but Microsoft was able to largely eliminate it — up to 90% of all attacks on Windows PCs are said to have been fixed thanks to new updates to Edge, Chrome, and Firefox that block scareware.

The sophisticated attacks include "scareware", which often leverages popups or images mimicking a faulty device notification requiring immediate action. Interestingly, the Federal Bureau of ...

Not happy with silently stealing personal info, they are resorting to a brand-new tactic called scareware. This consists of a ...

The attack swept through users' Macs last week ... to deal with the onslaught of calls associated with the Mac Defender scareware. Security experts said the Mac Defender phishing scam was ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have cracked down on two international scareware rings based in Latvia that have resulted in more than $74 million in losses on more than a million ...