Latest Tech Support Scam: Let Them Eat CPU!

Lawrence Abrams, writing at the well-respected Bleeping Computer, details the latest new Tech Support Scam – and in this case – a scam that specifically targets Google Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Chrome browser with a CPU-cycle eating javascript attack. Today’s Must Read.

“This new tech support scam variant was reported in a Google Chrome bug report that states that once a user visits the page, the CPU utilization quickly goes to 100%. This makes it impossible to close the tab, the browser, or properly use the computer until the Chrome process is killed.” – via Lawrence Abrams, reporting at his well-respected Bleeping Computer site, in which, he details the latest new Tech Support Scam, this time targeting Chrome.

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2018/12/22/latest-tech-support-scam-let-them-eat-cpu