
SEE: Network security policy template (Tech Pro Research) How to secure your email via encryption, password management and more (TechRepublic Premium)Īttacks on Google Chrome are especially common due to its high market share, Malwarebytes noted. In security, there is no average behavior

Must-read security coverageĨ5% of Android users are concerned about privacyĪlmost 2,000 data breaches reported for the first half of 2022 And in February 2017, a top Google search result that appeared to be an ad for was actually a malicious link to a Windows support scam. And the attacks on Google Chrome are far from the first to hit the web: In January 2017, when you Googled “Facebook customer support,” the top hit was a scam. These scams take the form of browser alerts asking users to contact fake tech support lines in attempts to gain their credit card information. Tech support scams are increasingly hitting Windows users on the Google Chrome browser–even when it’s been updated to the latest version, according to a Tuesday blog post from Malwarebytes.


Fake Google Chrome browser alerts asking users to contact false tech support lines have increased over the last quarter for Windows users, according to Malwarebytes.Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways:
