- Phishing Email Warns: You've Been Exposed To COVID-19, Go To A Hospital
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 30, 2020
The malicious email appears to come from a legitimate hospital, KnowBe4 reports. ...
- TAG Recertifies 125 Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 12, 2020
The Trustworthy Accountability Group, which currently has around 600 members worldwide, offers certification "seals" in three areas -- fraud, piracy and malware. ...
- Trump Name Dominates In Scam Emails: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 6, 2020
Suspicious emails using the Trump name made up the bulk of fraudulent email in January and February, Proofpoint reports. ...
- New Worry: Covid-19 Scams That Carry Their Own Kind Of Viruses
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Cybersecurity firm Check Point reports a big uptick in phony domains and malware viruses, from scammers cashing in on the coronavirus scare. ...
- Google App Vulnerable to Malware
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 28, 2020
Researchers have found that an Android malware strain can steal one-time passcodes generated through Google Authenticator, ZDNet reports. ...
- Deep Learning Helps Google Block Malware: Analysis
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 28, 2020
Google’s deep learning detection tools have helped it block 99% of malicious Gmail malware. Here is an analysis of how deep learning has helped bolster email security. ...
- Retailers Hit With Spam During Holidays: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 28, 2020
There was a 145% increase in the number of malicious campaigns overall, Mimecast reports. ...
- Nearly 1 In 4 Browsers Have Malware Injecting Ads For Rivals, Other Commerce Sites
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Nearly 25% of browsers visiting an online shopping site contain malware injecting competing or conflicting ads that essentially "hijack" the customer experience that brought them there in the first place. ...
- Attackers Exploit Coronavirus In Phishing Emails
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 14, 2020
The emails deliver new forms of malware, while spreading conspiracy theories about governments withholding a cure, Proofpoint reports. ...
- CCPA Out Of The Gate: The Suit Against Salesforce And Hanna Andersson
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, February 10, 2020
The class-action suit alleges a data breach, cites CCPA -- but does not invoke it as law. ...
- Spamhaus Invasion: Name Of Group Misused In Phishing Email
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 7, 2020
Emails claiming to be from an anti-spam group say, 'Urgently Take Action.' Those who click will be fed malware. Can it get any worse? ...
- Vivendi-Owned Dailymotion Extends Partnership With White Ops To Reduce Ad Fraud
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 30, 2020
Sophisticated malware that lives on a person's device can now learn and mimic the way the device searches and browses the internet and the ways a person might click on ...
- New Malware Scam Pretends To Be Greta Thunberg Invite: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 20, 2020
The bad actors send emails containing fake invites to a Greta Thunberg demonstration and to Christmas and Halloween parties, according to an article published Monday in Bleeping Computer. ...
- Some Lifeline Phones Installed With Malware, Security Company Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 9, 2020
Some Android phones that sold to low-income people for just $35 come laden with two types of potential malware, according to a new report by security company Malwarebytes. ...
- Scholar Scam: Phishing Artists Prey On Academics
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 9, 2020
The cost worldwide of even dealing with these spam emails exceeds $1 billion per year, researchers find. ...
- Ad Threats Becoming Massive Data Security Problem
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, December 31, 2019
The Devcon 2019 Holiday Threat Report provides insights into what advertisers can expect to see in 2020, such as third-party JavaScript risks that connect with Magecart attacks, which target ecommerce ...
- 80% Of U.S. Apps Found To Have 'Dangerous Permissions,' Many From China, Russia, South Korea
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, December 17, 2019
An alarming analysis of mobile apps targeting users released today by Pixalate suggests potential threats to both brand safety and national security. The analysis of the top 10,000 apps installed ...
- Facebook Sues Alleged Distributor Of Ad-Serving Malware
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2019
Facebook on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that allegedly duped web users into installing malware that not only took over people's Facebook accounts, but then served ads from those ...
- 'SpyHunter' Ruling Undermines Congress' Approach To Malware, Security Company Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Malwarebytes is asking a courtt to reconsider a recent ruling that revived a lawsuit by rival security company Enigma Software, which said its SpyHunter and RegHunter programs were wrongly flagged ...
- Researchers Find Malicious Auto-Redirect Ads In Programmatic Video
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 20, 2019
A new form of auto-redirect malvertising hidden in the code of programmatically served video VPAID ads through the global media platform Teads has been revealed by ad security and verification ...
- Companies Using Anti-Malware 'Seal' Mostly Scan Assets Before Campaigns Launch
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 19, 2019
Most companies certified by the Trustworthy Accountability Group's anti-malware program scan campaign assets and landing pages for malicious activity before a campaign launches, the organization
reports. ...
- Anti-Malware Company Must Face Suit For Blocking 'SpyHunter,' Court Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 12, 2019
A federal appellate panel ruled that Enigma Software can proceed with claims that allows Enigma to proceed with claims that Malwarebytes acted anti-competitively by flagging SpyHunter and RegHunter as "potentially ...
- Microsoft Office 365 Users Get Anti-Phishing Tool
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Microsoft is providing an automated incident response to enterprise Office 365 customers. It helps them block phishing, nasty links and malware attacks. ...
- Google Finds Apple Two-Year-Old Massive Security Flaw
Search Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 30, 2019
Google's Project Zero team has disclosed that a number of hacked websites have been used to attack iPhones for years. ...
- Fileless Phishing Attacks Surged In First Half Of 2019, Study Says
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, August 29, 2019
Fileless attacks disguise their malicious intent, which is to deliver malware, Trend Micro reports. ...
- Fake App Installs Collectively Cost Companies Billions
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Digital ad fraud for mobile and in-app advertising will cost advertisers up to $42 billion this year, and a total loss from fraud will reach about $100 billion by 2023, ...
- How Ann Summers Tackled Hijacked Ads
Search Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 15, 2019
About 19.3% of site visitors to UK retailer Ann Summers were being hijacked by browser-based ads. This is not only a problem with display and online video ads, but also ...
- Google Warns Of Malware-Infected Android Phones
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 12, 2019
A security executive reveals that 7.4 million phones came with malware installed that could take over the device. ...
- Facebook Sues Two Developers Over Mobile Ad Fraud
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 7, 2019
The sophisticated scheme involved efforts to make it seem that fake clicks came from humans, not bots. ...
- Google Now Blocks Malware In Chrome
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Google has extended its advanced protection program to block malware in Chrome as well as Gmail. When risks are detected, Chrome will block or warn the user about file downlo ...
