Tag: spam
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New Feature – Spamhaus Reputation Checker: Troubleshoot your listing
Tags: spamIt’s not always immediately clear why your IP has been listed or how to fix it. To help, we’ve added a new “troubleshooting” step to the IP & Domain Reputation Checker, specifically for those whose IPs have been listed on the Combined Spam Sources (CSS) Blocklist – IPs associated with low-reputation email. Learn how you…
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Telekom startet System gegen Betrugsanrufe
Der Call Check der Deutschen Telekom soll Smartphone-Kunden künftig vor betrügerischen Anrufen schützen.Jemand ruft an, die Nummer ist im eigenen Adressbuch nicht eingespeichert. Egal, man geht mal dran und lässt sich von einem Unbekannten in ein Gespräch verwickeln. Das ist meistens keine gute Idee.Der sogenannte Call Check der Deutschen Telekom soll ab sofort automatisch alle…
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ESicherheit: BSI untersucht EProgramme
In unserem E-Mail-Programm lesen, schreiben und verwalten wir all unsere E-Mails. Nicht selten enthalten die Anwendungen daher auch sensibelste Informationen. Entsprechend gut müssen sie vor Risiken wie etwa Mitlesen und Manipulation durch Dritte geschützt werden. Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) hat untersucht, inwiefern E-Mail-Programme relevante Eigenschaften wie Transport- und Inhaltsverschlüsselung, SPAM-, Phishing-……
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The Hidden Threat in Your Holiday Emails: Tracking Pixels and Privacy Concerns
Join us in the midst of the holiday shopping season as we discuss a growing privacy problem: tracking pixels embedded in marketing emails. According to Proton’s latest Spam Watch 2025 report, nearly 80% of promotional emails now contain trackers that report back your email activity. We discuss how these trackers work, why they become more……
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E-Mail unter Dauerbeschuss
Die aktuellen Zahlen des BSI zeigen deutlich, dass digitale Kommunikationswege auch 2025 zu den bevorzugten Angriffszielen gehören. Besonders E-Mail-Infrastrukturen stehen weiterhin im Zentrum der Bedrohung. Allein in der Bundesverwaltung waren täglich rund 684.000 E-Mail-Adressen potenziellen Angriffen ausgesetzt von Spam über Phishing bis hin zu Malware. Diese Menge zeigt deutlich, warum die E-Mail nach wie vor…
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E-Mail unter Dauerbeschuss
Die aktuellen Zahlen des BSI zeigen deutlich, dass digitale Kommunikationswege auch 2025 zu den bevorzugten Angriffszielen gehören. Besonders E-Mail-Infrastrukturen stehen weiterhin im Zentrum der Bedrohung. Allein in der Bundesverwaltung waren täglich rund 684.000 E-Mail-Adressen potenziellen Angriffen ausgesetzt von Spam über Phishing bis hin zu Malware. Diese Menge zeigt deutlich, warum die E-Mail nach wie vor…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Game Updates on Itch.io and Patreon to Push Lumma Stealer
The indie gaming community faces a new and sophisticated threat. Malicious actors are exploiting itch.io and Patreon to distribute the Lumma Stealer malware disguised as legitimate game updates, targeting unsuspecting gamers through a systematic spam campaign across the platform. Newly created itch.io accounts have been flooding comment sections of legitimate games with templated messages claiming…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Game Updates on Itch.io and Patreon to Push Lumma Stealer
The indie gaming community faces a new and sophisticated threat. Malicious actors are exploiting itch.io and Patreon to distribute the Lumma Stealer malware disguised as legitimate game updates, targeting unsuspecting gamers through a systematic spam campaign across the platform. Newly created itch.io accounts have been flooding comment sections of legitimate games with templated messages claiming…
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Medical School Hamburg schützt ihre EKommunikation mit smarter Komplettlösung
Heute schützt NoSpamProxy Protection die Nutzenden sicher vor Spam, Phishing, Malware und anderen Bedrohungen wie CEO-Fraud. Rund 40% des eingehenden E-Mail-Verkehrs werden so im Vorfeld als ungewollt erkannt First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/medical-school-hamburg-schuetzt-ihre-e-mail-kommunikation-mit-smarter-komplettloesung/a43072/
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Black Friday 2026: Kaspersky meldet 146.500 Spam-Mails mit Rabatt-Bezug seit Anfang November
