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IAS reveals its first-ever AI-based solution capable of detecting and avoiding ad clutter on websites, with the aim to enhance optimisation and deliver utmost efficacy in programmatic ad buying.

Bumble Inc. unveils AI-powered Deception Detector to combat fake profiles and scams, resulting in a 45% drop in user reports of false accounts in two months.

Google announces new measures to reduce spam in Gmail, requiring bulk email senders to authenticate emails and offer easy unsubscription, starting in 2024.

VIPRE Security Group reveals that phishing emails with malicious links increased by 30% in Q2 2023, with IT firms becoming the most targeted sector.

The three new phishing tactics for security breaches include the misuse of web translation, image-only emails, and the insertion of special characters.

Spammers are phishing eager holidaymakers with travel, themed lures, according to new research from Bitdefender Antispam Lab.

Bitdefender Labs is warning people to be aware during the festive season due to a significant increase in spam scams.

This month saw keylogger AgentTesla take first place as the most widespread malware, impacting 7% of organisations worldwide.

There are three main factors which cause the bulk of spam emails targeting APAC: population, high adoption of e-services, and pandemic lockdowns.

Employees who receive 30-60 external emails per day could be wasting 11 hours every year looking through and identifying spam messages.

LinkedIn has experienced another huge data scape, the third in four months, with 600 million profiles for sale online.

Sophos presents a 20-year retrospective of cyber-threats, from the Worm Era to the Monetisation Era and the current Ransomware Era.

As employees travel back and forth between home and the workplace, are they walking through the door with cyber threats sitting on their devices?.

Malware and spam related to COVID-19 are increasing globally, with the US identified as the top location, according to Trend Micro.

Significantly, spam messages account for more than half of 295 billion in 2019, making 55% of global email traffic in this year, the company states.

A worldwide spate of spam emails claiming there is a bomb in the recipient's building is almost certainly a hoax.

Every day cybercriminals come up with a wide variety of phishing tactics with the intent of scamming innocent users.

The probability of a recipient opening an email increases 12% if the email claims to come from a known individual.

Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) is vowing to better protect consumers from spam and telemarketing messages.

Incumbent email security systems are missing thousands of malware-containing emails, putting users at risk, says Mimecast survey.