Tag: spam
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Beyond the Inbox: ThreatLabz 2025 Phishing Report Reveals How Phishing Is Evolving in the Age of GenAI
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, captcha, cloud, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, dmarc, email, exploit, finance, google, identity, jobs, login, malicious, malware, mfa, phishing, radius, risk, scam, spam, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustGone are the days of mass phishing campaigns. Today’s attackers are leveraging generative AI (GenAI) to deliver hyper-targeted scams, transforming every email, text, or call into a calculated act of manipulation. With flawless lures and tactics designed to outsmart AI defenses, cybercriminals are zeroing in on HR, payroll, and finance teams”, exploiting human vulnerabilities with…
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Microsoft fixes machine learning bug flagging Adobe emails as spam
Microsoft says it mitigated a known issue in one of its machine learning (ML) models that mistakenly flagged Adobe emails in Exchange Online as spam. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-machine-learning-bug-flagging-adobe-emails-as-spam/
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Agent Tesla Malware Uses Multi-Stage Attacks with PowerShell Scripts
Researchers from Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a series of malicious spam campaigns leveraging the notorious Agent Tesla malware through intricate, multi-stage infection vectors. The attack begins innocuously enough with the receipt of a socially engineered email, often crafted to appear legitimate and relevant to the recipient. These emails carry an archive attachment, which typically…
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AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites
AkiraBot, a CAPTCHA-evading Python framework, has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated messages, targeting small and medium-sized businesses. SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs researchers warn that AkiraBot, a spam framework, targets websites’ chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services, AkiraBot has already targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September…
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Targeted phishing gets a new hook with real-time email validation
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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AkiraBot Floods 80,000 Sites After Outsmarting CAPTCHAs and Slipping Past Network Defenses
AkiraBot, identified by SentinelLABS, represents a sophisticated spam bot framework that targets website chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services. Since its inception in September 2024, AkiraBot has impacted over 420,000 unique domains, successfully spamming at least 80,000 websites. It leverages both CAPTCHA evasion techniques and network detection evasion to elude website security…
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AI-Powered AkiraBot Evades CAPTCHA to Spam 80,000 Websites
A new AI-powered framework dubbed “AkiraBot” has successfully spammed 80,000 websites since September 2024 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/aipowered-akirabot-captcha-spam/
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‘AkiraBot’ Spammed 80,000 Websites With AI-Generated Messages
CAPTCHA-evading Python framework AkiraBot has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated spam messages. The post ‘AkiraBot’ Spammed 80,000 Websites With AI-Generated Messages appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/akirabot-spammed-80000-websites-with-ai-generated-messages/
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AkiraBot Targets 420,000 Sites with OpenAI-Generated Spam, Bypassing CAPTCHA Protections
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that’s used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious search engine optimization (SEO) services such as Akira and ServicewrapGO.”AkiraBot has targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September First seen…
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Precision-validated phishing: The rise of sophisticated credential theft
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, theft, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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New AkiraBot Abuses OpenAI API to Spam Website Contact Forms
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new spam campaign driven by ‘AkiraBot,’ an AI-powered bot that targets small business… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/akirabot-abuses-openai-api-spam-website-contact-forms/
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Mumblehard: Linux-Malware verbreitet Spam über deinen Server
Heute decken ESET-Experten eine Linux-Malware-Familie auf, die bereits seit einiger Zeit ihr Unwesen treibt Linux/Mumblehard. Ein White Paper über die Bedrohung ist auf WeLiveSecurity als Download verfügbar. First seen on welivesecurity.com Jump to article: www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2015/04/29/mumblehard-linux-malware-verbreitet-spam-ueber-deinen-server/
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Waski verbreitet Banking-Trojaner: auch deutsche Nutzer betroffen
Wenn du in den letzten Tagen und Wochen eine Spam-E-Mail mit einer ZIP-Datei im Anhang bekommen hast, könnte es durchaus sein, dass es sich um eine Schadsoftware handelt, die es auf die Zugangsdaten deines Onlinebanking-Accounts abgesehen hat. First seen on welivesecurity.com Jump to article: www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2015/03/26/waski-verbreitet-banking-trojaner-auch-deutsche-nutzer-betroffen/
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Best Email Deliverability Tools
Discover the best email deliverability tools to enhance inbox placement, monitor reputation, and prevent spam issues. Compare top solutions for improved email performance. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/best-email-deliverability-tools/
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PoisonSeed targets Mailchimp, Mailgun, and Zoho to phish high-value accounts
Activities align with CryptoChameleon: While many threat researchers have linked PoisonSeed actors to Scattered Spider, Silent Push believes the alignment is more accurate with the CryptoChameleon advanced phishing kit from 2024.The mailchimp-sso[.]com domain, which is the basis of the association made with Scattered Spider, was registered on Porkbun from the previous attack up until March…
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PoisonSeed Exploits CRM Accounts to Launch Cryptocurrency Seed Phrase Poisoning Attacks
A malicious campaign dubbed PoisonSeed is leveraging compromised credentials associated with customer relationship management (CRM) tools and bulk email providers to send spam messages containing cryptocurrency seed phrases in an attempt to drain victims’ digital wallets.”Recipients of the bulk spam are targeted with a cryptocurrency seed phrase poisoning attack,” Silent Push said in an First…
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How to Check Email Deliverability?
