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- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filtersRE: Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filtersSpammers are increasingly getting more sophisticated in their attacks. Even spam mails are getting more and more dificult to decipher now adays. It seems the guys are stepping up their attacks verey time we think we have...
- Tags: spam, spammer, google inc., google sites, e-mail, pgp corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters
- Junk emailers are using Google Sites to create web pages that can help spam get around corporate filters, according to MessageLabs Spammers have added Google Sites to the arsenal of online tools used to get around junk-email filters, according to a study published on Tuesday by messaging...
- Tags: google inc., spammer, messagelabs ltd., cyberthreats, security, spam and phishing, matthew broersma zdnet.co.uk, spam, worms, malware, google, securuty, google sites
- News items 2008-08-05
- FTC to hit more spammers
- FTC to hit more spammersFTCSince when is spam a new phenomenom? It was in existence well before Congress passed the CAN-SPAM act, which many spammers think allows them to send out their scams as long as they put a disclaimer on it.Before CAN-SPAM, I sent Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson...
- Tags: spam, viruses and worms, spammer, ftc
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- Spam coming from free email providers increasing
- Spam coming from free email providers increasingSpamit is a problem, when recieve spam the TO: has additional accounts on my free email. there should be a way for the free email t block those sending to the same free email. it's CRAZYFree E-mail services should be held responsible...for keeping their...
- Tags: spam, free email company, spammer, e-mail company, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Spam coming from free email providers increasing
- After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...
- Tags: captcha, google gmail, free email company, anti-spam, spammer, e-mail company, ip, service, cyberthreats, spam, e-mail providers, e-mail, phishing, viruses and worms, security, networking, spam and phishing, internet, online communications, dancho danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail time
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail timeI dont see spaming as a jail-able offense.I would love to give jailtime to companies that send crap to my mailbox.The issue is waisted time and resources. It costs x dollars to clean that up, so you owe me x dollars, if dont...
- Tags: spam, spammer, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail time
- There have been a few high profile penalties against spammers of late, but they all lack one key ingredient--jail time. To wit: MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole; Wins $6 million settlement MySpace's $230 million spam win: Will it really be a deterrent? ...
- Tags: spammer, spam, cyberthreats, security, spam and phishing, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads
- Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloadsSorry Nate - have to disagreePlease everyone - do not "spread the word" as Nate says it - I spend more time looking up these e-mails, and then convincing people that the e-mail they got was a hoax than I...
- Tags: spam, receivernet technology, spammer, world war iii, spam email, malicious payload, payload
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads
- Update: Dancho Danchev informed that this actually relates back to his article on from last week. Apparently I reposted with less information than the original, so I apologize to Dancho for that. Guess that's what I get for poking my nose into the malware realm. Dancho informed...
- Tags: spammer, video, iran, corporate communications, media players, e-mail, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, security, marketing, consumer electronics, personal technology, online communications, nathan mcfeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Twitter's holiday battle with spammers
- Guest post by Adam J. O'Donnell, Ph.D., of Cloudmark, on Twitter's holiday weekend spam attack and methods the microblogging site might use to combat it. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: network, spammer, messaging, twitter, attack, adam j. o'donnell, spam, social networking, e-mail, security, spam and phishing, online communications, marketing, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammersIt is impossible to manage...networks the size of Google with technology alone. It takes a real live person. Now we can expect more spam coming from these networks. Spam that will be harder to filter. If these companies can't manage their networks in...
- Tags: spam, e-mail providers, yahoo! inc., google gmail, captcha, spammer, msn hotmail
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers
- Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes. ...
- Tags: captcha, msn hotmail, google gmail, yahoo! inc., spammer, hip character, e-mail providers, internet, dancho danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Yahoo sues 'lottery' spammers; Good luck collecting
- Yahoo sues 'lottery' spammers; Good luck collectingSpammersWhy go after a spammer they have probably no chance of catching. The have plenty of spammers on there chat network and game rooms that post links to there sites every dayDefending your copyrightDoesn't a company have an obligation to defend their copyrighted property?...
- Tags: spam, spammer, yahoo! inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Yahoo sues 'lottery' spammers; Good luck collecting
- Yahoo said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against "Yahoo! Lottery Spammers" for launching a scam where users are convinced that they won a prize from the company. The lawsuit is the latest filed under the Federal CAN-SPAM Act. Yahoo filed suit in the U.S. District...
- Tags: yahoo! inc., spammer, spam, e-mail, security, spam and phishing, online communications, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- MySpace's big spam win: Will it really be a deterrent?
- MySpace's big spam win: Will it really be a deterrent?MySpace's big spam win: Will it really be a deterrent?I hope so. The only thing I get on myspace now is a bunch of spam.Pass a law that would result in Wallace's execution...And I'd happily piss on his grave.OFF TOPIC...
- Tags: cyberthreats, big spam, myspace, spam
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Major career web sites hit by spammers attack
- What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...
- Tags: job, captcha, web, career, spammer, malware, web site, spamming, tool, attack, e-mail, spam, cyberthreats, spyware, adware & malware, viruses and worms, security, online communications, spam and phishing, dancho danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- U.S. indicts 'spam king' in stock fraud scheme
- U.S. indicts 'spam king' in stock fraud schemeHooray!I've gotten more than enough spam from Alan Ralsky during the past decade (it's actually easy to tell once you know what to look for). Obviously, I don't know if he's guilty of the things he's specifically charged with (though it wouldn't...
- Tags: cyberthreats, stock, alan ralsky, spam, spam king, crook, spammer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Taking down spammers: Successful spam fighting via legalization, regulation and economics
- Taking down spammers: Successful spam fighting via legalization, regulation and economicsI thought regulations were bad?When I watch a certain cable news channel, one of their sponsors is a big magazine chain that tells how certain politicians want to impose regulations and that's bad.The US *did* legalize and regulate spamThe US's...
- Tags: cyberthreats, spammer, regulation, spam
- Discussion threads 2007-12-08
- Taking down spammers: Successful spam fighting via legalization, regulation and economics
- Guest post: Gadi Evron is Security Architect for Afilias global registry services and recognized globally for his work and leadership in Internet security operations. He is the founder of the Zero-Day Emergency Response Team ZERT, organizes and chairs worldwide conferences, working groups and task forces. He is considered an...
- Tags: spammer, regulation, client, nothing, cyberthreats, spam, security, spam and phishing, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- 12 spam research projects that WON'T make a difference
- 12 spam research projects that WON'T make a differenceWell might as well get this out of the way now...Non_Zealot hasn't shown up yet but I'm sure he will, so here's a pre-emptive strike: Snicker, smirk, sneer, sputter, spew, spit, spasm... :DThere's no easy way... to do a hard...
- Tags: cyberthreats, spam, jerry davis, spammer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
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