Some spammers cram their pages full of popular keywords to try and rank the pages of their website higher when people make searches with those keywords. Others will use existing content without permission to make their own pages seem more substantial and unique. Link spam If you’ve come acros...
Anonymous:real spam is sent with spoofed or harvested sender addresses to conceal the actual sender. Mass mailing:real spam is sent in enormous quantities. Spammers make money from the small percentage of recipients that actually respond, so for spam to be cost-effective, the initial mails have...
Protecting your domain reputation with DMARC As someone who works in this wonderful world of email, I can tell you there are a few things that just make life miserable for everyone: spammers and phishers. The interwebz is still...
Comprehensive internet security education and anti-phishing software make for a strong two-pronged defense against phishing at the organizational level. Companies should invest in teaching their employees how to spot phishing attacks. Security teams can bolster these guidelines with effective software counte...
Here are a few of the many strategies companies can take to prevent social engineering attacks: Make sure information technology departments are regularly carrying outpenetration testingthat uses social engineering techniques. This will help administrators learn which types of users pose the most risk fo...
Spam emails tend to be business-oriented; spammers try to market or sell questionable items, make misleading claims, and fool people. However, they can also be personal messages that appear to come from someone you know or someone that needs help. ...
They know that an increased sense of urgency can make targets more reactive rather than cautious (i.e. more likely to click through to a fake website or other information collector).The pandemic is an obvious crisis that everyone is living through, but phishers may also choose a less ...
The shipping label may also have been purchased with a stolen credit card.How to avoid this scam:If the customer asks you to use their pre-paid label, review their order for fraud carefully. They may have used a stolen card to make the purchase. Do not accept shipping labels from your ...
Service disruption.Malware can disrupt services in several ways. For example, it can lock up computers and make them unusable or hold them hostage for financial gain by performing a ransomware attack. Malware can also target critical infrastructure, such as power grids, healthcare facilities or tra...
Foreverysingleemailthat violates the CAN-SPAM Act, the FTC will fine you $16,000. So if you're caught being non-compliant for a list of, say, 10,000 ... well, you do the math. Yikes. So now that I've sufficiently scared you, here's how to comply with CAN-SPAM rules. ...