{"id":3642,"date":"2016-10-10T11:08:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T15:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2016-10-10T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T15:08:55","slug":"tech-support-scams-put-uk-users-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/2016\/10\/10\/tech-support-scams-put-uk-users-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Support Scams Put UK Users at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech Support scams is a combination of social engineering and malware. \u00a0Once the user’s computer is infected with the initial malware that typically alerts the user that computer is infected with a virus. \u00a0It urges the user to either install a anti-virus software, which of course is another malware, or to contact a tech support hotline – a number that charges by the minute. \u00a0According the report, Microsoft claimed that victims has lost over $15 Billion to these scammers.<\/p>\n

Ways to protect yourself:<\/p>\n

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  1. Keep your computer patched up and up-to-date<\/li>\n
  2. Use anti-virus\/malware software<\/li>\n
  3. Contact with Tech support should go through official channels<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Article :\u00a0http:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news\/tech-support-scams-put-uk-users-at\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tech Support scams is a combination of social engineering and malware. \u00a0Once the user’s computer is infected with the initial malware that typically alerts the user that computer is infected with a virus. \u00a0It urges the user to either install a anti-virus software, which of course is another malware, or to contact a tech support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8346,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/itacs5211fall16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}