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Ten Nigerian Spammers Charged

US federal prosecutors have charged ten Nigerians spammers with stealing over $1.5 million from victims across the United States. The alleged ringleader of the group is Claudio Uche Dibe, who is only …

Crowdsourced Software To Stop Spam

In the western world, receiving a spam text message is a minor annoyance, but in developing countries like India it is a huge problem. It is estimated that 100 million spam messages are sent in that c…

Spammers Look to Smart phones as an Easy Target

Malware is growing at a ridiculous pace of 46% year over year, and smart phones have become the prime target of hackers and spammers the world over, according to McAfee's latest Threats Report.

Facebook Attacked By Spammers

Individuals all over the world are using Facebook to connect with friends and family all over the world. A recent report however has found that Facebook users would like to stop spam that has been hug…

Spammers Hit It Big During Shopping Holiday Season

During the busiest seasons of the year, such as the one coming up, are the times where spammers go all out. A recent report by Google has found that during the holiday shopping season, more individual…

Beware of Spam On Ping Server

The launch of Apple's Ping music social network has come with a range of viruses and spam, which have led consumers unhappy with the service. It has only been a few days since the much anticipated…

‘Here You Have’ Virus: Still Wrecking Inboxes

Like me, it has probably happened to you a lot of times…you get emails from your friends (sometimes people you don't know) with nothing on it but just some suspicious link.

In the old days, r…

Economic Crisis May Lead to Increase in Scams

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. Troub…

Hitman Spammer Returns

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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 Spamm…

Update on the Storm Botnet

Here is a video from Black Hat 2008 that provides an update on the infamous Storm Worm and it's botnet.