- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 10th, 2016
Necurs Botnet Goes Down, Shutting Off Dridex and Locky Spam
All Necurs activity stopped on June 1, down ever since
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 1st, 2016
Phishing Emails Increase 789 Percent, Ransomware Is Their Favorite Payload
Cryptowall, Locky and TeslaCrypt were the most popular
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 28th, 2016
Biggest Spam Flood in Years Distributes Locky Ransomware
Spam wave originated from Indian and Vietnamese IPs
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 7th, 2016
Spam Alert: Skype Spam Delivers Trojan Disguised as Image
Affecting users in Japan, India, and the Philippines
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 22nd, 2016
Old Black Hat SEO Technique Used to Deliver Spam
Old SEO trick finds new life in spammy Web pages
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 29th, 2016
Scam Alert: Speeding Tickets Citations Sent via Email
US police sound the alarm on a new email scam
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 20th, 2016
Over 1,600 Users Fall Victim to Zika Virus Spam Campaign
Zika virus spawns spam campaign capitalizing recent events
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 30th, 2016
Serial Spammer Arrested During the Darkode Raid Gets No Jail Time
Naveed Ahmed, aka Nav, sentenced to two years probation
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 13th, 2016
Waledac (Kelihos) Spam Botnet Used for Pump-and-Dump Stock Fraud
Marijuana growers might discover themselves as the victims of a stock fraud that originated from online spam
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 12th, 2016
Verizon Accused of Helping Cybercriminals by Routing Millions of Stolen IP Addresses
Company fails to stop spammers, ignores reports
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 11th, 2016
WhatsApp Users Targeted by Sneaky Spam Campaign
WhatsApp-themed spam delivers Nivdort malware
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 18th, 2015
Dropbox, Google+ Abused to Send Spam Messages for Dating Sites
Spammers find clever way to deliver their emails
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 13th, 2015
Google Moves to Implement Strict DMARC for Gmail, Email Security Is Up Overall
Better phishing protection is coming to email providers
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 9th, 2015
Beware of a New Apple ID Phishing Campaign
Apple users under attack by a vicious phishing campaign
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 7th, 2015
PhishReporter, a Free Outlook Add-In for Reporting Phishing Attacks
It can also be used to report annoying spam
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 3rd, 2015
Spam Botnet Leverages Vulnerable WordPress Sites
Botnet infects machines via Linux binaries and PHP scripts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 26th, 2015
Facebook "Spam King" Finally Pleads Guilty, Can Face 3 Years in Prison Bloomberg
Sanford Wallace also faces a $250,000 / €217,000 fine