Archive for October, 2008

Spammers Target Google Blogspot and Apple MobileMe

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Spammers love Google Blogspot and Apple MobileMe, according to a new threat intelligence report from MessageLabs. According to MessageLabs, spammers are increasingly using Google Blogspot, Apple MobileMe and social networking…

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BitDefender: BitDefender Researchers Find Increase in Spam Productivity Due to World Financial…

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (MARKET WIRE) The worldwide financial crisis sparked an increase in spam production following the initial mid-September collapse of Lehman Brothers Bank, Bank of America and AIG, according to BitDefender(R)…

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BitDefender Researchers Find Increase in Spam Productivity Due to World Financial Crisis

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Although the Global Financial System Could Lose $2.8 Trillion During the Recession, the Spamming Industry Could End October on Profit BUCHAREST, ROMANIA–(Marketwire - The worldwide financial crisis sparked an increase in spam…

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MessageLabs, Inc.: MessageLabs Intelligence October 2008: CAPTCHA Breaking on Google Blogspot and…

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

NEW YORK, NY and LONDON (MARKET WIRE) MessageLabs, the leading provider of messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced the results of its MessageLabs Intelligence Report for October 2008….

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MessageLabs Intelligence October 2008: CAPTCHA Breaking on Google Blogspot and MobileMe Become…

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Srizbi Botnet Responsible for Bout of Halloween Spam; Increase in Phishing Attacks Spurred by Global Credit Crisis NEW YORK, NY and LONDON–(Marketwire - MessageLabs, the leading provider of messaging and web security services…

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Facebook: Change password to stop IM spam

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Huge growth in IM spam on FacebookSince the new Facebook IM service launched there’s been a huge spurt in the amount of instant-messenger spam the site has to deal with. And Facebook is recommending that users change passwords…

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Curbing Cell Phone Spam

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Source: 9wsyr.com Cell-phone spam still trails computer spam, with the typical cell-phone user receiving at most a few spam text messages per year rather than the thousands that may bombard their computer-based e-mail accounts….

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Eight ways Twitter will change your life

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Twitter has grown by 600 percent in the past year, according to cofounder Biz Stone. “I like to use the earthquake this summer in Southern California as an example,” says Twitter’s Stone. Stephanie Martin’s quest for a job…

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Cyber threats are booming

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

The volume of spam hit record levels last summer, with more of it than ever coming from sources in the United States, according to the third-quarter Internet Threats Report that Secure Computing Corp. released Oct. 27. The…

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5 WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Photo by Anne When choosing a blogging platform, most who choose WordPress.org (self-hosted) do so because of the expansive options. The platform, by itself, offers much of what Blogger or TypePad, and Wordpress.com offers -…

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