Spam and phishing in 2025

The year in figures 44.99% of all emails sent worldwide and 43.27% of all emails sent in the Russian web segment were spam 32.50% of all spam emails were sent from Russia Kaspersky Mail Anti-Virus blocked 144,722,674 malicious email attachments Our Anti-Phishing system thwarted 554,002,207 attemp...

A week in security (May 6 – May 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Dell notifies customers about data breach DocGo patient health data stolen in cyberattack Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams Tracing what went wrong in 2012 for today’s teens, with Dr. Jean Twenge: Lock and Code S04E10 Last week on ThreatDown:...

Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams

Ticket scams are very common and apparently hard to stop. When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts to accommodate all the fans that desperately want to be there, it makes for ideal hunting grounds for scammers. With a ticket scam, you pay for a ticket and you either don’t receiv...

Ticket scammers target Taylor Swift tour

Taylor Swift fans are being warned to be cautious when buying tickets for her current "Eras" tour, with scammers waiting in the wings to trick would-be gig goers. The Better Business Bureau says it has received somewhere in the region of 200 complaints from residents of Michigan, and theres bound...