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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 admin Anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, Safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

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Social engineering

Tags: anti-phishing anti-phishing tool email emails from instagram Instagram mail malicious email malspam phishing phishing scams safety scams Social Engineering social engineering attacks social media scams

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Emotet is back: botnet springs back to life with new spam campaign

September 16, 2019 admin Botnet, botnets, downloader, emotet, information stealer, malicious email, malspam, phishing, Ryuk Ransomware, spam, spear phishing, trickbot

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:04:53 +0000

After months of laying dormant, the notorious Emotet is back, with its botnet spewing spam globally.

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Botnets

Tags: botnet botnets downloader emotet information stealer malicious email malspam phishing Ryuk ransomware spam spear phishing trickbot

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