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 ...

According to security vendor LayerX, the "scareware" campaign has been hosted on malicious sites designed to resemble the official domains of major companies. An unsuspecting victim can encounter ...

and Firefox that block scareware. As the hackers were out of luck on Windows, they appear to have turned to macOS. Macs are often said to be safe from hackers, which means some users may let their ...

But earlier this year, the attack finally caught the eye of Microsoft, which added anti-scareware protection to its Edge browser. Google Chrome and Firefox adopted their own tools to fend off such ...

Microsoft has named multiple threat actors part of a cybercrime gang accused of developing malicious tools capable of bypassing generative AI guardrails to generate celebrity deepfakes and other ...

For the second time in two months, a hacker has used Steam to circulate malware to unsuspecting gamers. This time, the attack arrived through a demo for a game called Sniper: Phantom's Resolution.

LayerX adds that the scareware campaign previously targeted Windows users through the same clever tricks. But the hacker behind the attack pivoted to Macs after Microsoft in February introduced an ...

A scareware campaign phishing for login credentials recently switched from targeting Windows to macOS, Israeli cybersecurity firm LayerX reports. Throughout 2024 and in early 2025, the attacks ...