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Black Basta ransomware poses as IT support on Microsoft Teams to breach networks
The BlackBasta ransomware operation has moved its social engineering attacks to Microsoft Teams, posing as corporate help desks contacting employees to assist them with an ongoing spam attack.
- October 25, 2024
- 04:55 PM
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Greasy Opal's CAPTCHA solver still serving cybercrime after 16 years
A developer that researchers now track as Greasy Opal, operating as a seemingly legitimate business, has been fueling the cybercrime-as-a-service industry with a tool that bypasses account security solutions and allows bot-led CAPTCHA solving at scale.
- August 23, 2024
- 09:00 AM
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Azure domains and Google abused to spread disinformation and malware
A clever disinformation campaign engages several Microsoft Azure and OVH cloud subdomains as well as Google search to promote malware and spam sites.
- August 17, 2024
- 09:00 AM
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AT&T delays Microsoft 365 email delivery due to spam wave
AT&T's email servers are blocking connections from Microsoft 365 due to a "high volume" spam wave originating from Microsoft's service.
- May 09, 2024
- 01:58 PM
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Microsoft will limit Exchange Online bulk emails to fight spam
Microsoft has announced plans to fight spam by imposing a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit of 2,000 external recipients starting January 2025.
- April 15, 2024
- 03:11 PM
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Microsoft warns Gmail blocks some Outlook email as spam, shares fix
Microsoft has confirmed that some Outlook.com users are experiencing issues with emails being blocked and marked as spam when trying to email Gmail accounts.
- April 02, 2024
- 06:09 PM
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Google now blocks spoofed emails for better phishing protection
Google has started automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who don't meet stricter spam thresholds and authenticate their messages as required by new guidelines to strengthen defenses against spam and phishing attacks.
- April 01, 2024
- 04:29 PM
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Google's new AI search results promotes sites pushing malware, scams
Google's new AI-powered 'Search Generative Experience' algorithms recommend scam sites that redirect visitors to unwanted Chrome extensions, fake iPhone giveaways, browser spam subscriptions, and tech support scams.
- March 25, 2024
- 07:32 AM
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Google Groups is ending support for Usenet to combat spam
Google has officially announced it's ceasing support for Usenet groups on its Google Groups platform, a move partly attributed to the platform's increasing struggle with spam content.
- January 02, 2024
- 12:03 PM
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‘Wall of Flippers’ detects Flipper Zero Bluetooth spam attacks
A new Python project called 'Wall of Flippers' detects Bluetooth spam attacks launched by Flipper Zero and Android devices.
- December 23, 2023
- 10:09 AM
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Microsoft: OAuth apps used to automate BEC and cryptomining attacks
Microsoft warns that financially-motivated threat actors are using OAuth applications to automate BEC and phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for cryptomining.
- December 12, 2023
- 06:53 PM
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Flipper Zero Bluetooth spam attacks ported to new Android app
Recent Flipper Zero Bluetooth spam attacks have now been ported to an Android app, allowing a much larger number of devices to implement these annoying spam alerts.
- October 31, 2023
- 04:06 PM
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Flipper Zero can now spam Android, Windows users with Bluetooth alerts
A custom Flipper Zero firmware called 'Xtreme' has added a new feature to perform Bluetooth spam attacks on Android and Windows devices.
- October 25, 2023
- 02:54 PM
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Microsoft disables bad spam rule flagging all sent emails as junk
Microsoft has disabled a bad anti-spam rule flooding Microsoft 365 admins' inboxes with blind carbon copies (BCC) of outbound emails mistakenly flagged as spam.
- October 18, 2023
- 04:11 AM
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Exchange Online mail delivery issues caused by anti-spam rules
Microsoft is investigating Exchange Online mail delivery issues causing "Server busy" errors and delays when receiving emails from outside organizations.
- October 11, 2023
- 12:10 PM
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Microsoft 365 admins warned of new Google anti-spam rules
Microsoft urged Microsoft 365 email senders this week to authenticate outbound messages following new anti-spam rules for bulk senders announced earlier this week by Google.
- October 08, 2023
- 11:09 AM
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Google to bolster phishing and malware delivery defenses in 2024
Google will introduce new sender guidelines in February to bolster email security against phishing and malware delivery by mandating bulk senders to authenticate their emails and adhere to stricter spam thresholds
- October 03, 2023
- 02:41 PM
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Flipper Zero can be used to launch iOS Bluetooth spam attacks
The Flipper Zero portable wireless pen-testing and hacking tool can be used to aggressively spam Bluetooth connection messages at Apple iOS devices, such as iPhones and iPads.
- September 06, 2023
- 04:12 PM
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Hotmail email delivery fails after Microsoft misconfigures DNS
Hotmail users worldwide have problems sending emails, with messages flagged as spam or not delivered after Microsoft misconfigured the domain's DNS SPF record.
- August 18, 2023
- 11:44 AM
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Knight ransomware distributed in fake Tripadvisor complaint emails
The Knight ransomware is being distributed in an ongoing spam campaign that pretends to be TripAdvisor complaints.
- August 12, 2023
- 11:16 AM
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