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/black-friday-2025-kaspersky-meldung-146200-spam-mails-rabatt-november
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Black Friday 2025: Wenn Shopping-Fieber und KI-Betrug zusammenkommen
Die Webmail-Dienste Web.de und GMX meldeten rund um den Black Friday 2024 einen deutlichen Anstieg an Spam- und Phishing-Mails: zehn Prozent mehr als üblich. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/black-friday-2025-wenn-shopping-fieber-und-ki-betrug-zusammenkommen/a42990/
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The Akira Playbook: How Ransomware Groups Are Weaponizing MFA Fatigue
Akira ransomware is exploiting MFA push-spam, weak VPN security and identity gaps. Learn why these attacks succeed and the counter-playbook defenders must deploy now. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-akira-playbook-how-ransomware-groups-are-weaponizing-mfa-fatigue/
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The Akira Playbook: How Ransomware Groups Are Weaponizing MFA Fatigue
Akira ransomware is exploiting MFA push-spam, weak VPN security and identity gaps. Learn why these attacks succeed and the counter-playbook defenders must deploy now. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-akira-playbook-how-ransomware-groups-are-weaponizing-mfa-fatigue/
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Black-Friday-Analyse: Digitaler Betrug im Namen von Ikea, Kaufland, Media Markt, Amazon und Temu
53 Prozent des weltweiten Black-Friday-Spams sind bösartig. Deutschland ist hinter den USA Zielland Nummer zwei der weltweiten Kampagnen. Die Saison für betrügerische Lockangebote dauert bis Januar. Eine Analyse des weltweiten Verkehrs von Spam-Nachrichten vom 1. Oktober bis 10. November 2025 durch Bitdefender hat gezeigt, dass Black-Friday-Scams schon seit geraumer Zeit Saison haben [1]. 53… First…
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WhatsApp flaw allowed discovery of the 3.5 billion mobile numbers registered to the platform
Tags: api, attack, bug-bounty, business, china, cloud, dark-web, data, data-breach, encryption, flaw, government, mobile, phishing, phone, privacy, spam, technology, vulnerability, windowsHey there You are using WhatsApp, marks this as one of the most embarrassing weaknesses yet in the world’s most widely-used communication app.The vulnerability was in WhatsApp’s contact discovery mechanism, the foundation of how this and many similar apps work. When WhatsApp is installed, it asks for permission to match mobile numbers in a user’s…
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WhatsApp flaw allowed discovery of the 3.5 billion mobile numbers registered to the platform
Tags: api, attack, bug-bounty, business, china, cloud, dark-web, data, data-breach, encryption, flaw, government, mobile, phishing, phone, privacy, spam, technology, vulnerability, windowsHey there You are using WhatsApp, marks this as one of the most embarrassing weaknesses yet in the world’s most widely-used communication app.The vulnerability was in WhatsApp’s contact discovery mechanism, the foundation of how this and many similar apps work. When WhatsApp is installed, it asks for permission to match mobile numbers in a user’s…
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Digitaler Betrug im Namen von Ikea, Kaufland, Media Markt, Amazon und Temu in Deutschland
Eine Analyse des weltweiten Verkehrs von Spam-Nachrichten vom 1. Oktober bis 10. November 2025 hat gezeigt, dass Black-Friday-Scams schon seit geraumer Zeit Saison haben. 53 Prozent des weltweiten Spamaufkommens nach Datenvolumen sind bösartig, bei 47 Prozent handelt es sich um Spamvertising oder aggressive Marketingkampagnen. In Deutschland agierten Cyberkriminelle unter anderem im Namen von bekannten Unternehmen…
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Google Email Deliverability: How to Avoid Spam Folders
Improve Google email deliverability and land in Gmail inboxes. Learn best practices and start optimizing your email performance today. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/google-email-deliverability-how-to-avoid-spam-folders/
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Google Email Deliverability: How to Avoid Spam Folders
Improve Google email deliverability and land in Gmail inboxes. Learn best practices and start optimizing your email performance today. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/google-email-deliverability-how-to-avoid-spam-folders/
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Google Email Deliverability: How to Avoid Spam Folders
