Tag: esp
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Using Mailchimp makes malware campaigns a little bit more successful
Sending one email is easy. Sending thousands or millions of emails is hard: one effect of the anti-spam infrastructure we have collectively built is that the process of sending email scales very badly (even for those who only send legitimate messages). This is why companies tend to outsource their mail delivery operations to email service…
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Using Mailchimp makes malware campaigns a little bit more successful
Sending one email is easy. Sending thousands or millions of emails is hard: one effect of the anti-spam infrastructure we have collectively built is that the process of sending email scales very badly (even for those who only send legitimate messages). This is why companies tend to outsource their mail delivery operations to email service…
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E-marketing companies compromised to send spam
Fake order confirmations contain malicious links. Spammers have gained access to the accounts of email service providers (ESPs) and used them to send out fake order confirmation spam with links leading to malware. The systems of ESPs are a popular target among spammers: they contain a large number of email addresses and other personal information…
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Major email service provider suffers data breach
Financial institutions among affected customers. Email service provider Epsilon , which carries out email marketing for many major companies, has admitted it has fallen victim to a targeted attack where hackers obtained some customer data. In a press release on its website, the Dallas, TX, based company plays down the attack, saying it affected approximately…