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2022-04-29 09:49:00 |
Vulnerable plugins plague the CMS website security landscape (lien direct) |
Backdoors, card skimming, and spam are also common factors in website compromise. |
Spam
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2021-10-19 11:05:14 |
FCC mulls over new rules demanding carriers block spam robot texts at network level (lien direct) |
The proposal hones in on rising rates of robot texts. |
Spam
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2021-02-09 05:30:03 |
PyPI, GitLab dealing with spam attacks (lien direct) |
Both sites have been flooded over the weekend with garbage content. |
Spam
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2020-09-24 12:58:23 |
ICO fines profiteering UK firm for touting coronavirus products over spam texts (lien direct) |
The UK company sent cold texts offering products “effective against coronavirus.” |
Spam
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2020-09-18 17:16:00 |
Spammers use hexadecimal IP addresses to evade detection (lien direct) |
Links in spam emails looked like http://0xD83AC74E instead of "domain.com." |
Spam
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2020-08-13 11:59:05 |
Signal adds message requests to stop spam and protect user privacy (lien direct) |
New feature lets Signal users control who can text or voice call, add them to groups. |
Spam
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2020-07-17 18:52:00 |
Emotet botnet returns after a five-month absence (lien direct) |
2019's most active malware botnet returns to life with new spam campaign after it previously went dark on February 7, 2020. |
Spam
Malware
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2020-05-28 20:56:33 |
Google to enable the Chrome anti-notification spam system in July 2020 (lien direct) |
Chrome will block sites from showing notification spam by default. Has been an opt-in feature since February. |
Spam
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2020-05-22 11:05:47 |
Silent Night Zeus financial botnet sold in underground forums (lien direct) |
The botnet is being spread through the RIG exploit kit and COVID-19 spam campaigns. |
Spam
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2020-04-22 13:00:09 |
This is what happens to cryptocurrency paid out in sextortion campaigns (lien direct) |
Researchers have followed the trail of dirty coins generated through extorting sextortion spam victims. |
Spam
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2020-02-20 21:08:21 |
Google removes 600 Android apps in Play Store adware crackdown (lien direct) |
Google removes Android apps and bans app developers who used out-of-app ads to spam users. |
Spam
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2020-01-07 22:49:00 |
Google Chrome to hide notification spam starting February 2020 (lien direct) |
Chrome 80, scheduled for release in February 2020, will block notification popups by default. |
Spam
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2019-12-12 21:54:19 |
Google rolls out Verified SMS and Spam Protection in Android (lien direct) |
Android's default SMS app -- Messages -- to receive two new features: Verified SMS and Spam Protection. |
Spam
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2019-12-12 10:27:00 |
WhatsApp to sue companies that abuse the platform for bulk messaging (lien direct) |
The abuse of WhatsApp Business functions to spam customers will not be tolerated. |
Spam
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2019-11-03 01:31:13 |
Firefox to hide notification popups by default starting next year (lien direct) |
In a move to fight spam and improve the health of the web, Mozilla will hide notification popups -- a feature nobody asked for. |
Spam
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2019-09-28 07:00:04 |
Most malspam contains a malicious URL these days, not file attachments (lien direct) |
Proofpoint: 85% of all malicious email spam sent in Q2 2019 contained a link to download a malicious file. |
Spam
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2019-06-09 14:45:05 |
Microsoft warns about email spam campaign abusing Office vulnerability (lien direct) |
Dangerous spam campaign targets European users with backdoor trojan. |
Spam
Vulnerability
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2019-04-05 13:48:00 |
Twelve years later: Firefox to add full protection against \'login prompt\' spam (lien direct) |
Firefox to limit the number of "Authentication Required" popups to two per page. |
Spam
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2019-04-02 10:04:00 |
Firefox to run experiment to reduce push notification permission spam (lien direct) |
Experiments will run this month in Firefox Beta and Nightly distributions. |
Spam
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2019-03-05 05:30:00 |
WordPress accounted for 90 percent of all hacked CMS sites in 2018 (lien direct) |
Backdoors found on two-thirds of all hacked sites, SEO spam on half. |
Spam
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2019-02-19 00:53:00 |
Rietspoof malware spreads via Facebook Messenger and Skype spam (lien direct) |
Avast researchers spot new malware spreading via instant messaging clients. |
Spam
Malware
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2019-02-18 11:03:00 |
White hats spread VKontakte worm after social network doesn\'t pay bug bounty (lien direct) |
VKontakte flooded with spam over Valentine's Day as part of a revenge prank. |
Spam
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2019-01-18 18:32:04 |
Verizon to roll out free robocoll spam protection to all customers (lien direct) |
Call Filter service to be made available to all wireless and wired customers with compatible phones in March 2019. |
Spam
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2018-12-22 01:21:00 |
Researcher publishes proof-of-concept code for creating Facebook worm (lien direct) |
One group has already been abusing this issue to post spam on users' Facebook walls. |
Spam
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2018-12-13 16:48:00 |
Twitter says it receives half a million of spam reports per month (lien direct) |
Twitter's latest Transparency Report also shows a rise in government requests for user data. |
Spam
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2018-12-03 17:30:00 |
New online service will hack printers to spew out spam (lien direct) |
PewDiePie hack has spawned a new web service over the weekend: Printer-Spam-as-a-Service. |
Spam
Hack
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2018-11-07 16:07:00 |
IoT botnet infects 100,000 routers to send Hotmail, Outlook, and Yahoo spam (lien direct) |
Botnet infects routers and uses them to relay connections to webmail services. |
Spam
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Yahoo
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2018-09-24 08:00:02 |
Adwind Trojan circumvents antivirus software to infect your PC (lien direct) |
A spam campaign spreading the RAT uses a number of tricks to fool signature-based antivirus solutions. |
Spam
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2018-09-21 15:55:00 |
New Virobot ransomware will also log keystrokes, add PC to a spam botnet (lien direct) |
Virobot will use locally installed Outlook instances to spam other users and spread a copy of itself. |
Ransomware
Spam
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2018-08-17 14:08:02 |
Necurs botnet launches fresh assault against banks (lien direct) |
The spam botnet has been harnessed in order to compromise close to 3,000 financial institutions. |
Spam
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2018-08-16 11:13:01 |
Google expands bug bounty program to include fraud protection bypass, free purchases (lien direct) |
External attack vectors and techniques which bypass spam and fraud systems are now part of the program. |
Spam
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