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Spam
Billion dollar spam suit filed E-mail
by Stephen Withers   
Friday, 27 April 2007
Anti-spam campaign Project Honey Pot has filed a law suit seeking more than $US1 billion in statutory damages from spammers.
 
US heads hall of spam shame E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Thursday, 12 April 2007
The US relayed considerably more spam than other nations, with just under a fifth (19.8%) of the world's spam originating from US-based computers over the first quarter of 2007, according to a new report.
 
Storm Trojan changes tack E-mail
by Stephen Withers   
Thursday, 25 January 2007
The Storm (aka Peacomm, Dorf, Small and BAI) attack that previously spread under the guise of reports of deaths in the recent European storms is staying topical by sending out emails that may be mistaken for Valentine's Day greetings.

 
US and China worst for spam and malware says Sophos E-mail
by Alex Zaharov-Reutt   
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Despite tough anti-spam measures in the US, and recent lawsuits against a MySpace spammer, the amount of spam and malware emanating from the US makes it the worst nation in the world for those twin digital evils – but China’s not far behind, and plenty of other countries are on the list, too.
 
Spammers now targeting cybercops E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Sunday, 03 December 2006
Spammers are trying destabilize global spam-reporting services by flooding them with automated false spam reports, according to an Australian data security specialist.
 
'Tis the season for spamming small businesses E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Sunday, 03 December 2006
Reports that global spam levels have reached a staggering 90% of all emails appear to have been vindicated by a new study.
 
Stock pump spammers target Firefox enthusiasts E-mail
by Angus Kidman   
Tuesday, 28 November 2006
Illicit spammers are attempting to harness the enthusiasm of the Firefox community in their latest brazen bid to artificially pump up stock prices.
 
New Word document spam doing the rounds E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Friday, 25 August 2006
Security firm Marshal has identified a new form of spam that is hidden in Word documents. The new type of spam uses a combination of obfuscation and social engineering in an effort to bypass anti-spam software and spam-savvy email users.
 
US tops dirty dozen spammers E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Tuesday, 25 July 2006
The US and China are vying for the title as the world's largest spamming nation, according to a new report.
 
Internet spam cops threaten anti-spam vendor E-mail
by Stan Beer   
Friday, 21 July 2006
Australian anti-spam vendor TotalBlock Pty Ltd has been threatened with a service shutdown by its Internet Service Provider (ISP) after being wrongly accused of sending spam.
 
 
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