Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Spam not going anywhere anytime soon Although pharmaceutical spam saw a decline, spam in general continues to threaten enterprises by targeting employees and challenging network performance
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Hackers, spammers to target Facebook Messages Addition of e-mail to inbox, Koobface-hijacked accounts lead concerns by security pros
Friday, May 28, 2010
Kudos for anti-spam bill, concern over PIPEDA changes Experts welcome the re-introduction of the federal anti-spam bill. But they've got serious reservations about proposed changes to Canada’s privacy law
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Psychology, spam! and exclamation points Symantec finds 5 out of the 6 most commonly used words in spam have exclamation points. These punctuation marks activate the human alarm system – speeding up brain processes and exaggerating judgment calls, according a social psychology professor at Utrecht.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Ottawa finally announces anti-malware legislation Canadian-based offenders could face fines of up to $10 million. However, an industry analyst doubts the law on its own will have much effect on most people's inboxes
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
McAfee: It’s not green to push the ‘delete spam’ button A recent report by McAfee Inc. says the act of deleting spam and searching for legitimate e-mail has a negative impact on the environment, equivalent to 3.1 million passenger cars using 2 billion gallons of gasoline annually. One analyst said the end user is the wrong target
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Conficker's first scam Using one of the oldest tricks in the book, Conficker C downloads a fake antivirus program called Spyware Protect 2009 and hits victims for $49.95 a pop
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Srizbi botnet active again Back from the dead. The zombie computers of one of the world's largest botnets have sprung back to life barely two weeks after the network was reported to have been shut down
Monday, November 24, 2008
Facebook wins $873 million suit against spammer Spammers set up bogus Facebook pages to harvest user login details
Thursday, November 22, 2007
New Microsoft IM will feature SPIM reporting Microsoft's next version of its instant messenger application will have a new security feature to report users who send unsolicited messages, known as SPIM (spam over IM). 
Thursday, October 04, 2007
France kicks off nationwide spam fight France is hoping to shut down spammers more quickly through a system that makes it easier for users to notify ISPs (Internet service providers) when unsolicited e-mails are coming from their network. 
Sunday, July 22, 2007
US, China top Sophos list of spam-relaying countries Sophos Thursday released its global statistics naming and shaming the Dirty Dozen spam relaying countries with the U.S. and China sharing the number one position from April to June 2007. 
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Why isn't Singapore caning spammers? Not that I believe in caning spammers, mind you, at least not in the literal sense (if we’re talking figuratively, well, no punishment is too harsh).
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Is spammer king arrest a pyrrhic victory? Full marks to the feds for nabbing Robert Alan Soloway, alleged Spam King, but there's still a long, long way to go in the war against spam
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
China’s spam output fell dramatically, while U.S.’s did not, report says The amount of spam pumping out of China dropped precipitously in the first three months of 2007, security vendor Sophos PLC reported Wednesday
Monday, March 12, 2007
Free domain names like fuel to malware fire Cheap or free registration of new domain names drives the growth in Web sites used for spamming or hosting malicious software, according to research from McAfee.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Wikipedia open-source search engine hopes to rival Google, Yahoo Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is targeting the fourth quarter of this year for the unveiling of an open-source search engine that he hopes could challenge the dominance of market-leaders Google and Yahoo.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Court ruling may spark 'constitutional crisis' for Internet Internet experts are worried that a U.S. court decision against antispam black-lister Spamhaus Project Ltd. could trigger a "constitutional crisis" for the Internet. 
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Spamhaus turns blind eye to U.S. court ruling A prominent spam research organization based in London will ignore a US$11.7 million judgment against it by a U.S. federal judge since it can't be enforced in the U.K.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Latest 'dirty dozen' spam sending countries revealed The U.S. still tops the list of the top 12 spam relaying countries, according to a report by Sophos, a provider of integrated threat management products. However, the US has made significant reductions and for the first time accounts for less than a quarter of all spam. 
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
US still tops 'dirty dozen' spam-sending nations The U.S. still tops the list of the top 12 spam relaying countries, according to a report by Sophos, a provider of integrated threat management products. However, the US has made significant reductions and for the first time accounts for less than a quarter of all spam.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Joining forces to send spammers a message Dealing with spam can be quite a daunting task.
While spam filters are a common antidote there's always the risk of legitimate e-mails getting deleted along with the spurious and...
Thursday, June 23, 2005
security expert McAfee Inc. researchers are forecasting a new type of security headache for IT departments to deal with known as SPIT storms. SPIT (spam over Internet telephony) is an emerging threat that will likely materialize within the next year or two, said Jimmy Kuo, fellow for the McAfee Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (AVERT). “It can happen today because all the technology is there. Spammers can spoof caller ID numbers. That’s the thing that will enable VoIP spam.”
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Manager, alphaWorks New technology from IBM Corp. is designed to stop spam by identifying the Internet domain it came from, and can help spot online scams such as phishing attacks and e-mail spoofing. The company Tuesday announced the release of FairUCE, or "Fair use of Unsolicited Commercial Email" for the company's alphaWorks advanced technology program, citing a newly released IBM survey that found spam is 76 per cent of all e-mail and may cost U.S. companies US$17 billion to fight this year. 
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Spammers get spammed Ever wanted to respond to those spammers and annoy them back? Ask them the details of their incredible investment opportunities? Correct them on what body parts are too large and too small? Explain why you don’t need V*i*a*g*r*a?