Black Friday mail spam is so "last decade". Apps is where it's at.
I woke up to somewhere around 25 different 'notifications' from Android apps telling me to subscribe to crap services (i.e. "Sign up for a year of free ringtones" or "Buy the paid version of this app to stop receiving spam notifications and ads while using it"). Then there was the store-app-spam from apps like Walmart and Amazon. Various alerts throughout the day about 'great deals on <cheap irrelevant crap like a toaster or boots>'. My favorite was when I tried to turn on the hue lights in my office for the meeting green screen. Philips Hue decided the perfect time to advertise over-priced light bulbs, light strips, and light switches was when I was trying to turn one of them on. Quite a few apps were uninstalled on Friday and Monday and their accompanying hardware was tossed in the dumpster. For everything else, I turned off their ability to send any sort of notification. As for in-app spam, I won't purchase another Philips Hue product. Once the lightbulbs die, I'll switch back to LED bulbs and use a lightswitch like a caveman. -A On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 3:18 PM Michael Peddemors via mailop < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I normally do this by-weekly on Fridays, but with year end I have been > slipping, and plan on making it a short week this week, so thought I > would send this out early.. > > BTW, Anyone know if SendInBlue is also using some Digital Ocean space? > Seems like an active spammer over there uses the exact same techniques > and fingerprints as SendInBlue.. coincidence? > > > ..... > > Surprising, this year Black Friday spammers and spamvertisers just > didn't come out in droves.. I guess it is easier to make money spreading > ransomware.. Or hehehe going to work for Tesla (*duck*) > > ..... > > This week has seen a resurgence of the 'SnowShoe Spammers' getting fresh > IP space, and IP space from well known 'lenient' hosting companies. Was > pretty quiet for a couple of weeks. > > ..... > > While it is reported that Emotet is active again, almost no sign in the > North American markets yet, seems like they are targeting geographically. > > ...... > > As quick as NovoServer/Zomro gets IP Space, spammers are on it.. > route: 212.23.221.0/24 > origin: AS204601 > mnt-by: nl-novoserve-1-mnt > created: 2021-11-25T14:29:46Z > last-modified: 2021-11-25T14:29:46Z > > ...... > > UPCloud spammers are ramping up, they aren't even TRYING to hide.. > ...... > > Gmail obvious spam still #1 in the quarantine folders.. > ...... > > GPON Compromised Router spam, would you believe that is still a thing? > ...... > > New Standup IP(s) for 'phishing' now outweigh new IP(s) for traditional > spamvertising > ...... > > psychz.net, quadranet, and the usual suspects are noisy again.. > ...... > > Auth Attacks from Google/AWS/Azure continue to rise. > ...... > > coreserver.jp can't seem to get a handle on obvious malware leakage.. > speaking of, Seems like SendGrid (and a couple of other players) still > seeing account abuse/takeover for sending phishing.. SendGrid, you are > approaching the two (2) year mark without solving this. > ...... > > And airtelbroadband.in, don't know what has happened to their networks > the last couple of weeks, or if a threat actor is exploiting something > specific to their network, but really high case counts of BEC attacks > from there. > ...... > > Still see a 'drip' of Cutwail attacks.. > > ...... > > And of course, watch out for those passive 'IMAP' attacks.. > > > Brazilian Bank phishing back on the rise, poor Santander customers, it > just never stops does it.. > > SendGrid, you might want to watch your logs for the 'Dear Alice' spammer ;) > > ...... > > Have a great week all! > > > > -- > "Catch the Magic of Linux..." > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc. > Visit us at http://www.linuxmagic.com @linuxmagic > A Wizard IT Company - For More Info http://www.wizard.ca > "LinuxMagic" a Registered TradeMark of Wizard Tower TechnoServices Ltd. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 604-682-0300 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada > > This email and any electronic data contained are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. > Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely > those of the author and are not intended to represent those of the company. > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop >
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