Spam
The Vanity Press in Academia
I’ve never been a regular resident of the ivory halls of academia, but Mich Kabay recently made me aware of an article about legitimate scientific journals driven to distraction by being flooded ...
Spooky Spam, Scary Scams: Halloween Threats Rise
Halloween-themed spam has risen sharply this season, with Bitdefender reporting that 40% of these emails contain malicious content designed to scam users or harvest personal data. In the first half of October ...
A misuse of Spamhaus blocklists: PART 2 – How to limit outbound spam
If you’ve skipped the first part of this series, we strongly recommend you go and read this blog first to understand the misuse of Spamhaus blocklists to block outbound mail. However, if ...
A misuse of Spamhaus blocklists: PART 1 – blocking outbound email
One issue our folks handling tickets submitted by blocked users experience are messages like: Help! My IP is listed by Spamhaus and now I can’t send emails! My provider is rejecting all ...
Too big to care? – Our disappointment with Cloudflare’s anti-abuse posture
Cloudflare, best known for its content delivery network (CDN), is marketed as a “Connectivity Cloud”. Part of its offering is protecting a vast number of websites from DDoS attacks [1]. However, its ...
Thawing Your Email Security Strategy with Frost’s 2024 Radar Report: A Dynamic Cyber Threat Landscape
In today’s digital age, email remains the primary conduit for business communication, making it a prime target for cybercriminals. The Frost Radar Research Report on Email Security for 2024 underscores the critical ...
Thawing Your Email Security Strategy with Frost’s 2024 Radar Report: A Dynamic Cyber Threat Landscape
In today’s digital age, email remains the primary conduit for business communication, making it a prime target for cybercriminals. The Frost Radar Research Report on Email Security for 2024 underscores the critical ...
Dangling DNS and the dangers of subdomain hijacking
DNS attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent, with 90% of organizations experiencing them, as per the IDC Threat Intelligence Report 2023. Due to its critical function, DNS is a frequent target for cybercrimes, ...
Human Error and AI Emerge as Key Challenges in Survey of CISOs
The 2024 Proofpoint “Voice of the CISO” report is a useful barometer for understanding the current cybersecurity landscape, providing valuable insights from 1,600 CISOs globally. This year’s findings reveal a complex picture ...
SlashNext Introduces Gen AI for Spam and Graymail
SlashNext introduced a groundbreaking service, SlashNext Gen AI for Spam and Graymail, this week. This service is the first of its kind to use a generative AI large language model (LLM) for ...
