Bill Gates promised 16 years ago that the spam problem would be “solved” by 2006. As we begin the year 2020, the pandemic of unwanted…
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These Are The Five Most Dangerous Email Attachments
Despite the existence of much more advanced attacks, cybercriminals still rely heavily on spam emails. They’re much more sophisticated today than they were in the…
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Nasty New Malware Waits Until You Visit A Porn Site, Then Starts Recording
At the end of last week, ESET’s security researchers disclosed the discovery of a new strain of malware that takes the trend for sextortion to a new…
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New Security Warning Issued For Google’s 1.5 Billion Gmail And Calendar Users
Google’s Gmail email service is used by upwards of 1.5 billion people. The Google Calendar app, meanwhile, has been downloaded more than a billion times…
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Facebook Removes a Record 2.2 Billion Fake Accounts
Facebook Inc. said it removed 2.2 billion fake accounts in the first quarter, a record that shows how the company is battling an avalanche of bad…
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SPF, DKIM and DMARC brief explanation and best practices
Spam mail messages have been a plague since the Internet became popular and they kept growing more and more as the number of devices and…
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GoDaddy Shutters 15,000 Subdomains Tied to ‘Snake Oil’ Scams
GoDaddy worked with researchers to shut down 15,000 domain-shadowing websites tied to bogus affiliate marketing offers promoted via spam campaigns. Researchers at the security firm…
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Sextortion Profits Decline Despite Higher Volume, New Techniques
Sextortion spammers continue blasting away at high volume. The success they experienced with several high-profile campaigns last year has led these attackers to continue transmitting massive amounts…
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Mailgun hacked part of massive attack on WordPress sites
Email automation and delivery service Mailgun was one of the many companies that have been hacked today as part of a massive coordinated attack against…
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What are DMARC, SPF and DKIM? How to master email security with these protocols
Despite making some progress, a trio of email security protocols has seen a rocky road of deployment in the past year. Going by their acronyms…
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