Archive for May, 2008

Phishing attempt from Skype Chat

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Erm, just got this in my Skype chat, quite blatantly a phishing attempt.Does this mean that someone has a spam database of all Skype usernames and has written code to mass spam Skype users using the chat interface? Bit of a concern.———– snip ——————-WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE…

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Yahoo Sues Spammers for Using Co. Name in Faux Lottery Scam

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

By Michael Dinan TMCnet Editor Yahoo Inc., the Internet company whose future has been the object of wide speculation and harsh criticism since its executives rebuffed a buyout offer from Microsoft Corp., is suing a group of people it says are spamming Web users through a fake lottery offer. In a…

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Mailtrust Deploys Cloudmark Authority for Spam Protection

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, to provide complete spam and phishing protection to Mailtrust’s more than 100,000 business hosting customers. Mailtrust has deployed the Cloudmark Authority plug-in for Apache SpamAssassin™ to improve message filtering accuracy and boost…

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Mobile users under threat from spammers and scammers

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Spam and viruses, the scourge of the internet, are becoming a dramatically increasing threat to mobile phones with Middle East subscribers at high risk, a leading industry expert said. With the region having one of the highest mobile penetrations in the world – particularly of smartphones – the…

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Sophos warns against China earthquake spam

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Sophos warns against China earthquake spam By Lawrence Casiraya INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Even after the earthquake which devastated China, spam email masquerading as updates about the Chinese temblor are still circulating, and these contain viruses, according to antivirus firm Sophos….

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Inside MySpace’s War on Marketing Abuse

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam just added a notch to his belt, having won the largest consideration ever handed down in a CAN-SPAM lawsuit. That fight means as much to the MySpace’s advertising strategy as it does to its user security and privacy efforts. That was evident in…

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ESET SMART SECURITY BUSINESS EDITION 3.0.6570

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Posted on 25 May 2008 by admin ESET Smart Security is a tightly desegrated resolution fashioned to protect computers from a arrange of threats. Built on the award-winning ESET NOD32® Antivirus and its coercive ThreatSense® engine, ESET Smart Security provides antispyware, antispam and bespoken…

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Cisco Touts Its Green Bona-Fides

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Enterprise server vendors have long been hip to the importance (at least when it comes to marketing) of reducing datacenter power and cooling costs. Networking vendors have been less voluble on this tip, however, in spite of the fact that networking gear — with rack upon rack of power hungry…

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Bashi Marketing - Security flaw turns Gmail into open-relay server

Monday, May 26th, 2008

free internet marketing help and advice around the clock! Security flaw turns Gmail into open-relay server A recently-discovered flaw in Gmail is capable of turning Google’s e-mail service into a highly effective spam machine. According to the Information Security Research Team (INSERT), Gmail is…

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Does Google recommend working with companies that offer to make your site Google-friendly?

Monday, May 26th, 2008

According to Google, a popular search engine for finding resources on the World Wide Web, SEO is an abbreviation for “search engine optimizer.” However, a few unethical SEOs have given the industry a black eye through their overly aggressive marketing efforts and their attempts to unfairly…

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