Watch out for this SMS phish promising a tax refund
We take a look at a round of phishing mails being sent to people in Belgium, promising tax-related refunds.
“Your AppIe lD has been locked” spam email takes you on a website mystery tour
We take a look at what appears to be a phish, but ends up directing you to endless random websites instead.
USPS “Your package could not be delivered” text is a smishing scam
We look at an SMS which claims you have a USPS redelivery needing to be rescheduled, and explain why it’s not what it seems.
Facebook phish claims “Someone tried to log into your account”
We take a look at a Facebook phish which tries to pressure potential victims into responding to mails that they really shouldn’t.
Google takes on Docs notification spammers
We look at some fixes Google is releasing to combat a wave of spam made via notifications in Google Docs and other apps.
FBI server hijacked to send up to 100,000 bogus attack mails
We look at a bogus FBI mail sent via a site error to as many as 100,000 recipients, and explain why you shouldn’t worry if you received one.
ProtonMail hands user’s IP address and device info to police, showing the limits of private email
What can we expect from privacy-focused email if law enforcement come knocking?
Ransomware is targeting vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers
Attacks using the ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange vulnerability have taken a new twist: DearCry ransomware.
What Google learned from 1 billion evil email scams
Google teamed up with researchers from Stanford University to analyse 5 months worth of mails. This is what they found.
November spam roundup: Stalkers, property tips, porn, stern words and PayPal
We look at some of the more recent spam mails taking up space in mailboxes.
