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Category Archives: Uncategorized
Blocklists are for more than just Spam
Blocklists, also known as Real-time Blackhole Lists (RBL) or Domain Name System-based Blackhole Lists (DNSBL), have historically been used to reject or flag email. This is typically done by checking whether the IP address of the sending mail server is … Continue reading
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Tagged authentication attack, blocklist, cloud networks, rbl, spam
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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
Tis the Season for Parking Tickets
It looks like Canadians need to watch out for fake parking ticket spam this Christmas season. We have gotten reports that once again, (see http://spamauditor.org/2017/05/parkingspeeding-…geting-canadians/) spam originating from a large Russian Hosting company is targeting Canadians. For one, just look … Continue reading
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Tagged canada, parking tickets, reg.ru, russia, scam, spammers, speeding tickets
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You think Sprint would know better
Given all the ransom ware going around pretending to be an invoice from your Bank or your Service provider, you would think that a company the size of Sprint would make sure that the ‘invoices’ they send you would follow … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd party mail service, best practices, e invoice, ransom war, sprint
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Parking/Speeding Ticket? Scam Emails Targeting Canadians
While we are not sure if they are targeting everyone, or if Canadians are being specially targeted, but on the heels of the recent Parking Ticket scams they are now sending out Fake Speeding ticket spam. And while we can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged canada, parking tickets, reg.ru, russia, scam, spammers, speeding tickets
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Happy New Year – ColoCrossing
To all of us in the spam protection and/or spam auditing game, want to wish everyone a happy 2017. Of course, I wish I had better news and that our jobs will be easier this year, but it looks like … Continue reading
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Tagged ColoCrossing, hosting providers, NewWave, spam, WowRack
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Holiday Spammers in FullSwing
No, Ray-ban isn’t spamming you, but amazing the power of Spammers. And no, you should NOT be buying SunGlasses from this Fellow. Today’s big alert is regarding a whole /19 of IP addresses to be wary of. Subject: No Joke:You’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, ARIN, black friday, GroupOn, holiday, Rayban, spammer
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