Abused

Lifting the lid on a long-time operating Brazilian malware gang

| | Abused, Malware, Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence
For over 8 years, our researchers have been tracking an operation that targets Brazilian internet users, and is focused on stealing their banking credentials, withdrawing funds from its victim’s accounts. Here’s a ...
The Spamhaus Project

Domain registries – are you experiencing the Freenom Effect?

| | Abused, Domain reputation, Service Providers
Freenom’s doors have been firmly shut to new domain registrations, for almost three months. The latest Spamhaus domain data suggests, those registries that operate TLDs at the lower end of the pricing ...
The Spamhaus Project

Understanding top-level domain (TLD) abuse helps illuminate and predict domain threat trends

| | Abused, dns, Domain reputation, Threat Hunting
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the backbone of the internet, enabling agile communication between internet entities. This blog post will focus on top-level domains (TLD), and how they can impact the ...
The Spamhaus Project

There’s no such thing as a “free” app!

| | Abused, compromised, DNSBL, IP Reputation, Spam
Downloading a free application and installing it on an internet-connected device can lead to you not being able to send email. This is because some apps allow third parties to access your ...
The Spamhaus Project

Let’s talk about the danger of residential proxy networks

| | Abused, compromised, Malware, Spam
In our experience, residential proxies are an often overlooked security threat; one that can be very difficult to remediate for the end user who -in our experience- is entirely unaware of its ...
The Spamhaus Project

XYZ discusses industry collaboration to ban bad actors

| | Abused, Domain reputation, Service Providers
XYZ Registry explains how the lack of visibility into a bad actor's domain causes issues and provides suggestions to overcome this problem ...
The Spamhaus Project

Getting the low-down from XYZ Registry on combating domain abuse

| | Abused, Domain reputation, Service Providers
We've been reaching out to registries for their views and opinions on combating internet abuse for this blog post series. Recently we had an in-depth conversation with XYZ on their approach to ...
The Spamhaus Project

When doorbells go rogue!

| | Abused, compromised, IP Reputation, Malware, Spam
Here's a story of doorbells, specific software development kits (SDKs), proxies, and miscreants using your home network to send spam ...
The Spamhaus Project

Emotet is disrupted, but the malware it installed lives on

| | Abused, Botnet C&C, compromised, Malware
The successful takedown of the Emotet C2 infrastructure announced January 27th 2021 is no small accomplishment, both from a technical point of view and for the larger safety and security of the ...
The Spamhaus Project

The most abused top-level domains in 2018

| | Abused, Botnet C&C, Domain reputation, Malware, Threat Intelligence
The team at Spamhaus observed a large 52% increase compared to 2017! Here's everything you need to know when it comes to the most abused top-level domains (TLDs) in 2018, and how ...
The Spamhaus Project
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