#SpamDetection

New Phishing Kit Xiū gǒu Targets Users Across Five Countries With 2,000 Fake Sites

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November 1, 2024 at 12:57AM Cybersecurity researchers have revealed the Xiū gǒu phishing kit, used in campaigns targeting multiple countries since September 2024. Over 2,000 phishing sites have been identified, exploiting RCS messages for scams. Google is enhancing protections against such attacks, while Cisco Talos reports ongoing phishing efforts targeting businesses, including OpenAI impersonation scams. … Read more

Microsoft warns Gmail blocks some Outlook email as spam, shares fix

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April 2, 2024 at 06:16PM Some Outlook.com users are facing issues with emails being blocked and marked as spam when sending to Gmail accounts. This affects users with Outlook.com country domains, leading to suspicious message alerts from Gmail. Microsoft advises impacted users to add an Outlook.com alias to address this issue. Google suggests reviewing new … Read more

Google Unveils RETVec – Gmail’s New Defense Against Spam and Malicious Emails

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November 30, 2023 at 08:30AM Google launched RETVec, a multilingual text vectorizer to enhance Gmail’s detection of harmful content such as spam and phishing emails. RETVec counters evasion tactics like typos or homoglyphs and supports over 100 languages. It improved spam detection by 38%, reduced false positives, and cut computational costs. Here are the key … Read more

Google’s RETVec Open Source Text Vectorizer Bolsters Malicious Email Detection

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November 30, 2023 at 06:06AM Google’s new RETVec, a multilingual text vectorizer, has improved Gmail’s spam detection by 38%, reducing false positives/negatives while enhancing performance. RETVec, efficient and resilient, requires no text preprocessing, works with all languages, and is now open source with a tutorial available. Takeaways from the Meeting Notes: 1. Google has developed … Read more