Struggling with emails landing in spam? Learn how to check email deliverability effectively, troubleshoot common issues, and improve inbox placement. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/04/how-to-check-email-deliverability/
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Hackers Exploit WordPress mu-Plugins to Inject Spam and Hijack Site Images
Threat actors are using the “mu-plugins” directory in WordPress sites to conceal malicious code with the goal of maintaining persistent remote access and redirecting site visitors to bogus sites.mu-plugins, short for must-use plugins, refers to plugins in a special directory (“wp-content/mu-plugins”) that are automatically executed by WordPress without the need to enable them explicitly via…
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Hijacked Microsoft web domain injects spam into SharePoint servers
The legacy domain for Microsoft Stream was hijacked to show a fake Amazon site promoting a Thailand casino, causing all SharePoint sites with old embedded videos to display it as spam. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/hijacked-microsoft-stream-classic-domain-spams-sharepoint-sites/
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Multistage Info-Stealer SnakeKeylogger Targets Individuals and Businesses to Steal Login Credentials
SnakeKeylogger, a sophisticated multistage malware, has emerged as a significant threat to both individuals and businesses by targeting sensitive login credentials. This malware campaign is characterized by its stealthy in-memory execution and multi-stage infection chain, making it challenging to detect. The attack begins with a malicious spam email containing a .img file attachment, which, when…
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Exchange Online bug mistakenly quarantines user emails
Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online bug causing anti-spam systems to mistakenly quarantine some users’ emails. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-bug-mistakenly-quarantines-user-emails/
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ESET Endpoint Security Outlook-Plug-in flutet Exchange Online SPAM-Ordner
Ich stelle mal eine Beobachtung hier im Blog ein, die möglicherweise Administratoren von Exchange Online helfen könnte. Es gibt einen Bericht, dass das Outlook Plug-in von ESET Endpoint Security die SPAM-Ordner von Exchange Online-Postfächern mit Einträgen flutet. In diesem Kontext … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/03/21/eset-endpoint-security-outlook-plug-in-flutet-exchange-online-spam-ordner/
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Attackers use CSS to create evasive phishing messages
Threat actors exploit Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to bypass spam filters and detection engines, and track users’ actions and preferences. Cisco Talos observed threat actors abusing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to evade detection and track user behavior, raising security and privacy concerns, including potential fingerprinting. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to…
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Cybercriminals Exploit CSS to Evade Spam Filters and Track Email Users’ Actions
Malicious actors are exploiting Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which are used to style and format the layout of web pages, to bypass spam filters and track users’ actions.That’s according to new findings from Cisco Talos, which said such malicious activities can compromise a victim’s security and privacy.”The features available in CSS allow attackers and spammers…
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Hackers Use CSS Tricks to Bypass Spam Filters and Monitor Users
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered how hackers use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to deceive spam filters and monitor user behavior. This sophisticated technique allows malicious actors to remain under the radar while gaining insights into user preferences and actions. The abuse of CSS for both evasion and tracking poses substantial threats to privacy and security. The…
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Kurzinfo: Spam, angeblich von borncity.com Missbrauch von IP 95.211.93.115
Tags: spamKurzer Hinweis an IT-Mitarbeiter und Administratoren unter der Leserschaft. Gerade bin ich von einer Stelle darüber informiert worden, dass von borncity.com “SPAM versendet wird” und es wurde ein Problem vermutet. Ich bin noch am Recherchieren, gehe aber davon aus, … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/03/14/kurzinfo-spam-angeblich-von-borncity-com/
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Kurzinfo: Spam, angeblich von borncity.com
Tags: spamKurzer Hinweis an IT-Mitarbeiter und Administratoren unter der Leserschaft. Gerade bin ich von einer Stelle darüber informiert worden, dass von borncity.com “SPAM versendet wird” und es wurde ein Problem vermutet. Ich bin noch am Recherchieren, gehe aber davon aus, … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/03/14/kurzinfo-spam-angeblich-von-borncity-com/
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The most notorious and damaging ransomware of all time
Tags: access, android, attack, backdoor, backup, banking, botnet, breach, communications, computer, control, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, dark-web, data, defense, detection, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, germany, google, government, group, hacker, hacking, healthcare, infection, infrastructure, international, jobs, korea, law, lazarus, leak, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, msp, network, north-korea, office, open-source, oracle, password, phishing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, russia, service, software, spam, switch, technology, threat, tool, ukraine, update, usa, virus, vulnerability, windowsConti: History: First appearing in May 2020, the Conti RaaS platform is considered the successor to the Ryuk ransomware. As of January 2021, Conti is believed to have infected over 150 organizations and earned millions of dollars for its criminal developers and their affiliates. At least three new versions have been found since its inception.How it works: Conti uses the…