Tag: phone
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Cheap Android phone comes shipped with spyware
Trojan masquerades as Google Play app; cannot be removed. Researchers at German security firm G Data have discovered Android smartphones that come shipped with spyware. The phone is the N9500 from Chinese manufacturer Star , which appears to be very similar to the popular Samsung S5 , but with a much lower price tag. Following…
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Tech support scammers won’t give up
M3AAWG workshop to deal with fighting telephony abuse. For security researchers like myself, receiving a call from a tech support scammer is usually a good opportunity for a bit of fun. Indeed, telephone conversations with scammers can be quite hilarious as a recent recording by blogger Troy Hunt shows. Of course, for those who are…
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Phone support scams: an old scam with some new tricks
Files in Prefetch directory supposedly show malware infections. Telephone support scams have been going on for quite a long time, and have received a fair amount of publicity, which often makes me wonder if there are still people who fall for them. A call I received last week proved that the callers haven’t given up.…
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Phone support scammers attempt repeat business
Previous victims contacted again and tricked into ‘renewing’ service. Phone support scammers have found a new way to make easy money: by calling back people whom they have previously tricked into paying for their services, and tricking the same innocent users into paying for a ‘renewal’ of the service. As someone who regularly works from…
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Cybercriminals offering service flooding email, phone and SMS
DDoS-type attack could seriously disrupt business. A new service is being offered on underground forums where between 25,000 and 100,000 emails are being sent to an email account within a short period of time, security blogger Brian Krebs reports. The emails, which effectively perform a DDoS attack on the email account, could be seriously disruptive…
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Support scammers up their game
Websites and Facebook accounts created to make callers appear more legitimate. ‘Support call scammers’ have started to use professional-looking websites and social media accounts to make themselves appear more legitimate. In these scams – which have been prevalent in many English-speaking countries for some time – victims are telephoned and told that their computer has…