Collaborate Disseminate
Whenever I binge through some youtube shorts or videos, I find many of the comments were spamming adult content or a group of bots interacting within themselves promoting a site (I have never clicked on one, but I have been told that they … Continue reading Account Creation of Spambots
I am trying to get the DKIM and SPF settings correct for a client who uses both GSuite and WordPress to send her emails.
I added this dmarc: v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:l***@******ney.com; fo=1; adkim=r; aspf=r;
(when I set the p to quara… Continue reading DKIM/SPF What does it mean when policy_evaluated fails but auth_results passes?
An interview with David Weekly, the man who sued a spam texter for $1,200 and won. Continue reading Suing Spam Texters for Fun and Profit
Did Russian security Kaspersky really choose to send an email to its customers addressing them as “dear and lovely”? Had Kaspersky suffered a data breach? Had a hacker found a way to send messages to Kaspersky’s customer base? Continue reading Kaspersky blames “misconfiguration” after customers receive “dear and lovely” email
An unauthorised party has seized control of the @avtestorg Twitter account, nuked its profile picture and banner, replaced its name and description with a full-stop, and set about retweeting numerous messages about NFTs.
Anti-virus testing organisa… Continue reading Testing times for AV-Test as Twitter account hijacked by NFT spammers
I can’t tell you not to seek ethical hacking certification from EC-Council. But I can suggest that if you are looking for an online university to boost your cybersecurity career, you don’t settle for an outfit that has proven itself to be of questiona… Continue reading Who on earth would be trying to promote EC-Council University via comment spam on my website?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this month, Google sent a request (PDF) to the Federal Election Commission seeking an advisory opinion on the potential launch of a pilot program that would allow political committees to by… Continue reading Gmail Users ‘Hard Pass’ On Plan To Let Political Emails Bypass Spam Filters
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday told carriers to stop delivering those annoying auto warranty robocalls and said it has launched a formal investigation. The scam has resulted in more tha… Continue reading FCC Cracks Down On Spam ‘Auto Warranty’ Robocalls
I received the following email today which got caught by my spam filters.
<My username>
https://www.google.com/search?q= <my email address>
Rock_jim
Clearly this is spam, but I have no idea what the purpose is. Normally I wou… Continue reading What’s the purpose of this spam that only sends a link to a Google search query? [duplicate]
Twitter removes more than 1 million spam accounts each day, executives told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, providing new insight into efforts to reduce harmful automated bots as billionaire Elon Musk has demanded more details from the social medi… Continue reading Twitter Says It Removes Over 1 Million Spam Accounts Each Day