Users receive fake alerts claiming their system is locked due to unusual activity and are prompted to enter Apple IDs and ...

Learn how to enable Scareware Blocker in Microsoft Edge to keep malicious software websites from loading when using Microsoft ...

Scareware scams take advantage of this, using underhanded tactics to make users feel like they’re not in control of their PCs and need to call the “tech support” number provided onscreen.

The new scareware blocker is designed to help fight against these tactics. The scareware blocker is a tool that runs directly on your computer and checks full-screen web pages. It compares what it ...

LayerX adds that the scareware campaign previously targeted Windows users through the same clever tricks. But the hacker behind the attack pivoted to Macs after Microsoft in February introduced an ...

Security firm LayerX Labs has identified a sophisticated phishing campaign that recently began targeting Mac users after new ...

Cybersecurity firm LayerX has spotted a scareware campaign jumping from Windows to macOS after new browser protections on ...

Rogue Security Software, also known as Scareware, is software that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but provides limited or no security, generates erroneous or misleading ...

Most Rogue programs also use highly aggressive sales tactics which include adware, Trojans that display fake security alerts, or claims that they have won awards from major publications and companies.

According to security vendor LayerX, the "scareware" campaign has been hosted on malicious sites designed to resemble the official domains of major companies. An unsuspecting victim can encounter ...