Spam stories - Page 3

A new wave of spam emails use Microsoft Office documents to download password stealers without having to activate Macros.

Symantec has revealed malicious emails are on the rise, racking up over US$5 billion and costing businesses more than $115,000 a year.

Aggressive new Locky ransomware variant traced to Vietnam, with over 27 million attacks observed in a single day by Barracuda researchers.

Attackers using tools such as Dridex and Qakbot spam employees through malicious mail at times when victims are most likely to open all incoming mail.

There is a continuous challenge of securing organisations from malicious attachments, dangerous files type, impersonation attacks as well as spam.

The Cisco Midyear Cybersecurity Report warns of rapidly evolving threats and potential 'destruction of service' (DeOS) attacks.

20% of risky emails bypass security systems, according to Mimecast. Attacks like impersonation grew by 400% QoQ.

It is likely that cybercriminals will target on internet of things (IOT) devices in technologically, advanced economies throughout Southeast Asia.

Sophisticated spam blitz threatens markets as Retarus flags a botnet's discreet bid to skew a Latvian stock's value.

Symantec reports back on the latest threat statistics for March - email malware dipped, but web attacks are the biggest since 2016.

Spam levels, including fake news about Donald Trump, accounted for over half of all email traffic in Q2 2016, according to Kaspersky Labs.

Symantec warns of non-existent video of Hillary Clinton exchanging money with ISIS used as bait in spam emails.

Enforcement agencies from around the world including New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to fight against spam.

ESET has come out tops in anti-spam testing for security solutions in tests by both AV-Comparatives and Virus Bulletin.

Bitdefender has discovered a global spam campaign spreading banking Trojan Dyre, using various approaches to maximise damage.

Any time you use a social media service, it provides an additional opportunity for spammers, scammers and malicious masterminds to take advantage.

Unsolicited email or spam may be a mere nuisance for most emails users, but for a system administrator spam is a headache and a major security threat.

Spammers are capitalizing on the iPhone 5S and 5C hype to launch a stock scam campaign convincing people to buy shares of Apple.

Ah, holidays. They inevitably mean you get spammed with malware and we get spammed with press releases from antivirus companies.

Symantec's June report reveals a 9% drop in phishing attacks despite spam comprising nearly 90% of all messages last month. EMEA remains a spam hotspot.