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Google takes on Docs notification spammers

March 8, 2022 - Cloud-based document suites have always been a hot target for scammers. When it’s easy to dip in and out for collaboration...

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Google and Microsoft accused of feeding smaller search engines spam ads

February 25, 2022 - Google and Microsoft appear to have been flooding their smaller search engine rivals with spam ads, to limit the number of...

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Actor’s verified Twitter profile hijacked to spam NFT giveaways

January 31, 2022 - When we refer to hijacked verified profiles on Twitter, it’s most commonly some sort of Elon Musk themed scam. The hijackers...

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Malspam banks on Kaseya ransomware attack

July 8, 2021 - The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence Team recently found a malicious spam campaign making the rounds and banking on the ransomware attack that...

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iPhone calendar spam attacks on the rise

May 14, 2021 - Recently, we have seen an increasing number of reports from iPhone users about their calendars filling up with junk events. These...

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November spam roundup: Stalkers, property tips, porn, stern words and PayPal

November 30, 2020 - Today we’re rounding up some of the interesting pieces of spam currently in circulation, taking in everything from housing deals to...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

QBot Trojan delivered via malspam campaign exploiting US election uncertainties

November 4, 2020 - This blog post was authored by Jérôme Segura and Hossein Jazi. The 2020 US elections have been the subject of intense...

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News | Threats

Malspam campaign caught using GuLoader after service relaunch

July 30, 2020 - They say any publicity is good publicity. But perhaps this isn’t true for CloudEye, an Italian firm that claims to provide...

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Emotet malspam campaign uses Snowden’s new book as lure

September 23, 2019 - Exactly one week ago, Emotet, one of the most dangerous threats to organizations in the last year, resumed its malicious spam...

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Emotet is back: botnet springs back to life with new spam campaign

September 16, 2019 - After a fairly long hiatus that lasted nearly four months, Emotet is back with an active spam distribution campaign. For a...

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