Mar 04
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, hardware, networks, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
We don’t need no stinking exploits
Security penetration testers Mike Bailey and Mike Murray rely plenty on attacks that exploit weaknesses in websites and servers, but their approach is better summed up by the famous phrase “There’s a sucker born every minute.”…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
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Hacking human gullibility with social penetration
Mar 02
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Hive minds vs bot herders
Innovations in botnet technology threaten the usefulness of honeypots, one of the main ways to study how bot herders control networks of zombie PCs.…
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Zombie tactics threaten to poison honeypots
Jan 13
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Venerable magazine to adopt less suggestive title
Venerable Canadian publication The Beaver has been obliged to change its name after prudish spam filters objected to its suggestive title.…
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Spam filters stuff Canadian Beaver
Dec 23
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, hardware, networks, physics, police, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, space, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Fake blog posts spamvertise knock-off pills
Cybercrime affiliates of unlicensed pharmaceutical websites have begun moving on from attacks purely designed to poison Google search engine results, and are now targetting Microsoft’s web properties.…
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Pharma link spammers invade Live Space
Nov 24
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, here, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, sc09-show-wrap, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Godfather of spam sent down
Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky has been jailed for more than four years over his role in a masterminding a stock fraud spam campaign that made him an estimated $2.7m.…
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Ralsky jailed for four years over stock fraud spam scam
Nov 10
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, feeds, hardware, india-and-brazil, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
High-speed broadband allows worldwide miscreanting
A new generation of spammers is rising up in regions such as Asia Pacific, Japan, and South America, and beginning to outstrip their North American counterparts in junk mail output.…
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Next generation spammers rise up in Asia, India and Brazil
Nov 06
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
GFI confirms purchase of reputation service
GFI Software has confirmed the purchase of sometimes controversial spam blocklist provider SORBS for a reported $451,000.…
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Controversial email blocklist SORBS sold
Nov 02
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Herbal King dethroned
A gang of notorious spammers from Christchurch, New Zealand have been hit with fines in the first prosecution under the country’s anti-spam laws.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Notorious Kiwi pill spammers slapped with fine
Oct 30
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Expects to receive almost nothing
Facebook has been awarded $711 million in damages against the infamous junk mail merchant, Sanford “Spamford” Wallace, who gained access to numerous accounts on the social website and sent phony messages to their friends.…
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Facebook awarded $711m in ‘Spamford’ Wallace case
Oct 12
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, crime, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Italy praised and UK shamed over enforcement
The European Commission is calling on tougher action to fight spammers and protect online privacy.…
What is your recession sales strategy?
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Telecoms reform tabled as EU plots spam clampdown
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