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Scammers Impersonate Microsoft to Push Fake Security Scans and Refund Fraud

ID: bff00305-d399-5895-af04-a2a945d697fd

STIX ID: report--bff00305-d399-5895-af04-a2a945d697fd

Feed Name: GBHackers

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2026-08-25

Date Updated: 2026-08-25

Author: Mayura Kathir

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A cluster of Microsoft‑impersonating 'SysScan' websites presents fake in-browser security scans to falsely report critical failures, instruct victims to disable antivirus, collect sensitive banking and contact data, and coax victims into granting remote-access; researchers found 11 domains hosted on a single server, documented exfiltration to Telegram, and published IOCs including one IP and multiple domains.

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