French security blogger tricks cyberscammers

Raise your hand: who hasn't fallen victim to cyberscams or at least come pretty close.

Among the most lucrative con games are technical support scams that scare people into buying expensive software to fix non-existent problems. 

But a French security researcher now claims to have avenged us all. 

In a blog post, Ivan Kwiatkowski recounts how he played along with the tricksters and duped them into downloading an attachment containing ransomware when they asked for his credit card details. 

It all started when Kwiatkowski's parents landed on a fake website claiming they had been infected. 

Instead of ignoring the scam, the researcher phoned the "Windows Help Desk" number in  a bid to waste their time and reveal their ploy.  Read more...