Spam
A Look at the Email Threat Landscape in Q1 2023
VIPRE's Email Threat Trends Report for Q1 2023 analyzed 1.8 billion emails to provide a comprehensive understanding of contemporary email threats ...
Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups
One of the most expensive aspects of any cybercriminal operation is the time and effort it takes to create large numbers of new throwaway email accounts. Now a new service offers to ...
Uncovering a long-lasting porn spam campaign on YouTube | (NSFW, maybe)
In December 2022 I stumbled upon an interesting YouTube comment-based campaign, which promoted a shady camgirl / porn website through a clever use of YouTube features. I screengrabbed some video evidence and ...
Cybersecurity Leaders Stressed Over Email Security
Email is the most relied-on means of communication for businesses, but it also poses a significant risk due to the combined threats of inbound phishing attacks, human error and data exfiltration leading ...
FINALLY! FCC Acts on SMS Scam-Spam — But Will It Work?
Federal Communications Commission rules to block illegal text messages. What took you so long? ...
Phishing vs Spam: How to protect your business from both
The post Phishing vs Spam: How to protect your business from both appeared first on Click Armor ...
Cybercriminals Cause Heartbreak on Valentine’s Day
Many people look for love or companionship online, and Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity for digital crooks to take advantage of vulnerable lonely hearts. A report from Bitdefender found Valentine’s Day-themed ...
Alleged Russian RSOCKS Hacker: ‘Send Me to US’
The supposed owner of RSOCKS—a huge illegal botnet—wants to be extradited to the U.S. He claims to have info authorities here will want to hear ...
Social Media Countermeasures – Battling Long-Running Scams on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
For the past few years, I’ve been documenting, screenshotting, and sharing examples of criminal campaigns on the three big social media platforms: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. I’m not that interested in speculating ...
Gmail Lets Candidates Spam You — FEC FAIL
Politicians convinced the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that Google must give them a free pass through Gmail’s spam filters ...
