Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) ‘Fines alone aren’t enough:’ FCC threatens to blacklist voice providers for flouting robocall rules The FCC move to prevent American from receiving robocalls could boot as many as seven VoIP providers from U.S. telecom networks. Oct 3, 2022 By Tonya Riley
(Getty Images) Pioneering spammer Peter Levashov is sentenced to time served after 33 months Better known as "Severa," the Russian man was extradited to the U.S. three years ago. Jul 21, 2021 By Jeff Stone
A shuttered Coop supermarket store is pictured in Stockholm, Sweden on July 3, 2021, during an ongoing “colossal” cyber-attack affecting organizations around the world. (Photo by ALI LORESTANI/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images) Malware spammers aim to leverage Kaseya ransomware drama in email campaign Big attacks can have long tails. Jul 7, 2021 By Tim Starks
(Pixabay) Facebook’s hate speech removals jumped by more than 100% in recent months The numbers coincide with an advertising boycott organized by civil rights groups over the company's role in amplifying misinformation. Aug 11, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Russian hackers using stolen corporate email accounts to mask their phishing attempts Trend Micro research reveals the Russian hacking group is resorting to simple tactics to fulfill its intelligence gathering mission. Mar 19, 2020 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Microsoft strikes back at Necurs botnet by preemptively disabling hacking tools The action is the result of eight yesrs of tracking and planning, the company said. Mar 10, 2020 By Jeff Stone
(Getty Images) Cloud company CEO accused of orchestrating million-dollar IP fraud scheme A South Carolina businessman created a secondary market for IP addresses, the indictment alleges. May 17, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Pixabay) Former WPML employee hacks plugin website to spam customers The makers of the WPML plugin said they're taking legal action against the attacker. Jan 21, 2019 By Zaid Shoorbajee
(Getty) DataVisor raises $40 million Series C for machine-learning fraud detection The company, founded by two former Microsoft Research employees, uses unsupervised machine learning to discover malicious behavior. Feb 12, 2018 By Greg Otto
(Getty Images) Email marketers call for stricter FTC rules on spam Counter-intuitively, two coalitions of online and email marketing companies are calling for the FTC to tighten restrictions on spam. Aug 30, 2017 By Shaun Waterman