- 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? ...
- 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. ...
- Spam Scam Wham: Email And Phone Are The Main Delivery Channels, Study Asserts
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, December 18, 2019
But few spam and scam messages are received by text, a Zipwhip study claims. ...
- Spam Won't Get You Elected: Presidential Hopefuls Flunk Email Marketing 101, Study Shows
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Campaigns are not following email best practices, and this is causing their messages to end up in spam folders and promotion tabs, Twilio reports. ...
- Trump Campaign Sued Over Text Messages
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 23, 2019
"Trump For President routinely sends text messages to wireless telephones," three Minnesota residents allege in a class-action complaint. ...
- Amazon Sues Over Email Scams
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against dozens of affiliate marketers for allegedly generating fraudulent traffic by falsely promising consumers Amazon gift cards. ...
- Email Dying? It's Already Dead, Critic Writes
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, August 23, 2019
Forget the countless articles, books and podcasts that celebrate email marketing. Whatever their generation, consumers are tired of the deluge of spam they get every day. ...
- The Danger Of Having Even A Few Emails Go Into Spam Traps
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 19, 2019
Germany’s DDV found in a study that the average email database will contain five or more so-called spam traps. In a database with 100,000 names, that’s a tiny 0.005%. B ...
- Democratic Candidate Gabbard Sues Google Over Ad Account Suspension
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 25, 2019
"Google has established a clear trend of using its power over speech to favor certain political viewpoints over others," Gabbard's campaign alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday. ...
- Presidential Candidate Accuses Google Of Ad Meddling
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 26, 2019
It's not the first -- and probably won't be the last -- time that a presidential candidate or government official accused Google of stepping between their political and advertising campai ...
- Google Calendar Latest Tech To Spread Phishing Link Scam
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Kaspersky Labs identified the attacks in May and recently posted a blog about the scam that capitalizes on unsolicited calendar invites that carry a link to a phishing URL. ...
- Court Revives Robo-Texting Case Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 13, 2019
The decision means Facebook must now face a complaint by Montana resident Noah Duguid, who says the company repeatedly sent him unwanted text messages. ...
- How Blockchain Will Help Email Marketers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 7, 2019
Blockchain, the ledger technology managed by a cluster of computers, can help email marketers in several ways. For example, it enables automated campaigns while reducing spam and preventing email frau ...
- Robo-Calling Now Resembles Email Spam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 6, 2019
Spoofing and other tools of cyber criminals have now been extended to robo-calling. The result is that consumers are being barraged with spam calls and having calls made from the ...
- Microsoft Cautions Users: Don't Bypass Office 365 Spam Filters
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 6, 2019
Users should avoid enabling Allow or Block lists, and Outlook account holders are urged to not toggle Safe and Blocked senders, Bleeping Computer reports. ...
- GoDaddy Shuts Down Subdomains Selling Miracle Cures
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 26, 2019
Attackers sent emails linking to websites promoting worthless goods. Included were fraudulent celebrity endorsements. ...
- Tax Season Spam Campaigns Target Businesses
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 8, 2019
With tax filing day upon us, scam artists have targeted businesses with tax-themed malware spam campaigns. These emails, which appear to be ent by large accounting, tax and payroll servic ...
- UK Firm Hit With Spam Fine After Getting Bad Advice
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Receiving misleading advice is no excuse for sending email without consent, says the UK's ICO. ...
- BitBounce And Honeypod Partner To Fight Spam
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The BitBounce free email service will be integrated into the Honeypad dashboard, the companies say. ...
- Boeing Plane Crashes Used In Spam Emails
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 18, 2019
Recipients are asked to open an attachment containing a list of airlines flying the risky planes. What they are getting is malware, security researchers allege. ...
- Crunch Drops Supreme Court Appeal In Robo-Texting Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 4, 2019
Crunch Fitness and a former gym member have settled a dispute that could have set a precedent regarding text messages. ...
- Escaping The Spam Box: Fewer Emails Are Ending Up There, Study Shows
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The spam placement rate fell by 5% in 2018, Return Path reports, partly because subscribers are more actively managing their inboxes. ...
- FTC Retains Current CAN-SPAM Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 12, 2019
"After reviewing the comments, the Commission concluded that the Rule does benefit consumers and does not impose substantial economic burdens, and that no changes to the Rule were needed ...
- Test Your Email IQ: Stats And Trends From Marketers Around The Globe
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Spam traps are the main problem they face as they devote over 10% of their marketing budgets to email. ...
- TensorFlow Helps Gmail Block 100 Million Spam Messages Per Day, Google Says
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 7, 2019
TensorFlow, Google's machine-learning framework, catches hard-to-find spam that slips through, the company says. Google is now experimenting with TensorFlow in other security-related areas within Gmail, including phishing and malware detect ...
- Supreme Court Could Decide Battle Over Robo-Texts
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 4, 2019
Crunch Fitness is asking the Supreme Court to decide whether a former gym member can proceed with a lawsuit over a federal robo-texting law. ...
- Google In Limited Release Of Spam Protection Feature
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, December 28, 2018
The new spam protection feature prompts Android users when they open Messages. ...
- YouTube Cracks Down On Spam Accounts
Digital News Daily, Alex Weprin - Friday, December 14, 2018
YouTube told creators: "You may see a noticeable decrease in your subscriber count as we remove spam subscriptions from your channel." ...
- !5 Ways To Avoid Landing In Spam Traps
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, November 2, 2018
If your emails are getting caught producing poor results, it may not be due only to the creative: They could be getting caught in spam folders. Here are 15 ti ...
- Court Won't Reconsider Robo-Texting Ruling Against Crunch
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Crunch Fitness, along with radio company Sirius XM and The Association of Credit and Collection Professionals, argued that the 9th Circuit interpreted the concept of robo-texting too broadly. ...
