Spam

Dutch ISP Hits Spamhaus With Police Complaints

A Dutch ISP has filed two police complaints against Spamhaus, telling eWEEK Europe that its CEO is "nuts"

13 years ago

Microsoft Tweaks Hotmail To Target Email Clutter

Microsoft is targeting so-called 'Graymail' (including spam) with a number of new Hotmail features

13 years ago

Microsoft Court Order Shuts Down Kelihos Botnet

Microsoft continues to wage war with botnets after gaining a court order to take down Kelihos

13 years ago

Study: Spammers Hacking Legitimate Marketing Platforms

Spammers are using marketing firms' resources to make their malicious messages cleverer

13 years ago

Spam Hits Pre-Rustock Takedown Levels

A spam outbreak is hitting levels not seen since Rustock was disabled in March, according to Commtouch

13 years ago

FBI Arrests Facebook Spam King

Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace has turned himself in to the FBI after a July indictment in the US

13 years ago

Microsoft Offers Bounty For Rustock Operators

Microsoft has offered $250,000 for information leading to the conviction of the Rustock botnet's operators

13 years ago

IronPort Update Targets Spear Phishing Attacks

Cisco has updated IronPort to protect users from targeted attacks such as spear phishing emails

13 years ago

Google Spams Google+ Users After Disk Overload

Full disks resulted in Google+ users getting multiple notifications - a bad start for the vaunted Facebook killer

13 years ago

Rustock Botnet Size Halved Since Server Takedown

Microsoft released the latest statistics for the crippled Rustock spam server it helped to take down in March

13 years ago

Viruses Rise In May While Spam Levels Off

Email-borne malware and viruses showed a big increase in May while overall spam volumes remained flat

13 years ago

Illegal Spam Firms Run Like Legitimate Businesses

Spam operations are run like legal business enterprises and rely on banks’ merchant services to function

13 years ago

Seized Rustock Servers Reveal Compromised Emails

Microsoft forensic experts have uncovered 400,000 email addresses from seized Rustock servers

14 years ago

Canada Becomes Second-Largest Malware Source

Canada's clean cyber climate appears to be attracting the malware criminals, says Websense

14 years ago

Malicious Web Activity Declined In April, Says Symantec

Symantec.cloud reported a significant drop in spam and malware sites in April, MessageLabs Intelligence reports

14 years ago

Security Firms Warn Of Royal Wedding Malware

Spammers and hackers are jumping on the royal wedding bandwagon in order to make some quick cash

14 years ago

Spammers And Cold Callers Face £500,000 Fine

The Information Commissioner will be cracking down on unwanted email and phone marketing from 25 May

14 years ago

Mothercare Emails Exposed By Epsilon Hack

After Marks & Spencer, Mothercare became the second big British retailer hit by Epsilon

14 years ago

Harnig Botnet Goes Offline After Rustock Raid

Another botnet has ceased operations after it emerged that the Harnig (Piptea) botnet has gone offline

14 years ago

Spam Volumes Dip After Seizure Of Rustock Servers

The global volume of spam has dropped dramatically after Rustock's servers were seized by US Marshalls

14 years ago

Blekko Spurring Google On Anti-Spam Innovation

Google and start-up Blekko are competing on features to block increasingly sophisticated spam results

14 years ago

Union Leader Calls For Email Tax To Pay Off Deficit

Bob Crow of the RMT Union has called on the government to tax emails to pay off the public deficit

14 years ago

Google Joins ISP-Level Anti-Phishing Scheme

Return Path is getting big backers for its Domain Assurance service designed to combat phishing scams

14 years ago

Survey Reveals Business Impact Of Day-To-Day Tasks

The impact on businesses of unproductive tasks, such as dealing with spam email, has been revealed

14 years ago

Researchers Uncover Credentials Stolen By Waledac

Researchers have found a huge number of stolen email passwords and FTP credentials stolen by a botnet

14 years ago

Spam Levels Fall To Two-Year Low, Symantec Finds

Despite a recent upsurge after the Christmas break, spam levels are at a two year low Symantec has found

14 years ago

Google Hits Back Over Search Quality Jibes

Google has given more details on its efforts to filter out 'web spam' from its search results, following criticism

14 years ago

Spam Returns With a Vengence After Christmas Lull

The number of spam messages is now back to its normal painful levels after the Christmas break

14 years ago

Google Apps Gets Anti-Spam Tool

Google has added DKIM signing to Google Apps, giving users a way of steering clear of spam filters

14 years ago

Spam Declines As Botnets Rethink Their Strategies

Spam levels fell over Christmas but Symantec reckons this may be the lull before a storm coming in 2011

14 years ago