You may have heard of malware, a malicious software that may damage your computer system, but have you heard of scareware? The scareware may not damage your computer, but it could scare users into ...

Microsoft Edge has security feature called Scareware Blocker. It is designed to protect users from deceptive or scam websites that use scare tactics to make them download malicious software or pay for ...

*Okay, they are an "international cyber crime ring" and the scareware racket is disgusting, but look at the amazing amount of national manpower arrayed to bust two conniving globalized youngsters who ...

Welcome to the wonderful world of rogue security software, also known as scareware. Pop-ups can appear randomly out of legitimate Web sites and are placed there with permission or sometimes through ...

Microsoft keeps adding new features to Edge, its Chrome rival, to offer a better experience to users. The company has now added a new feature that aims to make the experience safer on the internet by ...

MINNEAPOLIS (CN) – A Latvian man pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in a “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the website of Minnesota’s largest newspaper and tried to trick them ...

URL redirect notifications are often meant to serve as security measures, but at least one malware blackhat is exploiting these services and redirecting site visitors from the website they think they ...

The FBI's former fifth-most wanted cybercriminals has pleaded guilty to hacking-related charges in a scareware attack that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune website. Latvian national ...

CHICAGO -- An international cybercrime scheme caused Internet users in more than 60 countries to purchase more than one million bogus software products, causing victims to lose more than $100 million, ...