New spam campaign on a popular social media network steals users’ cryptocurrency.
Kaspersky uncovers new spam campaign on Twitter that steals users’ cryptocurrency
Researchers from Kaspersky have discovered a new spam campaign that targets users’ cryptocurrency and spreads via direct messages on Twitter. …
Spammers employ Agent Tesla stealer
Spammers employ Agent Tesla stealer in targeted email campaigns.
Investments, streaming and a pandemic: how fraudsters used spam and phishing in 2021
Investments, streaming and a pandemic: how fraudsters used spam and phishing in 2021.
Spam most used conduit for distributing malware: report
Mimecast’s Threat Intelligence Report: Black Hat Edition 2019, revealed that attackers are using either simple, opportunistic attacks or complex, targeted attacks based on necessity to impact the target.
ESET tops VBSpam email security Comparative review
ESET has been awarded a VBSpam+ certification in a recent report from Virus Bulletin, an independent testing and certification body.
Think before you click: Facebook warns users against spam
Researchers at Facebook have undertaken what they describe as one of the largest scale studies of spam clicking behaviour, to reveal what kinds of people still fall for social media spam scams and why.
Spammers buy Chrome extensions and turn them into adware
Changes in Google Chrome extension ownership can expose thousands of users to aggressive advertising and possibly other threats, two extension developers have recently discovered.
Buffer encrypts access tokens after spammer hack
Buffer, a service for scheduling social media posts, said Sunday it has strengthened its security after spammers gained access to its network.
Tired of spam? Hand out a disposable email address
A new privacy tool called MaskMe may help people evade data harvesting efforts by websites and marketers.
McAfee sees surge in spam, Koobface samples, MBR attacks
The first three months of 2013 have seen a surge in spam volume, as well as large numbers of samples …
Spammers reverting to old tricks in Q1 2013, says Kaspersky
According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report, spammers are reverting to old tricks in order to avoid detection from spam …
Spam’s birthday and Hotmail’s closure lead email milestones
This week was a week for email milestones. Spam – that scourge of the Internet – turned 35 years old. And …
Dutchman arrested in connection with large DDoS attack on Spamhaus
A 35-year-old Dutchman was arrested Thursday in Spain, as part of an investigation into a large-scale DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack …
Android botnet abuses people’s phones for SMS spam
In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially …
Scientists develop algorithm to target spam attacks
Scientists in Switzerland have developed an algorithm that can be used to locate spammers as well as the source of …
Dropbox says no evidence of hack in investigation of spam
Dropbox’s ongoing investigation into a possible security breach has not produced any evidence that its systems have been infiltrated, according …
Botnet shutdowns cause big 2011 spam drop, Symantec finds
Botnet shutdowns have stemmed the Internet spam flood, taking daily message volumes back to levels last seen as long ago …
Dropbox’s URL shortener abused by spammers
Spammers are abusing a Dropbox feature that lets users share a shortened link, directing people to websites selling questionable pharmaceuticals, …
Halon releases virtual spam prevention
As several open source based virtualisation solutions have become more and more mature, Halon Security has released its anti- spam …