Infoblox Threat Intel<p>After three years of relentless tracking, we’ve published a [paper](<a href="https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/vextrios-origin-story-from-spam-to-scam-to-adtech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.infoblox.com/threat-inte</span><span class="invisible">lligence/vextrios-origin-story-from-spam-to-scam-to-adtech/</span></a>) that, for the first time, exposes the true identities behind VexTrio. This research connects real names to the various companies that form the VexTrio ecosystem. It begins with the origin story—how a group of Italians launched a successful spam and dating business. Over time, VexTrio expanded its operations into malicious adtech and online scams. For over a decade, the group employed deceptive tactics to defraud countless innocent internet users. These illegitimate gains funded the extravagant lifestyles of VexTrio’s key figures—who, despite increasing scrutiny, have yet to be fully stopped.</p><p>We’re deeply grateful to all the contributors who helped us reach this research milestone, especially <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@rmceoin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rmceoin</span></a></span> and Tord from [Qurium](<a href="https://www.qurium.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">qurium.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threatintel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/threatintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threatintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infoblox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infoblox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infobloxthreatintel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infobloxthreatintel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/maliciousadtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maliciousadtech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/affiliates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>affiliates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/notifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notifications</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pushnotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushnotifications</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tds</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trafficdistributionsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficdistributionsystem</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belarus</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dating</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/clickallow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clickallow</span></a></p>
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Chee Aun 🤔<p>Interesting… but why is this at the browser level instead of OS level? 🤔 <a href="https://blog.chromium.org/2025/05/fighting-unwanted-notifications-with.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.chromium.org/2025/05/figh</span><span class="invisible">ting-unwanted-notifications-with.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> Gave Governments Data on Thousands of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a> </p><p>… sent to its devices, which can identify a target’s specific device or in some cases include <a href="https://mas.to/tags/unencrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unencrypted</span></a> content like the actual text displayed in the notification, according to data published by Apple. In one case, that Apple did not ultimately provide data for, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> demanded data related to nearly 700 push <a href="https://mas.to/tags/notifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notifications</span></a> as part of a single request.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/apple-gave-governments-data-on-thousands-of-push-notifications/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/apple-gave-governm</span><span class="invisible">ents-data-on-thousands-of-push-notifications/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@arianvp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arianvp</span></a></span> and this is why you don't use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a> and espechally not <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> which <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>can, has and will snitch on users!</em></a></p><ul><li>Compare that to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a> which even as a provider has 0 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> and people can use their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> without being shackled to their servives and even <em>if</em> people do there is no way for them to extract tue private keys in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME *unless one explicitly allows them!</li></ul>
Flipboard<p>Matt Taylor began to feel like he was getting too many push notifications from the BBC News app, so he decided to investigate how these alerts work, how they differ around the world, and what clues you can pick up about media trends from them. So he downloaded 61 international news apps on an old phone, signed up for push notifications on all of them, and then used ChatGPT to build a script that uploads their text to a server and a Bluesky page. NiemanLab talked to him about what he learned. We want to know: What's your perspective on push notifications for news?</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/nPbr5Z" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/nPbr5Z</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MediaIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a></p>
S1m<p>🤯 🤯</p><ul><li>I've ported UnifiedPush to Firefox, so it can receive background notifications using the service you want, specially useful for PWA (installable web application)</li><li>ntfy provides a PWA</li><li>So I can receive ntfy notifications with their PWA through any push service, for instance using Sunup :D</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnifiedPush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnifiedPush</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PWA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ntfy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ntfy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a></p>
Pierre Jiji<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>apps</span></a></span> <br>I'm using the F-droid latest version of fedilab app. In conjonction with Sunup for the push notifications.<br>I'm running android 11 on a Redmi Note 8t device.</p><p>A I am wondering if I need to grant notifications for both the applications or if I can can just grant fedilab?</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/fedilab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedilab</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/pushnotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushnotifications</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/notifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notifications</span></a></p>
UnifiedPush<p>*How secure is UnifiedPush?*</p><p>It’s a legitimate question that comes up from time to time. While the question is fairly short, the answer requires a few details. Behind the question of security, it’s also often about privacy.</p><p><a href="https://unifiedpush.org/news/20250513_push_security_privacy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unifiedpush.org/news/20250513_</span><span class="invisible">push_security_privacy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UnifiedPush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnifiedPush</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FCM</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
pixelfed<p>Pixelfed Admins: Our official iOS app does support Push Notifications, but you need to register first!</p><p><a href="https://docs.pixelfed.org/running-pixelfed/push-notifications.html#instance-approval-and-api-key-requirement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.pixelfed.org/running-pixe</span><span class="invisible">lfed/push-notifications.html#instance-approval-and-api-key-requirement</span></a></p><p>(Android Push Notifications are coming soon)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushNotifications</span></a></p>
Yehor 🇺🇦<p>Tried Ice Cubes today instead of official <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> iOS app. It’s nice. It loads all images and link previews )) I had issues with that in the official app. But most important, I need to check push notifications. So please, comment something. Thanks!<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ios</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IceCubes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IceCubes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pushnotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushnotifications</span></a></p>
pixelfed<p>We are working on adding Push Notification support to our official Android app!</p><p>Want to learn how your Pixelfed server can signup for this?</p><p><a href="https://docs.pixelfed.org/running-pixelfed/push-notifications.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.pixelfed.org/running-pixe</span><span class="invisible">lfed/push-notifications.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushNotifications</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><tinfoil hat></p><p>Is Android suppressing notifications from apps that don't use its push notification servers by design, rather than through neglect of nonstandard UX?</p><p></tinfoil hat></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Goggle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goggle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a></p>
pixelfed<p>You love to see it ✨</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushNotifications</span></a></p>
pixelfed<p>Push Notifications</p><p>Arriving to your server, soon ✨</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushNotifications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mobileApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobileApp</span></a></p>
pixelfed<p>We are working on push notification support for our official apps!</p><p>- {username} followed you<br>- {username} liked your post<br>- {username} commented on your post<br>- {username} sent a DM<br>- {username} requested to follow you<br>... and a few more ✨</p><p>This will be rolling out later this weekend across our servers (pixelfed.social and .art) and on other servers where available.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushNotifications</span></a></p>
pixelfed<p>We're setting up Push Notifications for our mobile app, you may notice requests to push.pixelfed.net, this is why!</p><p>We may add support for other apps in the future, but for now they will be limited to the official app.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pushNotifications</span></a></p>
loopsHappy Friday! <br>
<br>
We added Push Notifications to our app, we're hoping to onboard a few of you this weekend! 🥳<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Loops?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Loops</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LoopsBeta?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LoopsBeta</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PushNotifications?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PushNotifications</a>
David Libeau<p>Apple updated its Legal Process Guidelines asking a warrant to disclose <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/pushnotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pushnotifications</span></a> data <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/apple-push-notifications-government-warrant/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/appl</span><span class="invisible">e-push-notifications-government-warrant/</span></a></p>
David Libeau<p>This week, Reuters released a letter of US senator Wyden about push notification. (One of my blog post was also cited)<br />Now Edward Snowden describe push notifications as "privacy-hostile design" on X.com.<br />Happy to see a wider awareness rising about this!<br /><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/technology/cyberse</span><span class="invisible">curity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/</span></a><br /><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/PushNotifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PushNotifications</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a></p>
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