Robert McMillan, IDG News Service On Oct. 14, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, with help from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Zealand police, announced that it had shut down a vast international spam network…
MATT FREHNER Globe and Mail Update It’s called “phishing,” and it’s how Adam Guerbuez of Montreal was able to gain access to Facebook users’ accounts and bombard the social network with sexually explicit spam messages. But were…
Last weekend, spam volumes dropped to their lowest level for eighteen months, due to the disconnection of hosting company McColo and the recent DDoS attacks on internet providers that began on 11 November
Email security firm Barracuda Networks says a webpage hosted in China is latest the destination for Internet users who fall prey to phishers’ activities. Barracuda says spam emails designed to look like Google AdWords Alert…
The Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has for the time being put off any standardisation of reputation systems as part of its efforts to curb unwanted advertising messages and email…
A full two weeks after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline, the volume of spam sent globally each day has yet to bounce…
Tuesday November 25, 8:00 am ET SAN DIEGO, CA–(MARKET WIRE)–Nov 25, 2008 — For mid-sized accounting firm Smith Marion & Co., which provides audit services, tax preparation and accounting and consulting services, pesky and…
Independent Study Reveals Number of EU Citizens Receiving Mobile Spam Has Increased to Almost 25 Percent in the Last 12 Months BURLINGTON, MA and READING, UK–(Marketwire - An independent study commissioned by Airwide…
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire - The Proofpoint Attack Response Center advises that, despite recent declines in overall spam volumes, the 2008 holiday season will be accompanied by an elevated level of activity from online scammers…
SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) For mid-sized accounting firm Smith Marion & Co., which provides audit services, tax preparation and accounting and consulting services, pesky and risky spam was consuming countless hours for…