Category: Tech Support Scams

DarkRelay: The Malvertising Campaign Built to Hide, Escape, and Convert

The Media Trust’s Malware Desk identified a sophisticated malvertising campaign we’ve named DarkRelay, a cloaked redirector designed to evade detection, break out of sandboxed advertising environments, and drive real users to fraudulent antivirus offers. What makes DarkRelay noteworthy is not the scam at the end of the chain. It is the combination of techniques the […]

PopCrawler’s Deceptively Simple Phishing Redirect Explodes in June 2025

It looks like just another ad tag, with a basic banner image and minimal HTML. The creative seems innocuous enough — a no-name fashion brand broadcasting new arrivals or a clearance sale. But that’s how PopCrawler infests the digital media ecosystem — appearing so boring and plain as not to set off any alarms. A […]