Media Filter Beats Back US Election Night Malvertising Barrage

6X rise in attacks held at bay by blocking script, while tech support scams rise week after election. The U.S. presidential election didn’t just bring voters to the polls—it brought bad actors out to cause digital chaos. Just as The Media Trust expected, digital consumers hit the Internet hard on Nov. 5 and 6, and […]
Frightful October Full of Scareware (and Tech Support Scams)

Vulnerable users assaulted by massive campaigns designed to exploit lack of technological knowledge. Fake tech support attacks have been so prevalent in the last few years that this malware was actually a plot device in the Jason Statham action movie, “The Beekeeper.” While threat actors pulled back on that particular attack in the beginning of […]