Improve Google email deliverability and land in Gmail inboxes. Learn best practices and start optimizing your email performance today. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/google-email-deliverability-how-to-avoid-spam-folders/
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IndonesianFoods worm: a massive spam campaign in the npm ecosystem
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/indonesianfoods-worm-uncovering-a-massive-spam-campaign-in-the-npm-ecosystem
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Gipfel in Berlin Europa strebt digitale Souveränität an
Am 18. November 2025 findet der Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin statt.Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) und Frankreichs Präsident, Emmanuel Macron, haben sich angekündigt zum Treffen der Digitalminister und IT-Fachleute in Berlin. Rund 900 Teilnehmer werden beim Europäischen Gipfel zur Digitalen Souveränität am Dienstag erwartet. Was lange Zeit ein Nischenthema für IT-Fachleute war, steht inzwischen…
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Spam flooding npm registry with token stealers still isn’t under control
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, authentication, blockchain, breach, control, credentials, crypto, detection, edr, exploit, finance, firewall, governance, identity, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, pypi, risk, software, spam, supply-chain, threat, tool, wormCSO that number has now grown to 153,000.And while this payload merely steals tokens, other threat actors are paying attention, said Sonatype CTO Brian Fox.When Sonatype wrote about the campaign just over a year ago, it found a mere 15,000 packages that appeared to come from a single person.With the swollen numbers reported this week,…
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New ‘IndonesianFoods’ worm floods npm with 100,000 packages
A self-spreading package published on npm spams the registry by spawning new packages every every seven seconds, creating large volumes of junk. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-indonesianfoods-worm-floods-npm-with-100-000-packages/
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How 43,000 NPM Spam Packages Hid in Plain Sight for Two Years
A two-year campaign quietly flooded npm with 43,000 dormant packages, exposing major supply-chain security gaps. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/how-43000-npm-spam-packages-hid-in-plain-sight-for-two-years/
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Russian Hackers Create 4,300 Fake Travel Sites to Steal Hotel Guests’ Payment Data
A Russian-speaking threat behind an ongoing, mass phishing campaign has registered more than 4,300 domain names since the start of the year.The activity, per Netcraft security researcher Andrew Brandt, is designed to target customers of the hospitality industry, specifically hotel guests who may have travel reservations with spam emails. The campaign is said to have…
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Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes
A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts look … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/13/phishing-spam-filter-alert/
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Fake spam filter alerts are hitting inboxes
A new phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into believing they’ve missed important emails, security researchers are warning. The emails The bogus email alerts look … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/13/phishing-spam-filter-alert/
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Phishing Emails Alert: How Spam Filters Can Steal Your Email Logins in an Instant
Cybercriminals have launched a sophisticated phishing campaign that exploits trust in internal security systems by spoofing email delivery notifications to appear as legitimate spam-filter alerts within organizations. These deceptive emails are designed to steal login credentials that could compromise email accounts, cloud storage, and other sensitive systems. “‹ The attack begins with an email claiming…
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Hackers Infiltrate npm Registry with 43,000 Spam Packages, Linger for Nearly Two Years
Security researcher Paul McCarty has uncovered a massive coordinated spam campaign targeting the npm ecosystem. The IndonesianFoods worm, comprising over 43,000 malicious packages published across at least 11 user accounts, remained active in the registry for nearly two years before detection. The campaign derives its distinctive name from its unique package naming scheme. The embedded…