- Microsoft Email Users Targeted In Phishing Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 25, 2021
Microsoft users have received phishing emails that claim they are from FedEx and DHL Express. The goal is to swipe email account credentials. ...
- Vendor Email Compromise Fraud Is Surging, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 19, 2021
Firms face an 82% increase in the likelihood of SolarWinds-style vendor email compromise (VEC) attacks in a given week, Abnormal Security reports. ...
- BEC Attacks The Biggest Risk To Banks: Survey
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are the greatest business risk to banks, according to 86% of survey respondents. The second greatest risk is account takeovers. ...
- Bidstack, Moat Work With Dentsu To Thwart In-Game Ad Fraud
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 12, 2021
On Friday Dentsu and Moat shared performance and verified general invalid traffic data from a campaign featured in the video game "Football Manager 21." that ran in the U.K. ...
- Phishing Was Top Email Threat In 2020: Barracuda
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 12, 2021
Email scams were the second most prevalent attacks attempted against organizations. ...
- Older Consumers Are Among The Most Likely To Be Victimized By Malicious Emails
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Older people, Australians and users of both desktops and mobile devices are most likely to be victims of malicious email attacks, Google says. Also at risk are those whose da ...
- Mobile Fraud And Bots Peak During Economic Slowdown: Study
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 5, 2021
Fraud artists also have greater access to consumer data, LexisNexis Risk Solutions reports. ...
- Construction And Energy Sectors Hit With Phishing Attacks
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Phishing artists have hacked construction and energy firms, using credentials that were available with a Google search. The emails used an employee or title within the target company in t ...
- The Brands That Phishing Artists Impersonate The Most
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, January 15, 2021
Microsoft is a popular choice among cyber criminals seeking to mimic brands. The second is DHL. Here are the brands most likely to be impersonated by crooks. ...
- Consumers Urged To Beware Of Stimulus Check Scams
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, December 30, 2020
American consumers have lost over $211 million in COVID-19-related scams, the Federal Trade Commission reports. And now they stand to lose more as bad actors exploit anticipation over stimulus check ...
- Phony Amazon Gift Cards Deliver Malicious Trojan: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, December 28, 2020
Delivered by email, the purported gift cards serve the Dridex banking trojan, Cybereason reports. ...
- The Scammer's Toolbox: How Cyber Criminals Pursue Swindles And Phishing With Email
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, December 18, 2020
A study by Barracuda of phishing attacks finds that 71% of all phishing emails contain malicious URLs. ...
- Consumers Want Brands To Protect Them Against Knockoffs, Fakes, Fraud
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
One-quarter of consumers in a recent study bought counterfeit products, 36% saw fake ads or social posts, 41% saw fake websites, and 35% experienced fake social media accounts. ...
- UK Subway Customers Hit With Malware In Emails
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Subway customers in the UK have been exposed to an email phishing attack. The emails look like they are tied to Subway’s Subcard loyalty program. ...
- Holiday Online Fraud Flat With 2019, But Up From 2018 And The Rest Of 2020: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, December 3, 2020
Mobile use for shopping fell slightly from last year. But fraud made up a high percentage of all transactions, TransUnion reports. ...
- Experian Completes $280 Million Acquisition Of Tapad
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, November 23, 2020
Tapad provides digital identity resolution services. It will work with Experian on creating new identity verification services. ...
- Typos In Brand Messages Usually Mean Fraud, Security Firm Warns
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Mistakes can reveal attempts at online fraud, counterfeit goods and other types of cyber crime. ...
- BEC Attacks Jump From Q2 To Q3: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, October 30, 2020
Invoice and payment scams dominate, But COVID-19 schemes are on the decline, Abnormal Security reports. ...
- FTC Economist Analyzes Review Quality On Amazon, Google, HomeAdvisor, Facebook, Yelp
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 30, 2020
FTC economist Devesh Raval shows how fake online reviews can account for about half the higher average ratings for low-quality businesses on Google, compared with Yelp. He also analyzes ratin ...
- Microsoft Office 365 Targeted In Phishing Scam
Around the Net In Digital, Ray Schultz - Friday, October 23, 2020
Microsoft Office 365 users are potential victims of a phishing campaign that claims to be notifying them of a missed chat from Microsoft Teams. The bad actors behind the sc ...
- Alleged Proud Boys Emailing Pressures Voters To Vote For Trump
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Threatening emails have been sent, allegedly by the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, pressuring presumably Democratic voters in Alachua County, Florida to vote for President Trump. It tells them that ...
- The Lump Of Coal This Christmas: Consumer Fraud
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, October 15, 2020
ACI projects a 27% Increase in ecommerce buying. But the value of fraudulent transactions has also been going up. ...
- Email Scam Artists More Active During Pandemic: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 21, 2020
Emails linked to COVID-19 have contained infostealers that steal passwords and other credentials, F-Secure reports. ...
- Phony Drug Spammers Are Bypassing Spam Filters: Report
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 17, 2020
Bad actors are bypassing spam filters, using a new technique when promoting purported pharmaceutical products. The new technique relies on unconventional representation of URLs to remain
undetected. ...
- New Botnet Hits Premium Connected TV Platforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
DoubleVerify says the "MultiTerra" botnet, designed to create fake ad inventory across CTV and mobile platforms, leads advertisers to bid on fake impressions. ...
- Equinix Targeted In A $4.5 Million Ransomware Attack
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, September 11, 2020
Equinix, a data center and collection firm, has been hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack and a $4.5 million ransom demand. The note from the threat actor included a screensh ...
- Cyber Fraud Insurance Claims Are On The Rise: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, September 11, 2020
Ransomware is the most common form of attack, but business email compromise claims have increased by 67%, Coalition reports. ...
- Malvertising Scam Driven By Personalization Hits U.S. During Labor Day Weekend
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 8, 2020
GeoEdge's researchers on Sunday uncovered the auto-redirect attack Morphixx, which targets site visitors using their IP address, in the U.S. after tracking it across Europe and Asia last month. ...
- TikTok Breeds Ad Scams, Pyramid Schemes, Fraudulent Celebrity Endorsements, Study Shows
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 3, 2020
TikTok's #ForYou page has become a haven for scammers selling fake mobile applications, diet pills, drop-shipped goods, fake gift cards and more, according to data released Thursday. ...
- Phishing Artists Use Microsoft Logo and Dotloop Boilerplate, Retarus Says
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, September 2, 2020
The emails contain links to fake real estate contracts, with the object of getting victims to surrender their passwords. ...
