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Week in Numbers: Spam and pints
Big numbers in IT this week included new handsets, lots of spam and a few pints.
Week in Numbers: Stamping out spam?
Research reveals that many viruses leave PCs within 24 hours, and Opera releases its third beta for its Opera 10 browser.
Spammers already swarming Google Buzz
A security firm has claimed that Buzz was infiltrated by spammers just two days after its launch.
UK staff face up to 3,000 emails after Xmas break
UK workers must discipline their email management techniques if they are to handle as many as 3,000 inbox emails after Christmas, new research warns.
The Storm winds down, but new malware on the up
Malicious software removal tools have cut down Storm botnet numbers, but does this simply mean that criminals will migrate to new threats?
Only five per cent of emails reach inboxes
ENISA's latest spam report shows ISPs are having to apply increasingly large resources to stopping malicious content at the inbox door.
Analysis: Spam 'celebrates' its 30th birthday
<i>IT PRO</i> 'celebrates' the 30th anniversary of the first spam email, and looks at how the flood is unlikely to end any time soon.
IT brings together Everton and Liverpool FC
Everton’s recent IT security deal illustrates the close-knit community of the tech heads behind the Premier League clubs.
Swine Flu: Pigs fly into our inboxes
Swine Flu is no laughing matter but many spammers have started to trivialise the issue by clogging our inboxes.
Five online threats to be wary of this Christmas
Be careful about what the malware writers are going to take out of their Christmas stockings… IBM and Websense outline some of dangers you need...
MySpace wins $234 million against spammers
The social networking website wins a massive court judgement against junk mailers, although it will have a hard task collecting the award.
Srizbi now the dominant spam botnet
Research by Marshal claims the last two months have seen the botnet Srizbi dramatically growing in threat.
Valentine's Day is for cards, flowers and a lot of spam
A flood of Valentine emails in your inbox on Saturday may make you feel really loved, but it may be more likely that you’re being scammed.
Hackers spam fake Microsoft security update
A clever attempt to take advantage of Microsoft’s ‘Patch Tuesday’.<br>
Botnets to get more intelligent in 2010
Criminals behind the huge amounts of spam are learning lessons in how to run their systems.
Pharma spam continues in 2010
McAfee’s latest report shows how spam continues to riddle our networks, whether you’re an average Joe or president of the US.
Worldwide spam spewing server taken down
Many vendors saw a big decrease in detected spam after a rogue US server went offline – but it’s only a short-lived victory.
Google targeted as spam levels increase
Spam is at its highest level since the start of 2007, with free web hosting increasingly targeted.
Egham reigns as UK spam capital
Big UK cities don’t make the top ten UK spam hotspots because they have better defences than their smaller neighbours, according to new...
US jails 'godfather of spam' for over four years
Alan Ralsky used a botnet to spam computers to manipulate the stock market.
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