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  1. Tech Support Scam via Bing Ads and Azure Blob Storage: A Scalable Threat

    A wave of tech‑support fraud that weaponized paid Bing search ads and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage burst into view in early February, converting routine web searches into convincing “Azure Support” scare pages and phone scams that hit at least 48 U.S. organizations across healthcare...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. Cybersecurity Trends 2025: AI Risks, Hardware Backdoors, and Adaptive Defenses

    A surge of cyber threats and security debates this week highlights both the escalating sophistication of digital attacks and the evolving strategies defenders employ to stay ahead. From researchers demonstrating how Google’s Gemini AI can be hijacked via innocent-looking calendar invites to...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  3. TA18-331A: 3ve – Major Online Ad Fraud Operation

    Original release date: November 27, 2018 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview This joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). DHS and FBI are releasing this TA to...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts

  4. Windows 7 Microsoft declares war on 'sophisticated' click-fraud scheme

    Microsoft has mounted a legal offensive against scams targeting its pay-per-click advertising services, filing two lawsuits that take aim at what it says is a sophisticated new form of the crime. In two complaints filed this week, Microsoft accused web publishers of engaging in a practice it...
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    • Forum: Windows Security