Tech support scams look different now. Here’s what to watch for
Malwarebytes warns tech support scammers now abuse sponsored search results, fake listings, calendar invites, and Apple Pay notifications, and shares red flags for impersonation scams.
Malwarebytes describes how tech support scams have expanded beyond browser locks and fake virus warnings to sponsored search results, hijacked on-site searches, fake platform listings, renewal scams, fake calendar invites, and Apple Pay notifications. Scammers impersonate trusted security companies including Malwarebytes, seeking payment, personal information, or remote access to victims' computers. Malwarebytes notes it does not outsource support, never makes unsolicited calls, and works with the FTC and the Global Anti-Scam Alliance to combat these scams.
- Scammers use sponsored ads, fake listings, and calendar invites for initial contact
- Red flags: non-credit-card payment, unsolicited calls, third-party support names
- Victims advised to change passwords, enable 2FA, and scan for backdoors
- Malwarebytes provides technical evidence to FTC and supports GASA
- Vendors
- Malwarebytes
- Products
- Malwarebytes Scam Guard
- Organizations
- FTCGlobal Anti-Scam Alliance
From the original article
3 min read at malwarebytes.com
Tech support scams have evolved beyond fake virus warnings. Here’s how scammers reach their targets now, and how to stay safe.
By @MetallicaMVP · malwarebytes.com
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