Google Security Expert Warns About Computer Crime
Google engineer, Justin Schuh was recently interviewed by Business Insider, and he had much to say about the state of computer crime in the present day. Schuh was originally hired …
Instagram Ads Set to Increase
The photo sharing network Instagram continues to grow in popularity. As of the end of 2014, the network claims to have achieved 300 million active users, which constitutes a 50 …
Tinder is Making Spam Prevention a Priority
Tinder, the mobile dating app with more than 50 million active users each month, is notorious for its problems with spam. Specifically, studies have found that Tinder is rife with …
FCC to Vote on Legality of Spam Calls
In the United States’, FCC chair Tom Wheeler issued a proposal late in May which may give consumers more power in fending off spam phone calls and text messages. This …
A Guide to the 5 Types of Social Spam
In the past, spam was largely directed at email accounts with addresses being harvested online and unwanted or unsolicited messages being sent directly to the inbox. Since email filters have …
Spam Tweets Make Up 10% of Twitter
While social media is a great tool for companies seeking information about their customers, it also contains a lot of noise and useless, irrelevant information. A new study has found …
Pushdo Spamming Botnet Makes a Comeback
Cybersecurity experts have found that computers in over 50 countries have been infected with an upgraded version of Pushdo, a spamming botnet which has been functioning since 2007 despite a …
Restricted Access for Spam Accounts on Steam
Valve, the company who runs the well-known digital distribution platform, Steam, has recently implemented a policy change targeting spammers. The new rules limit access to a number of features for …
Foreign Accent Email Spam Makes a Comeback
Spammers tend to use a combination of methods to get their messages past your email’s in-built spam filters. One tactic that was popular about a decade ago and which is …
3 Types of Phrases that Make Your Emails Look like Spam
One of the easiest ways in which spam filters determine which messages are legitimate is by searching for certain key words popular with spammers. If you write an email containing …