Spam stories - Page 2
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Snake Keylogger credential stealer slithers back on the radar of ANZ businesses
Tue, 13th Sep 2022
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malware
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cybersecurity
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spam
Snake Keylogger has re-emerged on the threat landscape with a brand new malspam campaign targeting IT decision-makers.
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APAC accounts for 1/4 of global malicious emails in 2022
Thu, 8th Sep 2022
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phishing
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email security
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spam
There are three main factors which cause the bulk of spam emails targeting APAC: population, high adoption of e-services, and pandemic lockdowns.
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Productivity wasted as employees sort out spam emails
Wed, 8th Jun 2022
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email security
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cybersecurity
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spam
Employees who receive 30-60 external emails per day could be wasting 11 hours every year looking through and identifying spam messages.
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Investigation: The NZ Govt is weakening its grip on nuisance spam
Thu, 16th Dec 2021
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digital marketing
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email
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government
Spam enforcement in New Zealand has decreased significantly, prompting calls for a review of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act (UEMA).
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New Mastercard research focuses on safer shopping and spending habits
Thu, 9th Dec 2021
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martech
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commerce systems
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supply chain systems
NZ consumers shift towards spending on experiences after lockdown, with the average Kiwi saving $3,000, says Mastercard research.
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600 million profiles for sale on hacker forum - Third LinkedIn scrape in four months
Tue, 13th Jul 2021
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phishing
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email security
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spam
LinkedIn has experienced another huge data scape, the third in four months, with 600 million profiles for sale online.
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A brief history of cyber-threats — from 2000 to 2020
Tue, 12th Jan 2021
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
Sophos presents a 20-year retrospective of cyber-threats, from the Worm Era to the Monetisation Era and the current Ransomware Era.
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Security training and tech: Empowering staff in a hybrid work environment
Mon, 28th Sep 2020
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phishing
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email security
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cybersecurity
As employees travel back and forth between home and the workplace, are they walking through the door with cyber threats sitting on their devices?.
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Trend Micro: COVID-19 related malware and spam on the rise
Mon, 11th May 2020
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malware
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cybersecurity
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trend micro
Malware and spam related to COVID-19 are increasing globally, with the US identified as the top location, according to Trend Micro.
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Number of spam emails drops, still accounts for 55% of traffic
Fri, 20th Dec 2019
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cybersecurity
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email
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spam
Significantly, spam messages account for more than half of 295 billion in 2019, making 55% of global email traffic in this year, the company states.
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Bin 'em: Those bomb threat emails are complete hoaxes
Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
A worldwide spate of spam emails claiming there is a bomb in the recipient’s building is almost certainly a hoax.
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Caught in the wild: A look at email scams and spam
Tue, 21st Aug 2018
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firewalls
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phishing
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email security
Every day cybercriminals come up with a wide variety of phishing tactics with the intent of scamming innocent users.
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Something old, nothing new: Cybercrims still rely on spam
Mon, 6th Aug 2018
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malware
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cybersecurity
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spam
The probability of a recipient opening an email increases 12% if the email claims to come from a known individual.
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Singapore's PDPC vows to crack down on telemarketing and spam
Tue, 1st May 2018
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email security
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cybersecurity
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telemarketing
Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) is vowing to better protect consumers from spam and telemarketing messages.
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New study shows email security systems not up to scratch as malicious emails pour in
Wed, 18th Apr 2018
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phishing
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email security
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spam
Incumbent email security systems are missing thousands of malware-containing emails, putting users at risk, says Mimecast survey.
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Necurs botnet erupts from dormancy to churn out 100,000 spam emails over Easter
Thu, 5th Apr 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
One of the world’s largest spam botnets is back in action and this time it is spreading a Trojan downloader that can deliver nasty malware surprises.
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GandCrab: The 'agile' ransomware that is updated in real time
Tue, 27th Mar 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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encryption
The GandCrab ransomware has been making headlines recently for being one of the few malware strains that developers update in real time.
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Kiwis 'paying for someone else's profit' as 2018 becomes the year of cryptomining
Tue, 27th Mar 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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phishing
Cryptomining might just be one of the biggest trends in cybercrime this year, and New Zealand is not immune from its reach.
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Australia ranks 8th as a global target for cryptomining attacks
Mon, 26th Mar 2018
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phishing
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email security
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wireless networks
Cryptomining is becoming a popular revenue stream for cybercriminals as the ransomware market becomes too crowded.
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A guide to staying one step ahead of modern email attackers
Mon, 5th Mar 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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email security
Email serves as an organisations’ communicative lifeblood, thus making it the most critical vector for an assortment of threats.