Change your Google Account username in a few simple steps

Gmail’s New Rename Feature Could Add Spam and Phishing to Your Inbox

 As of March 31st, Google is allowing users to change their primary Gmail address username. Although a nice feature for those who created unfortunate names originally, it may also undermine spam and ...

How to report suspicious activity to Spamhaus (with all the right info!)

Cybercriminals never rest – but anyone can play a role in stopping them. Sharing malicious activity is one of the most important ways we can strengthen safety on the internet. Spamhaus Threat ...

Bad sushi: China-nexus phishers shift to residential proxies

| | Abused, compromised, Spam
Earlier this year, Spamhaus researchers observed a major shift in phishing targeting Japan. Starting in April, a China-nexus threat actor began using residential proxy networks to send phishing emails instead of subnets ...
Microsoft DCU's Takedown of RaccoonO365

Microsoft DCU’s Takedown of RaccoonO365

| | Phishing, Spam, Telegram
 When I saw the name of the Microsoft Digital Crime Unit's latest target, "RaccoonO365" I probably reacted to it differently than most.  With the help of a friend in Lagos, we've been ...
Spamhaus’ take on Cold Emailing…AKA spam

Spamhaus’ take on Cold Emailing…AKA spam

Cold emailing, as it’s practiced today, is spam — for inboxes, businesses, and the internet. It’s a thriving industry, but one raising concerns in the email community. In this article we define ...

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 ...
Halloween, threats, phishing, holiday attacks

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 ...
Security Boulevard

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 ...