But Scareware is usually concealed in ads on Web sites ranging from popular search engines to social networks. DoD could potentially decide to limit access to those parts of the Internet, Carr said.

Scareware has been a prominent part of the Internet since 2004, when a cybergang based in St. Petersburg, Russia, launched the iframecash.biz website and began offering commissions to anyone who ...

Tuesday’s update, labeled 2011-003, adds a new definition to the rudimentary antivirus detection engine embedded in Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, and also increases the frequency with which ...

Through its research, Finjan got access to the web-based systems that one group of 'scareware' peddlers used to manage their search engine campaigns. It found that, over a 16-day period, more than ...

Feds bust ‘scareware’ ring accused of making $72 million by selling phony anti-virus software June 22, 2011 5:50 PM PT Share via Close extra sharing options ...

The hackers behind the scareware previously targeted Windows users but switched to macOS after Microsoft introduced an anti-scareware feature for the Edge browser.

40 million people have fallen victim to scareware in last year. Visitors to technology blog Gizmodo are being warned that they could have picked up more than tips about the latest must-have gadget.

Adobe just released a critical Flash Player security update. Good news: it includes a new automatic updater for Windows. Bad news: Adobe's download page pushes a misleading "system optimizer ...

This week we look at an app that steals your SMS messages for nefarious purposes, and scareware has begun popping up in legitimate Android apps. Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety ...

ESET has discovered over 30 scareware apps available for download from the Google Play store. The apps have been installed by more than 600,000 Android users.

But Scareware is usually concealed in ads on Web sites ranging from popular search engines to social networks. DoD could potentially decide to limit access to those parts of the Internet, Carr said.

— -- Scareware has become the scourge of the Internet. Those deceptive promotions crafted to panic you into spending $30 to $80 for worthless antivirus protection can hit you just about ...