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Spam can deliver phishing links, malware, and fraudulent messages, making it a path for account theft and other cyberattacks.

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Spam is unsolicited, usually bulk messaging sent through email, text messages, social platforms, or other communication services. It may be commercial advertising, but security-relevant spam commonly includes deceptive messages designed to look like trusted communications. Automated campaigns can target large numbers of recipients at low cost, while compromised accounts and spoofed sender identities can make messages appear more credible.

Spam is a delivery channel for phishing, malware, fraudulent payment requests, and credential theft; links or attachments should therefore be treated as untrusted until verified. Defenses include reputation and content filtering, user reporting, attachment and URL analysis, and email authentication controls such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to reduce sender spoofing. Security teams should preserve relevant message headers and indicators when investigating campaigns, blocking associated infrastructure and checking whether recipients interacted with the content.

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PLUS: India’s tech services exports growing fast; South Korea puts the bite on TXT spam; NTT gets into autonomous vehicles; and more! Asia In Brief Chinese infosec blog MXRN last week reported a data breach at a security company called Knownsec that has ties to Beijing and Chinas military.…

The Register 10 Nov 2025, 12:51 p.m. Breach China Critical Infrastructure India Leak Military .NET South Korea Spam

Allowed access to 150k cameras, some in sensitive spots, but has been done for spamming Physical security biz Verkada has agreed to cough up $2.95 million following an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – but the payment won’t make good its past security failings, including a blunder that led to CCTV footage of Tesla, Cloudflare, and others being snooped on. Instead, the fine is about spam.…

The Register 5 Sep 2024, 4:28 p.m. Cloudflare Fine Investigation Spam

There's a blockchain involved so it's totally going to stop you getting those calls India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) on Tuesday directed telcos to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers – and prevent them from using networks again for up to two years – as part of an effort to curb spam and scams.…

The Register 14 Aug 2024, 6:29 p.m. Cryptocurrency India Scam Spam Telco

Also: Online adoption cyberstalker nabbed; Tesla trade secrets thief pleads guilty; and a critical ASUS Wi-Fi vuln Infosec in brief A popular spam blocklist service that went offline earlier this month has advised users it is down permanently – but at least one potential candidate is stepping up to try to fill the threat intelligence void.…

The Register 17 Jun 2024, 1:59 p.m. Adoption Outage Spam Wireless
The Register 2 years, 1 month ago

Spam blocklist SORBS closed by its owner, Proofpoint

Spammers will probably bid to buy it, so community is trying to find a better home for decades-old service Exclusive The Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS) – a longstanding source of info on known sources of spam widely used to create blocklists – has been shuttered by its owner, cyber security software vendor Proofpoint.…

The Register 7 Jun 2024, 6:27 p.m. Spam Vendor

Penny Appeal sent more than 460,000 texts asking for money to help war-torn countries, no opt out Typically it is energy improvement peddlers or debt help specialists that are disgraced by Britain's data watchdog for spamming unsuspecting households, but the latest entrant in the hall of shame is a charity.…

The Register 5 Mar 2024, 10:30 p.m. Spam

ALSO: NYC says kthxbye to TikTok, slain Microsoft exec's wife indicted, and some ASAP patch warnings Infosec in brief Someone at Microsoft has some explaining to do after a messed up DNS record caused emails sent from Hotmail accounts Microsoft Outlook Hotmail accounts to be rejected and directed to spam folders overnight beginning Thursday.…

The Register 21 Aug 2023, 3:34 p.m. DNS Microsoft Patch Social Media Spam
The Register 3 years, 1 month ago

Taking the art of email security to the next level

AI is beefing up the cyber arsenals of both attackers and defenders Sponsored Feature Email is a popular target for cybercriminals, offering an easy way of launching an attack disguised as an innocent message. One moment of inattention on the part of the recipient and the door is open to malware, spam, phishing, perhaps even a dose of the dreaded ransomware. Entire organisations can suffer, not just individual victims.…

The Register 6 Jun 2023, 8:28 p.m. Artificial Intelligence Email Malware Phishing Ransomware Spam Victims