Unwanted event invitations continue to appear in iPhones calendars, but Apple remains silent on the matter
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Ofcom Wants To Block Nuisance Mobile Calls With A Text
New registration service will look to protect customers from being bombarded with pesky voice calls
Rio 2016: Criminals Go For Gold With Olympic Ticket Scams
Kaspersky Lab report warns against Olympic tickets that seem too good to be true
Spam Emails Getting Nastier, Kaspersky Lab Warns
Spam levels are falling, but Kaspersky Lab says that malicious emails are increasingly becoming malicious and criminalised
Brexit Campaigners Fined For Sending 500,000 Spam EU Referendum Texts
Campaign group that backs European exit fined for spam messages, but it tells TechweekEurope ICO has got it wrong
Almost All Apps Have Flaws, Trustwave Study Finds
2016 Trustwave Global Security Report reveals shocking cybercrime trends
Mumblehard Linux Spamming Botnet Finally Taken Offline
Thousands of servers running Linux and BSD had been affected by one of world's most damaging botnets
More Than Half Of World’s Emails Are Spam And Malware
Mobile devices are now a particular focus for criminals' spam and malware attacks
Spam Targets Lonely Hearts And Tourists, Warns Kaspersky
Lonely tonight? Or fancy jetting off somewhere for free? Then beware of being duped by spam says Kaspersky
Scammers Quick To React To Ashley Madison Hack
Ashley Madison data breach triggers upsurge in spam email, as victims become scammers target
Facebook ‘Spam King’ Wallace Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges
Wallace's junk marketing career predates the Internet, but he has never been convicted of criminal charges until now
Businesses Face Malicious Attachment Threat As Spam Declines
Spam email volumes are down, but attacks that rely on malicious document attachments are on the rise
Email Spam Levels Fall To 12-Year Low
For the first time since September 2003, less than half of all emails sent are spam, Symantec report reveals
Ransomware, Phishing And Spam Attacks Hit New Highs In Q1 2015
Six trillion spam messages sent worldwide in the first three months of 2015, McAfee Labs report finds
15,000 Spam Emails Hit Android Devices With FBI Porn Warning
Ukranian ransomware demands up to $1,500 to unlock victims' devices
Revealed – The Spammiest Nations On Earth
Sophos report reveals US still leads the way in terms of spam volume worldwide
Spam Campaign Exploits Router Security Flaws, Proofpoint Warns
Cybercriminals using phishing techniques to exploit router vulnerabilities, including weak passwords
Twitter Confirms CFO Account Hack
The Twitter account belonging to the CFO of the microblogging website falls victim to hack
Facebook Users Receive Free Malware Scanning Tool
Facebook and ESET team up to reduce threat of malware on the social network
Microsoft “Blocks 10 Million Spam Messages A Minute”
Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange Online Protection service is the company's weapon in an escalating arms race with spammers
UCL Students Receive Thousands Of Spam Emails In ‘Bellogate’
Student added to mailing lists of PornHub and UKIP as email addresses are compromises in Bellogate
Sophos: One Infected Machine Sends Up To 30 GB Of Spam A Week
A compromised computer could hit 5.5 million email addresses with spam every week without its owner ever noticing
EE Apologises For Bombarding Orange Users With Texts
EE says a technical issue is causing Orange customers to receive duplicate texts about Magic Numbers
ICO Hunts Down Another Spam Texter
The watchdog has raided a ‘SIM farm’ in the midlands and issued a sizeable fine
Virgin Media Fixes Email Issue After Users Complain Of Excessive Spam
Virgin Media customers with a 'virgin.net' address complain of receiving hundreds of messages after a service email lets anyone reply to the group
UK Operators And ICO Team Up With GSMA To Fight Nuisance Texts
EE, O2, Three, Vodafone and the ICO sign up for GSMA spam reporting service to better block nuisance texts and find the perpetrators
Is Your Fridge Spreading Listeria On The Internet Of Things?
Fridges are already unhealthy places, but thanks to the Internet of Things, they are a source of online infections, says Tom Brewster
Google Slated For Opening Gmail Inboxes To Google+ Spam
Privacy row hits Google as Google+ users get the power to send email to strangers on Gmail
Facebook Suing Alleged Bieber Sex Spammer
Social network files complaint about alleged mass spam campaign
SoundCloud Gives Away Its Anti-Spam Tool, Sketchy
‘Sketchy’ was developed to stop... sketchy behaviour