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Scareware pushers have upped their cheating techniques are and now offering live chat and localization for their deceptive products. Security researchers reveal that technical support is provided by real people. Scareware, also known as rogueware, refers to malicious applications that pose as...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Authors of rogue antivirus software hesitate little when it comes down to copying the design and branding of official security solutions in an attempt to pass their fake antivirus code as genuine offerings. It is, of course, just one of the aspects of the social...

Link Removed - Invalid URL This year alone they will be responsible for infecting in excess of 25 million computers worldwide, but they could come close to compromising as much as 30 million machines. At the root of this epidemic lay simple social engineering tactics designed, through various...

Rogue Antivirus Optimized for Windows 7 - PandaLabs came across an interesting Rogueware campaign while researching the ongoing Black(hat) Friday SEO campaign. Unlike the typical Rogueware attack, the cyber criminals behind this one have already optimized the campaign to take advantage of...