These are the countries sending the most spam emails

Phishing is a common method deployed by hackers to gain information that can be used in identity theft and credential stuffing attacks, but the technique is more popular in some territories than others. According to a new report from Barracuda Networks, which analyzed more than two billion emails sent in January 2020, Lithuania is responsible for the highest proportion of …

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Beating the bad bots: Six ways to identify and block spam traffic

Advancements in technology have helped us propel forward, changing the way we work and live our daily lives. However, its rapid adoption has led to less sombre means. We have all seen and participated in those various bot tests that some websites carry out, where we have to select the picture tiles which have particular objects. This is to control …

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Cisco spam filter mistakenly blocked thousands of legitimate emails

An expired Cisco domain has caused thousands of legitimate emails to be erroneously labelled as spam, preventing them from leaving the outbox. According to a new report from Bleeping Computer, the issue relates to Cisco’s email spam filter, SpamCop, which provides a Real-time Blackhole List (RBL) that mail servers use to determine if incoming mail is spam or not. As …

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