Spam, junk … slop? The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’ | Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your email inbox is full of spam. Your letterbox is full of junk mail. Now, your web browser has its own affliction: slop. “Slop” is what you get when you…

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Scams and phishing expeditions take fun out of email

Oh dear, I owe money to the Geek Squad. Just got another testy email bill from them, a daily event. Scroll down. Look here. PayPal sent one of many terse…

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Computer scam catches 1,700 victims in France

The scam starts with an email, and ends with a fraudulent subscription The scam begins with an email and ends with ‘signing up’ to fraudulent software Thx4Stock team/Shutterstock Do you…

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10 reasons why Gmail is our go-to email client

In 2004, Google launched Gmail into a webmail landscape that was already crowded with major players such as Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL. In characteristic fashion, Google took a disruptive approach…

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A guide to effective cold email outreach

Since February, Google and Yahoo’s new spam policy updates have shaken things up for businesses using cold email outreach. The aim is to make inboxes safer and less cluttered. For…

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Netflix Scam Email You Should Know In 2024 – Gridinsoft Blog

These days, phishing Netflix scam email are gaining momentum because they target the human factor, which is the most vulnerable part of the security system. Scammers often masquerade as reputable,…

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AI Arms Race: the evolving battle between email spam and spam filters

Most email users will be unaware of this, but there is an Arms Race taking place behind the scenes of their inbox. In 2023, our security systems registered an average…

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Google explains search engine spam management tactics

Google recently held a seminar focused on the mechanisms its search engine uses to deal with algorithmic spam actions and erratic site rankings. It was revealed that Google employs sophisticated…

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How to prevent Gmail from marking some Outlook emails as spam

In a recent announcement, Microsoft confirmed that some Outlook users have been experiencing issues with their emails being misidentified as spam by Google’s Gmail service. This issue has been causing…

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Ongoing Campaign Bombards Enterprises with Spam Emails and Phone Calls

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an ongoing social engineering campaign that bombards enterprises with spam emails with the goal of obtaining initial access to their environments for follow-on exploitation. “The incident…

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