Fleetio Slashes Spam Traffic And Unlocks Valuable Analytics With DataDome

Fleetio Slashes Spam Traffic And Unlocks Valuable Analytics With DataDome

Fleetio, a leading provider of fleet management and maintenance software, encountered a persistent challenge with bot activity affecting lead generation forms on their website and muddying their website analytics. Discover how DataDome ...

Facebook fake videos

| | David Harley, facebook, Scams, Spam
I have spent a not-very-happy time this morning, besieged by Facebook group posts passed off as porn videos and trying to get rid of them. In fact, it’s unlikely that they’re either ...
Vietnam's Massive CAPTCHA crackers vs. Microsoft DCU

Vietnam’s Massive CAPTCHA crackers vs. Microsoft DCU

Earlier this month, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit was featured in a WIRED article by Lily Hay Newman - Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit Goes Deep on How It Disrupts Cybercrime. In part, the article ...
Google Yahoo spam

Google, Yahoo to Put Tighter Spam Restrictions on Bulk Senders

| | google, Phishing, Spam, Yahoo
Email giants Google and Yahoo are putting tighter requirements on bulk email senders in hopes of reducing the massive amounts of spam that hammer inboxes every day and deflecting the phishing and ...
Security Boulevard
financial services data breach ransomware

Item Recycling Site Freecycle is Hit with a Massive Data Breach

Millions of people who use the Freecycle online forum to swap unwanted items may now have their passwords, email addresses, and other sensitive information traded on the dark web following a data ...
Security Boulevard
DDoS environmental services Cloudflare

Tor Adopts a Proof-of-Work Defense to Protect Against DDoS Attacks

Tor, the routing service that stresses anonymity and for almost a year was under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, is introducing a new line of defense with the latest release of its ...
Security Boulevard

Guarding Against Evolving Threats: Insights from the Q2 Email Threat Trends Report

In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, staying informed about the latest email threat trends is crucial to protect individuals and organizations. The Q2 Email Threat Trends Report presents a comprehensive analysis of the ...
cybersecurity quantum

A Look at the Email Threat Landscape in Q1 2023

VIPRE's Email Threat Trends Report for Q1 2023 analyzed 1.8 billion emails to provide a comprehensive understanding of contemporary email threats ...
Security Boulevard
Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups

Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups

One of the most expensive aspects of any cybercriminal operation is the time and effort it takes to create large numbers of new throwaway email accounts. Now a new service offers to ...
Uncovering a long-lasting porn spam campaign on YouTube | (NSFW, maybe)

Uncovering a long-lasting porn spam campaign on YouTube | (NSFW, maybe)

In December 2022 I stumbled upon an interesting YouTube comment-based campaign, which promoted a shady camgirl / porn website through a clever use of YouTube features. I screengrabbed some video evidence and ...