Here is a great video I found on YouTube. He gives a great overview of how to protect yourself from spam and explains things in an easy to understand way. No technobabble here! If there is one thing...

Mail-Filters.com, a company that offers OEM anti-spam products, released a report today that found spammers are escalating their usage of redirection tactics to get around spam filters. Users who...

When you get a spam message you probably think it came from some far away country. Russia perhaps, or maybe China. With the CAN-SPAM act many people assume spammers here in the U.S. don't have a...

DirectRevenue/Best Offers, a company notorious for using underhanded tactics to get its spyware on millions of computers, has gone out of business. The company was also known for its use of aggressive...

We're back! If you tried to visit us earlier today, you may have noticed that IGotSpam was down for awhile. It seems one of the network's hosters went dead, causing server issues for us and...

A serious security hole has been found in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat programs. The hole allows an attacker to execute a code within either program that allows them to take over the users computer....

According to a report from The Guardian, a new version of the infamous "Storm" worm is on the horizon. The original worm was released in January, sent via email with the subject line...

For the second time in just over a month, hackers have hit Skype. This time they are distributing a piece of malware called "Skype Defender". It's being distributed almost exactly like...

Protecting yourself and your computer from spam and malware has become a full time job these days. Fortunately, there are a few simple things you can do to keep your computer safe and your email...

Spammers continue to find new and increasingly annoying ways to get their ads to us. First there was ordinary old email spam, then instant message spam, chat room spam bots, text message spam, and now...

According to a report by Commtouch, global spam levels hit an all time high of 95% of all emails sent during the third quarter of this year. Image spam has decreased in favor of new types of spam like...

In what appears to be the newest way to deliver spam, stock tip spammers have begun distributing MP3's that trick users in downloading what they think are tracks from artists like Elvis, Britney...

A California based Internet affiliate advertiser has reached a settlement with the Washington State Attorney General. HoanVinh V. Nguyenphuoc, owner of FixWinReg, was accused of violating the states...

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit against several individuals in an attempt to Block Spam touting weight loss and anti aging remedies. The suit alleges that Bruce Parker and Lisa...

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ - The consensus of speakers at the just-concluded Real Security Summit is that the future of credit card payments depends on systems that remove useable card data stored...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Two men have been sentenced to more than five years in prison for organizing and running an international pornographic spamming business that grossed...

Presidential Candidate Duncan Hunter's website was hacked last week. Duncan is a Republican Congressman from California, and last week visitors to his website were greeted by anti-iraq war images...

Last week the US General Services Administration, which oversees government websites, shut down California's domain name after a hacker was able to reroute incoming traffic to cal.gov sites to a...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ - Taking aim at the bot and zombie malware that turns unsuspecting user's computers into dangerous spam and identity theft networks, MAAWG has issued the first...

Spammers have taken over YouTube's "Invite Your Friends" feature and are using it to send out large amounts of spam. The messages look like they are coming from...

According to Information Week, 4 out out 5 infected spam messages last month were sent by hackers promising nude pics of actress Angelina Jolie. Unsuspecting users who fell for the spam got themselves...