scareware

Swedish scareware payment processor gets US prison sentence

Swedish scareware payment processor gets US prison sentence

960,000 victims.
Juha Saarinen Dec 17 2012 11:55AM Security
Final "scareware" defendant to pay $159M to FTC

Final "scareware" defendant to pay $159M to FTC

Four year case wraps up.
Danielle Walker Oct 3 2012 9:28AM Security
Scareware vendor cops million dollar fine

Scareware vendor cops million dollar fine

Software sales ban applied.
Juha Saarinen Oct 3 2012 5:45AM Security
Reveton ransomware resurges

Reveton ransomware resurges

Scareware part of malware cocktail.
Danielle Walker Aug 13 2012 10:06AM Security
FBI busts two global scareware rings

FBI busts two global scareware rings

EU law enforcement busts criminals.
Angela Moscaritolo Jun 24 2011 9:40AM Security
Scareware-monger to cough up US$8m

Scareware-monger to cough up US$8m

Operators of Winfixer, Drive Cleaner and Antivirus XP to pay up.
Liam Tung Jan 31 2011 6:25AM Software
Three people indicted in $100m scareware operation

Three people indicted in $100m scareware operation

Authorities attempt to reclaim cash from Ukrainian bank.
Iain Thomson May 31 2010 7:13AM Security
McAfee warns of scareware plague

McAfee warns of scareware plague

Fake anti-virus scams extracting millions from unwary users.
Staff Writers Mar 10 2010 2:00PM Security
FBI warns of scareware threat

FBI warns of scareware threat

Fake AV scams have already cost users A$164m.
Phil Muncaster Dec 14 2009 7:19AM Security
Symantec finds rogue AV to be well-oiled profit machine

Symantec finds rogue AV to be well-oiled profit machine

Business is booming.
Dan Kaplan Oct 20 2009 10:41AM Security
Fake Twitter accounts lead to scareware sites

Fake Twitter accounts lead to scareware sites

Fake profiles auto-generated.
Phil Muncaster Sep 22 2009 11:25AM Security
Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

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 Marshal8e6.
SC Australia Staff Jul 14 2009 10:17AM Security
Commonwealth Bank phishing scam changes its MO

Commonwealth Bank phishing scam changes its MO

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

Twitter hit with rogue anti-virus scams

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 computer offers for a rogue security application.
Greg Masters Jun 3 2009 11:06AM Security
Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise

Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise

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 security threat facing internet users, according to Microsoft's sixth Security Intelligence Report.
Dan Kaplan Apr 9 2009 10:42AM Security
Vundo Trojan begins sending out ransomware

Vundo Trojan begins sending out ransomware

The Vundo Trojan has changed its output from scareware to ransomware.
Staff Writers Mar 27 2009 11:12AM Security
Authorities urged to step up scareware crackdown

Authorities urged to step up scareware crackdown

Law enforcers and regulatory authorities were urged today to crack down even harder on companies selling so-called scareware, or risk these threats increasing through 2009.
Phil Muncaster Dec 18 2008 6:34AM Security

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