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Emotet on the rise with heavy spam campaign

September 21, 2018 - Correction, 5/22/19: Previously, we incorrectly stated that Emotet was using an EternalBlue vulnerability in order to spread laterally within a network. However,...

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A month of giveaway spam on Twitter

September 19, 2018 - We’ve observed a low level spam campaign working its way through Twitter, with just under 2,000 posts visible on public search...

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5 safe ways to get back at spammers: a guide to wasting time

September 11, 2018 - Everyone hates spam (apart from the people who send it). While many people simply report spam and delete, a few look...

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Official Cardi B website plagued by spammers

August 28, 2018 - We come bearing tidings of proper website maintenance and general housekeeping for singer Cardi B (or rather, for her web development...

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What’s in the spam mailbox this week?

July 31, 2018 - We’ve seen a fair few spam emails in circulation this week, ranging from phishing to money muling to sexploitation. Shall we...

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Red Hen website suffers SEO spam compromise

June 27, 2018 - If you’re thinking about checking out the website owned by the restaurant that asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders...

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Social media: A treasure trove of spam and scams

June 5, 2018 - There are two kinds of spam associated with social media. There are spam ads that actually live on social media, and...

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Instagram story spam claims free Apple Watch

May 31, 2018 - I have to admit, I’m not 100 percent sure who Elton Castee is. “Who’s that?” you ask? Digging around revealed that...

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Internet Shortcut used in Necurs malspam campaign

May 3, 2018 - The Necurs botnet continues to be one of the most prolific malicious spam distributors, with regular waves of carefully-crafted attachments that...

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Facebook spammers making things worse

April 13, 2018 - Facebook’s having a bad couple of weeks. Between Congressional testimony and new information coming forward about Cambridge Analytica’s use of user...

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