The hackers behind the scareware previously targeted Windows users but switched to macOS after Microsoft introduced an ...

A long-running campaign phishing for credentials through scareware recently switched to targeting macOS users.

Scareware is a type of malware that relies on scare tactics to get you to lower your guard and unknowingly install malware or give away sensitive personal data before you realize you’re being ...

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

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 ...

It looks serious. It feels urgent. But it’s all fake. This is scareware — a scam designed to make you believe your computer has been compromised. The goal is to pressure you into calling a ...

Activating scareware blocker. Image Credits:Microsoft This adds an additional level of security to what exists within the likes of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which already looks for ...

A Rogue Program is a program that pretends to be a legitimate programs, but instead displays false information in order to trick or scare you into purchasing it. Most Rogue programs state that ...

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 ...

However, Apple offered detailed steps for removing the scareware, as well as several security best practices, until the company could develop and release a fix. In its advisory, Apple recommended ...