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Author Archives: MagicMail
Increased Need for Online Security Awareness During Covid-19
Communication is extremely important during times of pandemic, especially large-scale communication. For large-scale communication E-mail stands at the top for its low entry barrier, ease of use, and convenience. However, it is easy to overlook glaring weaknesses in security and … Continue reading
Posted in Informative
Tagged account compromise, coronavirus, covid-19, hackers, online security, spam, spammers
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Spam Analysis: Markings of an Emotet Phishing Email
On January 2020 researchers have reported that the Emotet botnet is back in action after taking a Christmas break. Following this we’ve seen an increase in spam volume. One of the main attack vectors of the Emotet botnet is email … Continue reading
Posted in Informative, Uncategorized
Tagged botnet, Emotet, malware, phishing, social engineering, spam
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The Lingering Consequences of a Compromised Email Account
Ever have your email account hacked? Did it send spam to everyone on your mailing list, everyone you have ever communicated with through email? If you’ve simply recovered your account and changed your password, it might not be over… Hackers … Continue reading
Posted in Informative, Uncategorized
Tagged BEC, business email compromise, compromised accounts, fake invoice, fake order, hacked email, hackers, malspam, malware, spam
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Will This be the End of Sextortion?
Sextortion emails have been around for about two years now and it’s surprising that they still trickle in every day. We’ve seen many iterations of sextortion spam, as well as versions which change the context to that of tax evasion … Continue reading
Catphish Warming Up Our Holiday Inbox
As the days grow colder and the holidays draw near, Spammers have been ramping up their Catphishing campaigns. From displaying fake pictures to writing sweet nothings, they’ll do whatever it takes to get into the minds of their lonely victims. … Continue reading
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Tagged catphish, cloud storage drive, malware, selfies, spam, twitter
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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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Tagged bitcoin, extortion, ransom, scam, sextortion, spam, tax evasion, tax season
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Looks like Xmas Vacation is over for the Spammers
On Monday, January 14 2019, we saw a sudden spike in spam of the Emotet and Snowshoe Marketing variety from our detection tools. Here is our data from the Monday and 30 days prior. It shows that Emotet has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Emotet, malspam, Russian Christmas, Snowshoe spam, spam
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SMTP AUTH Attacks, How Big is the Problem Really?
The duties of a Spam Auditor involves more than just spam filtering; it also covers other suspicious mail server activity. One example of suspect mail server activity is SMTP Auth attacks. Such attacks can be carried by a single attacker, … Continue reading