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Trends in Networks: Spam #19

What else can be said about the Freenom and .xyz TLD abuse on Digital Ocean at this point. Perhaps it is time to just accept that email from these TLDs should never be accepted from the Digital Ocean network. Feb26 … Continue reading

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Trends in Networks: Spam #18

It’s a shame that such simple fixes can’t or won’t be done by a company to make the world a better place. I wonder if the money is really worth knowingly turning a blind eye to malicious activity, activity that … Continue reading

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New Sextortion Variant, Tax Extortion

A new variation of the ‘sextortion‘ spam has been seen in the wild, this time in the context of tax evasion. This extortion variant has many similarities with the previous ‘sextortion’ and ‘bomb extortion’ type spam. It may say that … Continue reading

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A Brief Reminder on Sextortion Spam

The sextortion spam that is prominent today has existed for many months now, if not longer. We’ve written about it ourselves in our April post (https://spamauditor.org/2018/04/no-they-didnt-catch-you-masturbating/). However, we understand most people are not up to date with Information Security news, … Continue reading

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No they didn’t catch you masturbating

A new malicious spam is making the rounds, and it might scare a few people into falling for this. This form of ‘blackmail’ spam, pretends that some how they hacked your computer or home TV and watched you through your … Continue reading

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