infect users with fake anti-virus products.
Twitter hit with rogue anti-virus scams 

Twitter hit with rogue anti-virus scams

In Messaging - By Greg Masters, 3 June 2009 11:06 AM
Users of popular blogging platform Twitter fell victim this past week to a scareware scam in which they were offered a "Best Video," but by clicking through, invited onto their ...
Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise 

Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 9 April 2009 10:42 AM
Rogue anti-virus, or scareware, programs -- which entice a user into purchasing fake security software by telling them their machine is infected -- has emerged as the biggest ...
Vundo Trojan begins sending out ransomware 

Vundo Trojan begins sending out ransomware

In Hackers - 27 March 2009 11:12 AM
The Vundo Trojan has changed its output from scareware to ransomware.
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