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- Spamhaus
- (The Spamhaus Project, www.spamhaus.org) An organization devoted to eliminating spam and tracking its worst offenders. A spamhaus is an organization that sends out spam, using the German word...
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- FTC shuts down four spam rings
- FTC shuts down four spam ringsI hope this will teach spammers a lesson:Send unsolicited messages with unwanted advertisements and sexual images without labeling via the use of "zombie" / "spambot" PCs and you will have to pay anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000.Four down - forty million to go...Unless the FTC...
- Tags: Spam, shawkin, judgement, spammer, Spamhaus, FTC
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Developing nations losing spam battle, report says
- Developing nations losing spam battle, report saysRe: the Costa Rica and NigeriaSpamhaus is one of the least trigger-happy elements in the anti-spam spectrum. The fact that they blocked is newsworthy in itself. What got Costa Rica blocked was the attitude of their national ISP, who basically responded to...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spamhaus, Internet Service Provider, spammer, anti-spam, spam
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- Spamhaus hits out at ISPs, praises Microsoft
- Spamhaus hits out at ISPs, praises MicrosoftThat is the problem w/ securityEveryone is an expert and everyone has a different opinion and solution. And a majority of the people on the Internet are so dang confused with all their ric-a-mor-role talk jive!I do agree with one point that ISPs need...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, Internet Service Provider, Spamhaus, network, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-04-27
- Law turns tables on anti-spam group
- Law turns tables on anti-spam groupPoor SpammersWhat a joke. I guess the spammers don't realize WHY ISP's, end-users, and corporations use a DNS blacklist. I have never heard of anyone complaining that they aren't getting enough spam.Any spammer that complains or sues should be slapped. Twice.Somewhat Off-Topic, but......have any Webmasters...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, ID10T, anti-spam, Spamhaus, spammer, e-mail, violence, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2004-06-11
- Anti-spammer rocked by porn attack
- Anti-spammer rocked by porn attackThe link to Spamhauswill probably get it on Spamcop's block list.not sure if your reporting accuratelyI believe that if people are recieving an email about recieving child porn, that they are infected mimail.l http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mimail.l@mm.htmlAnti-spammer AttackISPs and governments should take responsibility for ridding the Internet of spammer...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Outlook, e-mail, message header, spam, Spamhaus, SpamCop
- Discussion threads 2003-12-02
Additional Resources
- Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANN
- Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANNRE: Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANNWith the title of your article I was expecting you to name names...garyRE: Top ten worst spam registrars notified by ICANNWell, the links and the details of the registrars are within the first sentence of...
- Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, spam registrar, Top-Ten, ICANN
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Haute Secure (32-bit) (exe)
- Haute Secure is free security software that combines brand-new technologies and community features to keep you safe from malicious software. Providing adequate protection from Web sites, advertisements, photos, and embedded links that expose users to malware designed to steal personal data and take control of computers, Haute Secure also prevents...
- Tags: 32-bit, Malware, Haute Secure, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms
- Software downloads 2008-04-21
- Haute Secure (64-bit) (exe)
- Haute Secure is free security software that combines brand-new technologies and community features to keep you safe from malicious software on the Internet. It provides protection from Web sites, advertisements, photos, and embedded links that expose users to malware designed to steal personal data and take control of computers. Haute...
- Tags: 64-bit, Malware, Haute Secure, Internet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms
- Software downloads 2008-04-21
- Do switchers now rule the Mac?
- Do switchers now rule the Mac?Hate to break it to you but it was a misprint[i]The most recent 'vert is Misprint, which points to a recent PC World review that says "the MacBook Pro outperformed the rest of the notebooks we tested, all of which claim Windows as their primary...
- Tags: E-mail clients, Linux, Groupware, Notebooks, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, Exposé, switcher, Eudora, Apple Inc., misprint, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- Knujon spam fighting made possible by open source
- Within sight of Mt. Snow in Vermont retired programmer Bob Bruen is using the economics of open source to fight spam in a new way. KnujOn takes spam apart and then shuts spam landing sites down for violating ISP policies. "We figure out where...
- Tags: Spammer, KnujOn, Spam, Cyberthreats, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Why spam can only be managed, not ended
- Why spam can only be managed, not endedGates/Microsoft sued a lot of spammersGates/Microsoft sued a lot of spammers. That annoyed a few of the big dogs, but it didn't make much of a dent. The Russians murdered a few spammers no tear here, but that didn't make too...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, spammer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
- Operation Bot Roast: Too little too late
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr Jose NazarioThe US FBI has kicked off Operation Bot Roast this summer with the goal of addressing the botnet problem. Hurray for them,it's good that something is being done. However, this is probably not going to stop the botnet problem, and maybe...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensiveWant to eliminate BotNets and all this crap?It's really easy, it takes a router expert and the will to force ISPs to take control of their networks. It works, I have personally forced several ISPs to disable spammers from their networks, it just comes...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, distributed denial of service, CompuServe, spammer, Internet Service Provider, public email system, email system, network, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- Botnet assault: Spammers launch DDoS offensive
- The spammers behind last year's destruction of Blue Security are back with a vengeance, using a variant of the 'Storm Worm' malware to launch a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack against three anti-spam services.The ongoing attacks, which use botnets of hijacked Windows computers, successfully shut down the Web servers that power...
- Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Passwords, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Major spammer is brought to justice
- None of will probably notice a decrease in the amount of spam we receive, but it is no small thing that federal authorities have caught up with the the king of spam, reports the Associated Press.Twenty-seven year-old Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of computers to send out...
- Tags: Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- 'Seattle Spammer' arrested
- 'Seattle Spammer' arrestedYou also forgotEvery computer owner who's resources were stolen by him to send out spam. He should have to pay the old IBM rate for the computer time used on each computer..estimated by the computer owner of course.. as the damages.Nothing stopping itThis is a criminal case,...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, spammer, Seattle Spammer, computer, spam, Nothing
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- Spam fighter hit with $11 million judgment
- Spam fighter hit with $11 million judgmentMore proof the judicial system in America does not work.The criminals know they have the upper hand and they exploit every opportunity available to misuse the judicial system in America. I hope those with the proper means take down e360 and all the other...
- Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spam Fighter, blacklist, judgement, spammer
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Attack code targets new IE hole
- Attack code targets new IE holeAttack code targets new IE holeSince the user has to go to the malicious site first it will be hard to pull this exploit off. Not to mention that there are no attacks to exploit this so it can be classified as a proof...
- Tags: Web browsers, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Patches, Operating systems, SECURITY, IE 7 RC1, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS USERS, ActiveX
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Major spammer settles suit for $1 million
- Major spammer settles suit for $1 millionthis guy is full of itWould he have had a change of heart if he wasn't caught? Hell no!I can smell his bullsh** right through my computer screen.HA, HA, HAThe spammer has become an antispan activist!He must have taken a page from M$ book...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, spamming, Asia Ect
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- Cleaning up a bad e-mail reputation
- Cleaning up a bad e-mail reputationPrint advertising......subsidises the costs of magazines and newspapers. TV and radio advertising subsidise the TV and radio programming. What does email advertising--spam--support? Nothing.I pay 100% of the costs associated with receiving my email and spam is basically theft of the service I'm...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Sender Reputation, spam, e-mail, spammer
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
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