Microsoft Outlook Junk Mail Filter Failure
Microsoft Outlook Junk Mail Filter Failure Earlier this week, a problem with Microsoft’s junk mail filters resulted in users of its Outlook mail service (including Hotmail accounts) being flooded with …
Can I Outwit The Spammers?
Can I Outwit The Spammers? In all honesty unless you’re a tech genius, the answer is probably no. Spammers use software that tries millions of different combinations of letters and …
How Do Spammers Get My Email Address?
How Do Spammers Get My Email Address? All it takes is a quick look in your junk or spam folder to realise that online spammers have no problem getting their …
How Spammers Track Your Online Activity
How Spammers Track Your Online Activity Much of the spam that takes place over the Internet is made possible through surreptitious tracking methods. Would-be spammers are sometimes able to glean …
Number of Malicious Email Messages Growing Exponentially
Anybody who thought that 2016 might see a reduction in the number of spam messages being sent is unfortunately in for an unpleasant shock. The number of malicious messages that …
What’s the Origin of the Word ‘Spam’?
When you look up the word ‘spam’ in the Oxford English Dictionary, you’ll be presented with two primary listings: Irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet, typically to a …
Limiting the Audience for Spammers
In our efforts to protect our clients from spam, we’ve learned that one of the most effective ways to come out on top is to limit spammers’ audience. By ensuring …
Celebrity Nude Photo Hack Perpetrated with the Help of Spam Email
If you remember the nude celebrity photo leak in September of 2014 (and who could forget?), you may be interested to learn that it was perpetrated by a simple phishing …
Business Email Compromise: How to Avoid It
Most corporate network administrators are aware of the risks posed by mass phishing emails and take adequate steps to minimise them but spear phishing (or BEC: Business Email Compromise) is …
Security and the Internet of Things
It wasn’t so long ago that any discussion of security as it pertains to the Internet focused solely on computer viruses, malware and spyware. The Internet had opened a world …