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Spam

Coventry is UK's spam hotspot

The Midlands city of Coventry has been named the most spammed place in all of the UK.

By Tom Brewster, 16 Jul 2010 at 11:33

Security/News

Nine out of 10 emails are spam

A report says that 90 per cent of emails are spam, claiming that criminals are combining their attack techniques.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 27 May 2009 at 16:52

Security/News

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.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 14 May 2008 at 11:10

Security/News

Facebook spammer ordered to pay millions in damages

A US court sends out a message that criminal spammers will face huge penalties if caught.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 25 Nov 2008 at 14:29

Security/News

Google

Spammers spewing on Google+

Google+ is unsurprisingly already getting the attention of spammers.

By Tom Brewster, 5 Jul 2011 at 10:10

Security/News

Google

Pharmacy spammers abuse Google’s good name

Spammers are manipulating Google's logo to make it look as though the search giant has accredited a supposed online pharmacy.

By Tom Brewster, 16 Feb 2011 at 15:20

Security/News

Researchers hijack Storm botnet for spam study

Californian researchers pretend to be spammers, discovering that it takes millions of email messages to get a sale, but botnets are still profitable.

By Nicole Kobie, 10 Nov 2008 at 14:09

Security/News

Spam button on keyboard

Alton crowned Britain’s spam capital

The second most spammed town last year, Alton gets to the number one spot in 2009. But why are spammers ignoring Fareham?

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 25 Sep 2009 at 11:24

Security/News

UK tops list of Nigerian spam targets

A worldwide spam analysis experiment reveals that those spammers just can’t resist targeting British internet users with bogus deals and money...

By , 1 Jul 2008 at 14:07

Security/News

Jennifer Scott

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.

By Jennifer Scott, 1 May 2009 at 16:27

Security/News

Attachment spam on the rise

Spammers increasingly turn to attachment spam as a means of avoiding detection by junk mail filters.

By Rene Millman, 2 Aug 2007 at 12:07

Security/News

Spammers get business savvy

Security threats in January have increasingly focused on search engines, latest news, and seasonal trends to entrap unwary users, a new security...

By Miya Knights, 30 Jan 2008 at 11:41

Security/News

First wave of MP3 spam targets unwary music fans

MP3 files posing as pop music clips show that spammers are trying new ways to lower people's guard

By Guy Matthews, 31 Oct 2007 at 17:11

Security/News

Waledac spammers fake ‘bomb blast’ news story

Malware authors use geolocation technology to make the attack more convincing and persuade users to click on malicious links.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 17 Mar 2009 at 14:40

Security/News

Spammers using PDF to avoid detection

The first spam email with a PDF attachment was detected in early June, and now PDF spam is making up eight per cent of all junk mail.

By Rene Millman, 23 Jul 2007 at 15:57

Security/News

spam

Latest spam emails are 'almost foolproof'

Spammers are taking advantage of brand reputations to create spam that looks exactly like legitimate mail.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 12 Oct 2009 at 16:01

Security/News

Why spam still poses a danger

Users seem to have become accustomed to spam but we cannot rest easy as spammers keep the pressure on to deliver more and more junk in your inbox.

By Ron Condon, 16 Aug 2007 at 16:26

Security/Analysis & Insight

Wikipedia takes on spammers with new links policy

The online encyclopaedia attempts to cut down on link spamming by tagging external URLs so that search engines will ignore them.

By Simon Aughton, 25 Jan 2007 at 12:49

Networking/News

Ukrainian heads up top ten spammer list

Anti-spam outfit names and shames world's most prolific spammers

By Rene Millman, 15 Nov 2006 at 16:31

Security/News

Spammers charged for pump and dump scam

Stock scammers used spam to defraud investors of over a million dollars

By by Guy Matthews, 23 Aug 2006 at 11:19

Networking/News

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