Internet Abuse is a wide and sensitive subject and includes criminal activities ranging from child pornography to spam. Currently our data does not publish additional information, such as types (example: phishing) or time (example: recurring criminal activity) and users of our data has to rely on one of three public sources: dnsbl.ascams.com block.ascams.com and superblock.ascams.com)… Read More
The FBI updated and posted: Booter and Stresser Services Increase the Scale and Frequency of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Criminal actors offer distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services in criminal forums and marketplaces. These DDoS-for-hire services, also known as booters or stressers, are leveraged by malicious cyber actors, pranksters, and/or hacktivists to conduct largescale… Read More
Federal authorities are issuing warnings to potential donors wishing to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey that unscrupulous scammers may set up shop in the storm’s wake. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) this week warned that phishing scams and bogus e-mail solicitations may target potential givers. US-CERT warned… Read More