January 27th, 2011 → 7:43 am @ John P Mello Jr
Subscribers to the Trapster service may be able to avoid speed traps while driving their cars but they may not be able to avoid spammers when operating their computers. That’s because some 10 million users of the service may have had their email addresses compromised.
In a letter sent to its users last Thursday, the service [...]
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Have 10 million Trapster users been exposed to spammers?
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January 25th, 2011 → 12:11 pm @ Paul Mah
There used to be a time when spam was limited to electronic mails. Well, this type of spam still exists, though the use of modern filtering techniques to block them from the inbox means that they are far less effective today. In addition, the use of cloud-based filtering has also made identification (and blacklisting) of [...]
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The Changing Face of Spam and How to Protect Yourself from Them
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January 24th, 2011 → 2:45 am @ Sue Walsh
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Virgin Blue guilty of violating the country’s anti-spam laws. The agency said their investigation found that the company sent over 10,000 emails over a 2 month period to customers who had requested to be removed from their mailing list. According to the Spam Act, companies are required [...]
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January 21st, 2011 → 6:37 am @ Sue Walsh
The Rustock botnet has roared back to life after its holiday vacation. Researchers detected the sleeping giant’s return on January 10th when global spam volumes increased by 98% in just 24 hours.
The botnet, which went through some rough times last fall when its supporting organization shut down, quietly slipped under the radar over the holiday [...]
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Rustock Botnet Roars Back to Life
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January 19th, 2011 → 4:51 am @ Sue Walsh
Worldwide spam levels dropped a surprising 30% between September and December. Experts aren’t sure why, but some say the recent events that hit the giant Rustock botnet and several others may be to blame.
Rustock was decimated when the affiliate network that powered it was shut down, its mastermind arrested, and its command and control servers [...]
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Worldwide Spam Levels Mysteriously Drop Over Christmas
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January 17th, 2011 → 9:00 am @ John P Mello Jr
As all spam fighters know, the enemy’s prime vehicle for choking the Internet with junk mail is the botnet. Those networks of hijacked personal computers are used for a variety of mischief. Not only do they pump out spam, but their computer clients steal confidential information, propagate malware and deny access to Internet services.
Over the [...]
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Want to really study botnets? Build your own
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January 13th, 2011 → 2:52 pm @ Sue Walsh
Sometimes, no matter how compliant you are with the CAN-SPAM Act and how careful you are with your bulk mailings to customers, you’ll find yourself blacklisted. These lists come from several sources and ISPs generally subscribe to one or more.
Domains are generally blacklisted if high volumes of spam or suspicious activity are detected as coming [...]
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5 Tips For Getting Off and Staying Off Blacklists
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January 12th, 2011 → 5:09 pm @ Sue Walsh
A California court has ruled that domain registrars cannot be held responsible for spammers who make their info private via Whois services.
The decision was the result of a lawsuit filed against Tucows by Daniel Balsam. Balsam had previously sued a spammer who sent him over 1,000 porn emails and won a default judgment of over [...]
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January 7th, 2011 → 5:48 am @ Sue Walsh
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service, which allows companies and individuals to use crowdsourcing to get small, repetitive tasks completed for little money, appears to be a giant spam machine according to Fast Company.
The magazine took a close look at the system and found that over 30% of task requesters were offering spam related tasks. These tasks [...]
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Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Service May Be Little More Than A Giant Spam Machine
January 4th, 2011 → 6:00 am @ Sue Walsh
Researchers have discovered a new web attack that exploits CMS and SSH to embed a module on to legit webpages, most of them .edu sites that aren’t updated often. These sites appear perfectly normal but if you do a search for a site and add the keyword Viagra, the site pops up, and when the [...]
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