Throughout the last two years, scareware (fake security software), quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive ...

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.

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 ...

A rogue version of Microsoft's free antimalware product, Microsoft Security Essentials, is making its way around the Internet by scaring users into buying a bogus security product. Initially the rogue ...

Good news from the security frontline. The phenomenon of rogue antivirus ‘scareware’ really does appear to be on the wane, at least according to figures from security company Enigma Software. The ...

Microsoft keeps adding new features to Edge, its Chrome rival, to offer a better experience to users. The company has now added a new feature that aims to make the experience safer on the internet by ...

For about 24 hours over the weekend, The New York Times site was serving up fake security software (scareware). In a message posted to Twitter and a note on its NYTimes.com site, the newspaper blamed ...

In the classic musical production The Music Man, con man Harold Hill frightens a town’s folks into believing that they’ve got “trouble, right here in River City!” Once he has them quaking in their ...

Modern mobile devices don't suffer the same vulnerabilities as PCs, and those selling antivirus software for Android, iOS, and BlackBerry OS shouldn't be trusted. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...