Tech support scams increasing in complexity

Oct 26, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tech support scammers have begun using code obfuscation to avoid detection.

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Tech support scams remain one of the major and evolving forces in the computer security landscape.

Between January 1 and April 30 this year, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,668 complaints related to tech support scams, which amounted to adjusted losses of almost US$2.27m.

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Source: Symantec