Spammers are flooding Reddit with fake posts designed to show up in AI search results
The spam campaign that doesn't want to sell you anything – it wants to train AI to recommend it
Microsoft OneDrive users report mysterious spam files that won't go away
Users continue to receive unsolicited files that are likely phishing attempts
It's not you: Gmail is glitching this weekend, and spam filters are slipping
Users report 10+ minute delivery delays and a flood of unscanned junk landing in inboxes
What just happened? Gmail is having one of those mornings, the kind where the world's default email client suddenly feels like it's running on dial-up and forgot how to spot obvious junk mail. Users are reporting delays in email delivery and warnings that some messages haven't been scanned for spam, letting junk (and potentially worse) slip into inboxes.
Guess who said this in 2004: "Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved"
Who was the tech exec that made this overconfident claim 20 years ago?
The Lighthouse lawsuit is Google's boldest move yet against organized cybercrime
The billion dollar phishing business just got too big for email filters
Scammers are stealing indie games and selling them on Steam
Steam appears to lack a proper vetting process to prevent this kind of abuse
Fake math-puzzle event becomes one of Facebook's most-viewed posts
Do you know the answer?
In a nutshell: There's a simple reason why you see so many baity Facebook posts that have headlines like "only for geniuses," or "only people with high IQs will get this": they attract a lot of engagement. One of them, for a fake competition that supposedly took place last year, has been one of the platform's most popular posts over the last 6 months.
Sophisticated bot uses OpenAI to bypass filters, flooding over 80,000 websites with spam
AkiraBot exploits contact forms and live chat widgets with "personalized" messages
Jeep's annoying pop-up nags you to buy an extended warranty at every stop sign
Jeep says the "glitch" has been fixed
Rookie robocallers impersonate FCC, accidentally target actual FCC employees
Massive $4.5 million fine for the service provider that facilitated the calls
Chrome extensions are abusing Google's lousy security policies to come first in search results
Leveraging manipulative tactics to push extensions
Gmail may soon receive "email alias" feature to combat unsolicited mail
For now, the option is still hidden within Google's latest Android code
The Zero Click Internet
The internet is undergoing the biggest change since its inception. It's huge. And there is no going back. The web is changing into the Zero Click Internet, and it will change everything.
Google's AI-powered search can recommend malicious sites, including scams and malware
The incredible power of AI
Google updates Search to fight low-quality spammy content, doesn't mention "AI" at all
An effort to neutralize "emerging tactics" designed to game search results
A hot potato: While we wait for the global revolution that AI algorithms will surely bring, Google is trying to survive the incoming spam-apocalypse enabled by automatic content generation at scale. The company is seemingly improving web search with more stringent rules against meaningless web pages, but their track record for the past few years is far from positive.
New study confirms the obvious, search results are only getting worse
The top search results for product reviews are increasingly spammy as the algorithm gets gamed
Google will introduce one-tap "Unsubscribe" in Gmail for Android
Making life easier for end users and harder for spammers
Gmail wants to win the war on junk mail, adds AI spam detection
Spammers beware, Gmail is now "smarter"
Google's new spam rules pushes mass email senders to include an unsubscribe button
There are also new rules regarding authentication and spam limits
Experian slapped by the DoJ for sending spam emails with no opt out
Despite the settlement, the company still denies any wrongdoing
The Pirate Bay restores new user registrations, with a twist
The torrent indexing service is expecting a flood of new applications
New FCC ruling sends mobile carriers a very real message about stopping robospam texts
Carriers are now required to block messages from illegitimate numbers