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Attachment Spam - The Latest Trend: Spammers Using Common File Formats as Attachments for Pump and-Dump Scams: This white paper explains what makes spam such an unbearable problem and how spamming tactics are evolving daily to beat anti-spam software. In the space of two months, spammers have switched from image spam to using PDF, Excel and ZIP file attachments. By using these attachments to send images instead...; Tags: Spammer, GFI Software Ltd., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing; White papers 2009-06-05
E-Mail Server 5.2 (Windows): Simple and user friendly, E-Mail Server is a robust, high-performance SMTP/POP3 server program. It can be used as a local POP3/SMTP server for your corporation or as a desktop application on your laptop or desktop. Its unique blend of features allows you to send mail from any mail client (complaint...; Tags: Desktop, Spammer, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Server, F Key Solutions, E-mail, Servers, Online Communications, Hardware; Software downloads 2009-06-04
Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time: Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real timePeople still get spam??I think Gmail has made spam irrelevant, but let's test it and see.brett@brettschulte.comhttp://twitter.com/brettschulte/status/1789431680Fools plaster private data on a public domain PERIOD!Only a fool puts private data, pictures on a public domain for the world to see and manipulate ANYWAY...; Tags: spammer, e-mail, Twitter, spam; Discussion threads 2009-05-13
Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time: Spammers are no strangers to the ever-growing Twitter. From commercial Twitter spamming tools, to re-tweeting trending topics for delivering their message, a new crafty search technique can provide spammers with fresh and valid emails harvested from Twitter's users in real-time. Basically, the search query consists of common...; Tags: Spammer, Twitter, E-mail, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-05-13
McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCs: McAfee on Tuesday released its quarterly report on Internet security. The results? Cybercriminals have taken control of 12 million new IP addresses since January.Ã‚Â Add it up and the U.S. contributes 18 percent of the IP addresses controlled by botnets. These zombie PCs appear to be lining...; Tags: McAfee Inc., PC, Spammer, IP, Zombie, Network Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-05-05

Google Research testing image CAPTCHA's: Google Research testing image CAPTCHA'sThis is not a good ideaAnd is unfair to blind people, who contrary to popular assumptions do use the internet!The best 'captcha' is actually a captcha with a e-mail verification, like some forums I use are going to. They figure that if someone takes the time...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-04-19
Google: Spam volume for Q1 back to pre-McColo levels: It took only a couple of months for cybercriminals to catch-up and reintroduce the massive spam volumes that briefly disappeared following the shutdown of the cybercrime ecosystem's sitting duck McColo in November, 2008. According to Google's Postini Spam data and trends for Q1 2009, during the first...; Tags: Google Inc., Spammer, Spamming, Spam Volume, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2009-04-02
Va will rewrite antispam law: Va will rewrite antispam lawGood thing for the spammers......that the Virginia General Assembly won't be meeting again until January barring the possibility of a special session. Maybe the DMA can send a few extra lobbyists to make sure the issue never comes to a vote at all (after all,...; Tags: Spam, anti-spam; Discussion threads 2009-03-31
Spam and obscene profits: Spam: LetÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Re-Define Ã¢â‚¬ËœObscene ProfitsÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ I took a great call today with Garth Bruen of Knujon (Ã¢â‚¬Å“No JunkÃ¢â‚¬Â spelled backwards). GarthÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s volunteer organization monitors spam and works with Internet registrars to throttle the miscreants who fill our in-boxes with this junk. Garth gave me a great background...; Tags: Registrar, Spammer, Knujon, Garth, Go-Daddy, Internet, Spam, Domain Names, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Brian Sommer; Blog posts 2009-02-27
Spammers break Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA: Spammers break Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHAWell... Not exactly..But you just did....But surely even the M$ apologists wouldn't be stupid enoughTo say [i]that[/i]. Even Yahoo mail has a higher market share then [i]hotmail[/i], and Yahoo mail pales in comparison to Gmail..Microsoft is the ...It seems Microsoft is the Play ground for...; Tags: Spam, CAPTCHA, Microsoft Corp., Play Ground, Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA; Discussion threads 2009-02-18
