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by Sue Walsh on October 06, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Marcela BarsseThe growing financial crisis may lead to an even sharper rise in malicious spam as scammers exploit the grim headlines and prey on worried consumers....
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by Sue Walsh on September 15, 2008
5812863 Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Brandon RoseJust when you thought spammers had thought of everything, the FBI is warning that a particularly disturbing spammer is back. Called the Hit Man...
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by Sue Walsh on September 12, 2008
Here is a video from Black Hat 2008 that provides an update on the infamous Storm Worm and it's botnet.......
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by Sue Walsh on August 15, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Peeter ViisimaaA new wave of spam appears to be exploiting the Georgia/Russia conflict and has a decidedly pro-Russia slant. According to a report in ComputerWorld, the...
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by Sue Walsh on August 04, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrew DernieSpammers targeting blogs have come up with a new technique. According to an article on NetworkWorld.com, they are now paying people to post for them. The...
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by Sue Walsh on July 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, christine balderasSpam King Edward Davidson was found dead at his home just days after forcing his wife to help him escape from the minimum security prison where he was...
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by Sue Walsh on July 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, jesse KarjalainenNotorious spammer Robert Alan Soloway is facing 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count each of mail fraud, email fraud, and tax evasion....
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by Sue Walsh on July 10, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Björn Kindler The Storm Worm's latest campaign wants you to believe the U.S has invaded Iran. Its newest spam messages spread malware using the following text:...
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by Sue Walsh on July 05, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5721884Popular anti-spam vendor AVG has come under fire for it's Link Scanner feature, which offers real time scanning of search engine results for suspect...
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by Sue Walsh on July 03, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Pali Rao We've all gotten at least one in our inbox-an email from a foreign aristocrat of some sort, begging for your help in getting their multi million dollar...
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by Sue Walsh on June 28, 2008
Here's a great documentary from SophosLabs that examines botnets from the inside out. Very interesting stuff!......
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by Sue Walsh on June 26, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Konstantin InozemtsevThe FTC has made some key changes to the can-spam law: 1. Senders can now use a P.O. Box as their physical address. 2. Nonprofits are now required...
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by Sue Walsh on June 21, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6251275Symantec has issued a warning about two new types of spam hitting the net. The first takes advantage of the disaster victims in China and myanmar. It...
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by Sue Walsh on June 20, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Clint Spencer The Storm Worm is back folks. That's right. The monster botnet security experts and researchers thought was dead has roared back to life. In the last...
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by Sue Walsh on June 16, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, christine balderasMySpace has won yet another lawsuit against a spammer. This time it was an affiliate network called Media Breakaway and it's CEO, Scott Richter....
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by Sue Walsh on June 13, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Steve Dibblee The FTC made changes to the can-spam act and at least one of them is a boon to spammers. The new rules regarding the required opt-out feature now dictate...
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by Sue Walsh on June 09, 2008
A new wave of phishing spam is hitting the net. This time, it's targeting victims of Internet fraud. The emails. which claim to be from the UK Government and Internet Crime Complaint Center,...
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by Sue Walsh on May 31, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 4598913Researchers at the School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Englandm, have announced they've successfully cracked Microsoft's CAPTCHA...
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by Sue Walsh on May 30, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Rich Legg U.S. and Romanian authorities have busted an international phishing scheme that is responsible for the theft of thousands of credit and debit card numbers. 40...
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by Sue Walsh on May 29, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Yong Hian Lim Yahoo has filed suit against a group of scammers. The spam mails claimed the recipent had won a lottery run by Yahoo. In reality there is no Yahoo...
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by Sue Walsh on May 24, 2008
© Yong Hian Lim The FBI has issued a warning about a new spam attack. The spams, which are phishing attempts are designed to look like official correspondence from the IRS. Here is their official...
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by Sue Walsh on May 22, 2008
© Felix Möckel Blogger, Adsense, and Google's mail servers weren't enough. Now spammers have moved on and hit Google Docs as well. MessageLabs senior anti-spam technologist explains:...
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