South African ISPs Release Spammer Hall of Shame

April 30th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  In an effort to fight spam, the Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) has been maintaining a Spam Hall of Fame. Started in 2008, the list is regularly updated, and last month 64 spammers and 34 email …

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April Spam Roundup

April 27th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Here’s a look at the top spam headlines for April. As usual, new spam and phishing attacks are being unleashed almost daily. New Phishing Campaign Targets Military Members: http://www.spamfighter.com/News-17663-Fresh-Phishing-Campaign-Involving-Spoofed-E-mails-to-Military-Members.htm UCLA Hit With Spam Attack for Fake Social Network: http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/it-neutralizes-email-scam-for-232340.aspx Street …

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Are More Anti-Spam Laws Needed?

April 25th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Jeff Orloff

There are some laws on the books that make absolutely no sense. For example, a law in Salt Lake County, Utah makes it illegal to carry a violin in a paper bag while you are walking down the street. But …

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Show Me the Money: The Economic Realities of Spam

April 24th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Malcolm James

We all know it and we all hate it. Some of us scream and kick and some of us mutter epithets under our breath. We spend inordinate amounts of time managing it and scads of money on spam filters in …

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India Tops the Spam Dirty Dozen List

April 23rd, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  According to a new study by Sophos on spam volumes over the first quarter of 2012, India is now the king of spam. One out of every 10 emails sent originates from India-based IP addresses. This time last year, the United …

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New Spam Campaign Features Fake AT&T Bills

April 20th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  AT&T Wireless is being brandjacked by spammers in a new phishing campaign. The messages are made to look like billing notifications from the cellular provider, and tell the recipient they have a balance due of $1000 or more. They …

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Gmail Is Winning the War on Spam

April 18th, 2012 → 9:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  Back in February, Microsoft hosted a competition to see which web-based email service had the best spam filtering technology. Surprisingly, their own Hotmail service, which struggled with a poor reputation for years as spammers flocked to it, came in first, …

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A Look At Spam’s Numbers

April 17th, 2012 → 9:21 am @ Jeff Orloff

Stopping spam is no easy task, but it is absolutely necessary. Not only is spam responsible for countless hours of lost, unproductive time but it has become one of the primary means cybercriminals use to deliver malware to their victims. …

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A Look At Spam’s Numbers

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So Cute! So Devious!

April 16th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Malcolm James

It’s been common knowledge for some time now that spammers have not gone away, no matter how much numbers have declined since the unceremonious nuking of the likes of Rustock. If we’ve noticed any trend worth reporting, it’s that spammers, …

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Spam Still Struggling to Recover from Rustock Takedown

April 12th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  Just over a year ago, a team of Microsoft security researchers and U.S. Marshalls did what some considered impossible. They took down Rustock, one of the largest botnets ever. At it’s peak it controlled over a million infected machines …

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Spam Still Struggling to Recover from Rustock Takedown

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