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Microsoft will limit Exchange Online bulk emails to fight spam
2024-04-15 19:11

Microsoft has announced plans to fight spam by imposing a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit of 2,000 external recipients starting January 2025.Exchange Online doesn't support sending bulk or high volumes of emails from a single account, and until now, Microsoft has not placed any restrictions on bulk emails.

Microsoft warns Gmail blocks some Outlook email as spam, shares fix
2024-04-02 22:09

Microsoft has confirmed that some Outlook.com users are experiencing issues with emails being blocked and marked as spam when trying to email Gmail accounts. Until the Outlook.com Team can address this newly acknowledged issue, Microsoft advises impacted users to add an Outlook.com alias to their accounts and email Gmail contacts using that alias.

Happy 20th birthday Gmail, you're mostly grown up – now fix the spam
2024-04-02 09:27

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Spam crusade lands charity in hot water with data watchdog
2024-03-05 09:30

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 charity was found to have dispatched more than 460,000 unsolicited texts during a ten-day period to 52,000 people that had not consented to receive the messages or had "Clearly opted out," the ICO said.

8,000+ Domains of Trusted Brands Hijacked for Massive Spam Operation
2024-02-26 14:10

More than 8,000 domains and 13,000 subdomains belonging to legitimate brands and institutions have been hijacked as part of a sophisticated distribution architecture for spam proliferation and...

Hijacked subdomains of major brands used in massive spam campaign
2024-02-26 14:00

A massive ad fraud campaign named "SubdoMailing" is using over 8,000 legitimate internet domains and 13,000 subdomains to send up to five million emails per day to generate revenue through scams and malvertising. "The campaign is called"SubdoMailing, as the threat actors hijack abandoned subdomains and domains belonging to well-known companies to send their malicious emails.

SubdoMailing campaign spams 5 million emails daily via 8k hijacked domains
2024-02-26 14:00

A massive ad fraud campaign named "SubdoMailing" is using over 8,000 legitimate internet domains and 13,000 subdomains to send up to five million emails per day to generate revenue through scams and malvertising. "The campaign is called"SubdoMailing, as the threat actors hijack abandoned subdomains and domains belonging to well-known companies to send their malicious emails.

ICO fines spam slinging financial services biz
2024-01-22 11:00

A financial services company that illegally dispatched tens of thousands of spam messages promising to help the recipients magically wipe away their debts is itself now a debtor to the UK's data regulator. Free Debt Help can consolidate your unaffordable payments, write off up to 85 percent of your total debt Check if you qualify text HELP or Stop2Stop.

Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams
2024-01-12 11:27

Food delivery company HelloFresh is nursing a £140,000 fine by Britain's data privacy watchdog after a probe found it had dispatched upwards of a staggering 79 million spam email and one million texts in just seven months. The Information Commissioner's Office says the company claimed messages were based on an opt-in statement, yet this statement did not include any reference to the sending of marketing messages via text.

Google Groups is ending support for Usenet to combat spam
2024-01-02 17:03

Google has officially announced it's ceasing support for Usenet groups on its Google Groups platform, a move partly attributed to the platform's increasing struggle with spam content. The upcoming changes will take effect from February 22, 2024, after which users can no longer post, subscribe, or view new Usenet content through Google Groups.