Even though tricking users into downloading rogue security software, or scareware, is one of the oldest tricks up cybercriminals' sleeves, it continues to be one of the biggest threats in cyberspace, ...

Mac users can now claim their first example of “scareware,” a widespread scam in the Windows world where bogus security software tries to spook consumers into anteing up, an antivirus vendor reported ...

Microsoft and Washington State officials announced a new partnership today aimed at fighting scareware in general and one specific vendor in particular. Today isn't such a good day for one James Reed ...

If your Windows PC has been hijacked by fake anti-virus software or “scareware” anytime in the past few years, chances are good that the attack was made possible by ChronoPay, Russia’s largest ...

WASHINGTON — The FBI has issued a warning to the public to beware of “scareware”, bogus pop-up messages that warn that your computer is infected with a virus when it really is not. The pop ups then ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new tool dubbed "scareware blocker," which uses machine learning and computer vision to identify a very pervasive type of online scam. "Scareware" has blighted the web ...

In an upcoming research entitled ""="">, Google's Security Team is about to release the results from their 13 month study into the growth of fake security software, also known as scareware or Fake AV.

Scareware distributors are targeting smartphone users who search the Web for popular mobile apps, experts from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab warn. Rogue programs that masquerade as antivirus software ...

Kathy, a We’ve Got Your Back reader, called to let us know about a strange little robocall she received that was a scam or a new example of scareware. It shows that e-scammers are going to roll with ...