Study Indicates Billions Lost Due to Viruses, Phishing, Spyware and Spam BUCHAREST, ROMANIA–(Marketwire - In response to a leading US consumer magazine’s recent article indicating that U.S. consumers lost nearly $8.5…
After patching 11 vulnerabilities for this month’s Patch Tuesday, spam is being sent that falsely claims that the recipient should immediately install another critical Microsoft update. Advanced Threats Researcher Jamz…
The School of Arts and Sciences has seen a “drastic drop” in the number of student e-mail accounts compromised by a wave of spam messages that targeted Penn students’ inboxes this summer, university officials said this…
“Captcha is the bane of the internet,” says Matt Mullenweg, who runs the massively popular blogging site Wordpress.com. “I can’t figure them out myself half the time!”He is referring to those squiggly, distorted images…
By: Briony Smith - IT manager Francois Lang joined the Société last December, soon after which he noted the organization’s ever-growing spam problem. “Spam was getting bigger and bigger and bigger every day,” he said,…
researchers have identified a new large spam wave featuring abusive use of the delivery company’s name to deceive users into downloading extremely dangerous malware. The e-mail spam informs customers that FedEx® was not…
Google’s Maile Ohye, who is an integral part of the Google Webmaster Central was recently interviewd by Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting. Here are a few excerpts of the interview transcript: Eric Enge: Can you talk…
Spam email costs American businesses 70 billion dollars annually in lost earnings, overwhelming irritation, and increased security risk. A new spam filter removes an unprecedented amount of spam and has been voted the…
Trojan horse attack spammed out by cybercriminals Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos’s global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned of a widespread spam campaign that pretends that the receipient’s…
Posted by Stephen Shankland An old computer art form is making a comeback as a newer way to evade spam filters. For decades, computing fans have enjoyed a form of expression called ASCII art that shows pictures or messages…