Microsoft nukes 9 million-strong Necurs botnet after unpicking domain name-generating algorithm
Takedown should (in theory) see spam volumes shrink rapidly
11 Mar 2020
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EE-k, a hundred grand! BT's mobile arm slapped for sending 2.5m+ unwanted texts
Pestered folk to 'download my EE app' and 'upgrade your phone'
24 Jun 2019
Wondering where that upcoming meeting with 'Cheap Viagra' came from? Spammers beat Gmail filters by abusing Google Calendar, Forms, Photos, Analytics...
Kaspersky fingers pro-G filters for letting cyber-muck through
11 Jun 2019
Protip: No, the CIA will not call off a pedophilia probe into your life in exchange for Bitcoin
Kaspersky warns of fake 'dirty agent' scam circulating
10 Jun 2019
But we hired a consultant, cries UK pensions biz as it swallows £40k fine for 2 million spam emails
A legal boffin also gave us some useless advice, moans Grove Pensions
26 Mar 2019
TalkTalk kept my email account active for 8 years after I left – now it's spamming my mates
UpdatedBut ISP won't nuke nuisance without proof of ID
07 Mar 2019
'Bomb threat' scammers linked to earlier sextortion campaign
Scare tactic efforts may be the work of a single group
15 Dec 2018
UK spam-texting tax consultancy slapped with £200k fine
Generic privacy policies won't get you valid consent, says ICO
13 Dec 2018
Spammer scum hack 100,000 home routers via UPnP vulns to craft email-flinging botnet
Look out for traffic to and from these IP addresses and ports
08 Nov 2018
Cybercrooks home in on infosec's weakest link – you poor gullible people
Email fraud skyrockets and ransomware is back, baby!
05 Sep 2018
Welsh firm fined £60k for pummelling phones with 270k pay-day loan texts
STS Commercial you're fined: Pay b4 August GET 20% off
06 Jul 2018
They grow up so fast: Spam magnet Hotmail turned 22 today
Go on. Log in one more time. Just for posterity
04 Jul 2018
Men are officially the worst… top-level domain
It's paining men as Spamhaus lists the top abused registries
12 Jun 2018
SpamCannibal blacklist service reanimated by squatters, claims every IP address is spammy
UpdatedYes, even yours
30 May 2018
In a touching Monty Python tribute today, Microsoft's Office 365 makes everything spam
Punters less amused by inbox-clearing glitch
26 Apr 2018
It's not you, it's Big G: Sneaky spammers slip strangers spoofed spam, swamp Gmail sent files
UpdatedNot a bug, we're told: It's a feature. Really
23 Apr 2018
MailChimp 'working' to stop hackers flinging malware-laced spam from accounts
What can you do about it for now? Sweet 2FA
15 Mar 2018
Registrar Namecheap let miscreants slap spam, malware on unlucky customers' web domains
UpdatedCrooks create subdomains on a dozen sites
07 Feb 2018
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