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
Dec 17
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, made-of-win, networks, Phishing, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Alleged anti-social behaviour provokes lawsuit
Facebook has launched lawsuits against a trio of alleged high profile hijackers and spammers.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
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Facebook sues social network spammers
Dec 15
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, made-of-win, networks, Phishing, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Busy bees reveal a hive of junk mail activity
Stats from the one billion spam messages blocked by Project Honey Pot over the last five years provide an insight into junk mail trends and spamming practices.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
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Honeynet research lifts the lid on spam trends
Dec 01
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, feeds, hardware, made-of-win, networks, Phishing, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Test suggests collaboration is the way to fight the wrong’uns
The combined efforts of anti-spam products outperform any individual products alone, according to an experiment by Virus Bulletin, the independent security certification organisation.…
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Anti-spammers urged to gang up
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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