Spammers break Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA...again: The latest version of Microsoft Live Hotmail's CAPTCHA authentication system has been broken, reports InfoWorld via security company Websense. According to a detailed analysis of the latest hack by Websense, spammers have come up with a new scheme to fool the...; Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Spammer, Websense Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-02-17
Spam: You just can: Spam: You just canI have won!I have blocked the entire world except for the United States and a few IP ranges have been blocked due to the fact they are spammers from overseas...After blocking the Eastern world my problems went away!:)Yes, you can win against SPAM.Here's one solution: create a...; Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, e-mail, spammer; Discussion threads 2009-01-30
Spammers evade detection with temporary Web sites: Spammers evade detection with temporary Web sitesScareware?So that's what it's called. I thought it was called Stupidware because it was so laughably incompetent at trying to infect my computer. I even tried to help it by clicking install. No go but it entertained me for about two...; Tags: Spam, Web site development, spammer, temporary web site, Web site, Web; Discussion threads 2009-01-27
Spammers evade detection with temporary Web sites: Cybercriminals are evading detection by anti-virus and anti-malware vendors by putting up malicious sites that are live for just one day or less. AVG Research found that in the last quarter of 2008, about 60 percent of new sites linked to malware were up for less than...; Tags: Web, Spammer, Codec, Malware, Web Site, Site, Attack, Malware Author, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-01-27
Spammers ??? Best wishes for 2009!: Spammers ??? Best wishes for 2009!You Said It!Thanks for that very humorous entry. I chuckled enough times that I'll have to share it around our office. :)More thanks and best wishes...Thanks to all of the myriad offers that, had I been interested in taking advantage of their smoking deals, have...; Tags: Spam, Verizon Communications Inc., spammer, Best Wishes, Spam Detector; Discussion threads 2008-12-22
Spammers Ã¢â‚¬" Best wishes for 2009!: Satire While many bloggers and mainstream tech pundits are pulling together their legitimate Ã¢â‚¬Å“Best of 2008Ã¢â‚¬Â column or Ã¢â‚¬Å“Trends for 2009Ã¢â‚¬Â predictions, I thought IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d take a different approach this holiday season. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d like to send best holiday wishes to those tireless workers (and their army of...; Tags: Bank, Spammer, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Brian Sommer; Blog posts 2008-12-21
Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail systematically abused by spammers: Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail systematically abused by spammersI could have told them that for free.They needed a study and a report to tell them that The big 3 are little more than Spam sewers these days?Like I keep saying...my mail servers would be shut down if they were spewing spam....; Tags: Cyberthreats, E-mail providers, spam, PGP Corp., e-mail, Google Gmail, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-12-10
Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail systematically abused by spammers: With the industry's eyes constantly monitoring the usual suspects' use of phony hosting providers, another market segment within the underground marketplace has been developing beneath the radar, aiming to build a malicious infrastructure (Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts; Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack) through...; Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Anti-spam, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Spam, Internet, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-12-10
With or without McColo, spam volume increasing again: With or without McColo, spam volume increasing againProposalLet's start sending all paper mail with no envelopes.Why not? What's that you say? Privacy? Hmmm. That's reasonable.Then, maybe we should send emails enclosed in 'envelopes', Yes?What a great idea! Envelopes. (I kid.)Seriously, What is obvious to me is...; Tags: Spam, Domain names, e-mail, spammer; Discussion threads 2008-12-09
$873m judgment against spammer in Facebook case: $873m judgment against spammer in Facebook caseWhat do you expect?When you open a social networking website to anyoen and everyone, this kind of thing ultimately happens. I remember the good old days of it being a site just for college students, where we didn't have to worry about SPAM...; Tags: Spam, Facebook, spammer; Discussion threads 2008-11-26