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That One Time My Parents Were Hacked

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Feed Name: Black Hills Infosec Blog

Threat Score
20/100

Date Published: 2016-03-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: BHIS

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A first-person anecdote describes a tech-support scam in which the victim called a spoofed “Canon” support number, allowed remote access, and had malware/spyware installed; the text then broadly warns about adware/spyware risks and links to a Purdue University guidance article on spyware and adware.

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