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Greatest Cyber Risks Are Extortion, Geopolitical Tension, SMB Attacks
Mimecast in its latest Threat Intelligence report reveals the greatest current cybersecurity threats to business defences
Google To Tweak Gmail To Combat Spammers
Battling the spammers. Google makes changes to Gmail to make life more difficult for those send thousands of emails a day
Truecaller To Offer WhatsApp Caller ID As Scams Surge
Caller ID app Truecaller to offer service on WhatsApp, other messaging services as telemarketers, scammers switch to internet calls
Twitter Ordered To Hand Over Data To Elon Musk
'Absurdly broad' requests by Elon Musk mostly rejected by judge, but Twitter does have to hand over audit data from 9,000 users
Glitch Sees Facebook Feeds Flooded With Celebrity Spam
Meta spokesperson blames 'configuration issue' for strange glitch Wednesday morning that flooded user news feeds with messages to celebrities
Elon Musk Wants Staff Names Of Twitter’s Bot Counters
Fight with Twitter, sees Elon Musk's legal team requesting names of those employees who calculate bot or spam account numbers
Twitter Labels Elon Musk’s Counterclaim ‘Factually Inaccurate’
Elon Musk's lawsuit counterclaims are “factually inaccurate, legally insufficient, and commercially irrelevant”, says Twitter
Twitter Wins Battle To Fast Track Elon Musk Lawsuit
Twitter will face Elon Musk in a Delaware courtroom in October, over his attempt to 'terminate his $44 billion takoever of the platform
Elon Musk Seeks To Block Twitter’s Request For Speedy Trial
No surprise in Twitter showdown, as Elon Musk files motion with US court to oppose platform's request for trial to be fast-tracked
Twitter Begins Legal Action Against Elon Musk
Well...he was warned. Twitter sued Elon Musk on Tuesday to force him to complete his $44bn acquisition of social media platform
Elon Musk Tells Twitter He Is ‘Terminating’ $44Bn Acquisition
No surprise? Elon Musk announces ending of his $44bn (£36bn) bid to buy Twitter, alleging multiple breaches of legal agreement
Elon Musk’s Acquisition Of Twitter In ‘Serious Jeopardy’ – Report
Takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk is in “serious jeopardy” according to one report, despite Twitter suspending one million fake spam accounts every day
Ten Percent Of Twitter Accounts Posting Spam, Says GlobalData
As Elon Musk clashes with Twitter's board of directors over the matter, GlobalData offers its own estimation of the amount of Twitter accounts posting spam
Twitter Board To ‘Enforce’ Elon Musk Merger Agreement
Legal action ahead? Elon Musk's takeover agreement of Twitter will be enforced says board of directors, as deal remains 'on hold'
Elon Musk Puts Twitter Takeover On Hold
Twitter's share price falls 18 percent after Elon Musk places his takeover on hold, until more data is provided about fake accounts on the platform
Vodafone Fixes Issue After Voice Outage
Vodafone customers on Tuesday experienced problems making and receiving voice calls, after a mistake was made in blocking spam calls
Coronavirus: Google Blocks 18 Million Daily Covid-19 Scam Emails
Online threat. In the past week alone Google says it has blocked 126 million Covid-related daily phishing scams
Destructive 15-Year-Old Worm Still Infecting New Systems
MyDoom worm disabled Google 15 years ago and continues to take over more computers via infected emails, finds Palo Alto Networks
Facebook Culls Hundreds Of US-based Spam, Fake News Accounts
Facebook is deleting hundreds of American accounts and pages for “inauthentic activity”
Crimeware ‘Cloud’ Takes Cues From Enterprise Services
The BlackTDS malware distribution network automates attacks with ease-of-use inspired by legitimate cloud platforms
Spambot Contains 711 Million Email Addresses
Huge data breach. Misconfigured spambot reveals 700m email addresses and number of passwords
IBM: Targeted Spam Malware Sticks To Working Hours
Malware spam is targeting organisations by closely following European and US work patterns, finds new research from IBM X-Force
ICO Fines Moneysupermarket.com £80,000 For Spamming Customers
Price comparison site sent out marketing emails to customers who had opted out
Botnets Target FCC Website Over Net Neutrality, Researchers Say
Researchers claim bots are spamming US regulator website over net neutrality rule change proposal
‘Human Error’ Leads To Guardian Soulmates Data Breach & Sexual Spam
Spammers have been hitting users of the Guardian Soulmates website with explicit emails after their information was accidentally displayed on the site.
US Dismantles Kelihos Botnet After ‘Spam Kingpin’ Arrest
Russian Pyotr Levashov, suspected of being one of the Internet's biggest spam and malware operators, is arrested in Spain
Necurs Botnet Targets Users With Old-School Stock Scam
Getting emails about a once-in-a-lifetime stock opportunity? It's probably too good to be true
1.4bn Emails Exposed As Huge Spam Operation Fails To Password Protect Documents
Spammergate: Researchers discover vast database of email addresses and suggestions of cybercrime against spam kings sending 1bn messages a day
Apple Tackles iCloud Calendar Spam With Report Button
The button will alert Apple to spam trying to sneak passed its email filters via the calendar service