Friday, February 2, 2018

Coercive Messaging and Windows Defender

[Also published at AVIEN] It’s not all about tech support scams, but Microsoft’s announcement about beefing up detection of ‘coercive messaging’ in Windows Defender is certainly related to some approaches used by tech support scammers, such as the use of malware that directs victims to a scam-friendly ‘helpline’. Coercive messaging? As indicated in Microsoft’s evaluation criteria […]

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