- Validity And Spamhaus Partner On Email Security
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Validity is integrating blocklists into its platform, courtesy of Spamhaus. ...
- The Top 5 Types Of COVID-19-Related Email Crime
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Malicious actors have been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Barracuda lists the five leading types of digital crime. ...
- Microsoft Knocked Out Of No. 1 Spot As Most Impersonated Brand In Phishing Emails
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 23, 2021
Credit Agricole is first, and Facebook second among the 25 most victimized companies. ...
- Mobile App Video Fraud Rises 50%, CTV Notches To Top, DoubleVerify Finds
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 8, 2021
Video ads on mobile apps have the highest viewable rates at 77%. Display rose 5% to 66.4%. ...
- Rhode Island Warns Residents Of Phishing Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 25, 2021
Rhode Island residents are being targeted by a phishing attack focusing on professional licenses, the state’s Department of Labor and Training has warned. The advisory states that recipients should n ...
- Email Claiming To Be From Microsoft Was A Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 10, 2021
An email claiming to address a security issue was a scam, despite featuring a Microsoft logo. Potential victims were urged to click on a link within 48 hours. ...
- Cyber Crooks Are Delivering Malicious Content Via Google PPC Ads
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 4, 2021
Threat actors are using pay-per-click (PPC) ads in Google’s search results to deliver malicious content. Morphisec investigated the paid ads and reports that they lead to downloads of dangerous packages.&n ...
- Supreme Court Pares Back Anti-Hacking Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 3, 2021
In a closely watched case, the Supreme Court Thursday voted 6-3 to narrow the scope of a 1980s-era anti-hacking law. ...
- Smutty Phishing: Attackers Are Sending X-Rated Emails To Lure Victims
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 2, 2021
These types of phishing attacks, using X-rated material, increased by almost 1,000% from 2020 to 2021, GreatHorn reports. ...
- Walmart Customers Receive Racist Email, Company Blames Bad Actor
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
A backlash ensued after an email using the "n-word" went out under the Walmart name. The firm is blocking the emails. ...
- Scammers Adopt High Tech To Apply For Fraudulent Coronavirus Aid
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, May 21, 2021
Bad actors use 3D modeling to get by selfie and driver's license checks. And the tools are being widely sold online, ZeroFOX reports. ...
- Amazon Sues Text-Messaging Scammers For Impersonation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 13, 2021
Amazon is suing dozens of affiliate marketers for allegedly impersonating the company in text messages, in order to generate fraudulent traffic. ...
- Imported Can-Spam: How GDPR Affects Email Marketing From The U.S.
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, May 14, 2021
There are some differences that brands should be aware of before they try to market in Europe. ...
- Inexpensive Email Dumps Being Offered On The Dark Web
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, May 10, 2021
With cybercrime on the rise, there are more types of data available, Privacy Affairs reports. ...
- Broadband Industry Financed Phony Comments Against Net Neutrality
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 6, 2021
"In April 2017, the country's largest broadband companies banded together to fund a campaign to generate millions of comments for the FCC's 2017 net neutrality rulemaking proceeding," a new repo ...
- Scammers Pretend to Be From Best Buy's Geek Squad In Emails
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 23, 2021
Elderly consumers are being scammed by emails purporting to be from Best Buy’s Geek Squad. One victim signed up for the Geek Squad when she bought
a MacBook computer. ...
- 1 In 5 Fake Ecommerce Listings Come From 3% Of Sellers
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 23, 2021
A study by Incopro found that a core group of repeat sellers are responsible for a disproportionate share of illicit activity across 34 online marketplaces and social sites. The glob ...
- HUMAN, Google, Roku Squash CTV Botnet After It Impersonates Billions Of Ad Requests
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Chief scientist at cybersecurity firm HUMAN Michael McNally publicly called on the ad industry to implement standards and upgrade practices to prevent fraud in CTV devices after finding a sophisticat ...
- Hackers Impersonate Bloomberg Employees
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Hackers are posing as Bloomberg employees in a new email attempt to install remote access software on target computers. The effort has gone beyond bumbling emails in broken
English. ...
- Consumers Have Lost Hundreds Of Millions In COVID-19 Fraud: FTC
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 19, 2021
The FTC has filed numerous enforcement actions and warned many firms to cease and desist. ...
- Crypto Firm Email Data Exposed Due To Hack Of Third-Party System: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 15, 2021
Some Celsius clients were sent a fraudulent email announcement, the firm says in an email. ...
- Deepfakes A Growing Cyberthreat Concern
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Deepfakes have become a weaponized AI tool of concern to marketers and business execs, part of a growing list of automated cyberattacks as people spend more time online. ...
- The Growing Victim List: Data Breaches Rose In Q1, Hitting More People
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 8, 2021
The number of people affected by breaches is up from the Q4 2020 total, but down from Q1 2020. Email remains a primary attack vehicle, Identity Theft Resource Center repo ...
- Justice Department Warns About Fake Post-Vaccine Survey Scams
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 5, 2021
Fraudulent emails and texts are promising prizes to their intended victims. ...
- White Ops Takes On Human Rebrand
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The company, now owned by Goldman Sachs in partnership with ClearSky Security and NightDragon, said the name reflects its strong commitment to equality and diversity. ...
- Senate Bill Requires Transparency About High-Volume, Third-Party Sellers On Online Marketplaces
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 26, 2021
The INFORM Consumers Act mandates that email addresses and other contact information must be revealed. ...
- Cyber Criminals Send 3 Billion Emails A Day
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Phishing artists are now sending a combined 3 billion emails per day. They spoof the sender identity in the “from” field to lure intended victims into opening the emails. &n ...
- Gen Z Hit Hardest By Digital Fraud One Year After COVID-19, Study Shows
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Fraudsters were more likely to go after Gen Z, at 44%, and Millennials, at 37%, more than any other age group. Those numbers increased in the U.S., at 53% a ...
- Media-Bias Chart Provides In-Depth View, Greater Control For Media Buys Based On Brand Values
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 19, 2021
Ad Fontes Media is releasing a premium version of its media-bias chart to help advertisers determine where to buy media based on brand values. The list names hundreds of onli ...
- Payment Fraud Rose In 2020, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 19, 2021
Accertify finds that 38% of merchants saw an increase in payment fraud last year. ...
