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Gun Sales Increase After Election

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:34:47 GMT

By James Pierce This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Fears of higher taxes on firearms and the possibility of reinstating a ban first imposed during the ...

Security sponsored by Trend Micro

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:26:49 GMT

See computer security and information security. Full Security Definition>> ZDNet Resources I really don't want to use Windows anymore Every week, more and more bits of malware seem to be making their way past ...

Q&A: Stay Safe online

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:06:30 GMT

To an internet fraudster an identity is worth 80, suggests research from the UK's Get Safe Online campaign.

Momail: Momail arrives in Spain, Switzerland and Ireland; Momail...

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:45:43 GMT

Momail: Momail arrives in Spain, Switzerland and Ireland; Momail mobile email is launched on more markets and the availability is extended to more than 1200 different mobile devices.

Brits get 400 spam messages a month

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:41:55 GMT

The average Brit receives over 10 spam messages a day by either email or text according to a new survey.

Answers Trickle Out as Spammer Networks Remain Compromised

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:30:48 GMT

At about 4:30 p.m. Eastern time last Tuesday, the volume of junk e-mail arriving at inboxes around the world suddenly plummeted by about 65 percent.

Security Fix: 'Network Identity Theft' Politely Avenged

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:05:56 GMT

A massive swath of some 65,536 unique Internet addresses that appear to have been swiped from early Internet pioneers by a convicted spammer has been reclaimed by Internet regulators, Security Fix has learned.

Ipswitch Introduces IMail Server v10.02 With Newly Integrated...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:42:15 GMT

Commtouch Advanced Security Daemon ) is a plug-and-play email-borne spam and malware outbreak detection daemon that combines your current core messaging network infrastructure with advanced detection and ...

Dealing with the Age of Spam

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:26:49 GMT

Spam has been around for an age, but most recently the word spam has been a direct relation to unwanted emails on the internet, they have been slowly increasing since the development of the internet and now ...

Revival of Spamalot

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:53:24 GMT

Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on McColo Corp., a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs.

Overstock.com's Latest Gambit: Email Spams to Promote Its Wacky CEO

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:20:13 GMT

The corporate fraud poster boy Overstock.com, having just reinstated in financial results going back to the time of Copernicus , has invested its scarce cash in a new but typically slimy tactic: email spams.

Spammers sent packing, for now, after ISP pulls the plug

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:12:43 GMT

Emailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: spam volume has been cut by more than half because internet providers pulled the plug on a web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly ...

Spam Drop Could Boost Trojan Attacks

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:19:13 GMT

The dramatic fall in spam traffic reported last week after alleged rogue ISP McColo was taken offline will only be a temporary reprieve and could actually generate a new wave of Trojans, experts have warned.

'Spam King's' daughter: prison guards let him walk away

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:58:28 GMT

The daughter of a white collar criminal whose father murdered her stepmother and half sister says corrections officers at the prison camp where he escaped let him walk right out the front door.

Huge drop in spam as McColo closes

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:56:53 GMT

This graph from anti-spam firm SpamCop shows the precipitous drop in spam volume after McColo was dropped by its upstream provider.

Net provider accused of coddling crooks yanked offline

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:36:54 GMT

Yet another network provider has been yanked offline after being accused by security researchers of acting as the mothership that allowed a large percentage of the world's spam operators and malicious networks ...

Best Anti Spam Software Spam Bully Review

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:32:19 GMT

Find >> Technology >> Best Anti Spam Software - Spam Bull... Embed: Font Many people today are using electronic mails to send and receive messages with others as it is the fastest way possible.

Secure Computing Positioned as 'Top Player' in Radicati Group's Email ...

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:20:20 GMT

Secure Computing Corporation , a leading enterprise gateway security company, today announced that its Secure Mail messaging security solution has been positioned as a "Top Player" in The Radicati Group's new ...

Media spotlight helps nail accused botnet host

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:17:34 GMT

A major Web host accused of serving up spam and controlling botnets has been largely yanked from the Internet.

Spam volume drops by 50 per cent in a day new

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:02:06 GMT

Volumes of spam email being sent across the internet plummeted yesterday, after a San Jose-based company was taken offline.

Spam on the Run - Email Spammers Get Shut Down

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:34:00 GMT

Subject Line: Is it you? Anja here... Body: I am lonely girl from Eastern Europe who found your email and who is thinking 'what is not love if not two people be happy and for respect?' Oh, Anja.

If times are tough, it must mean Spam's in the pantry

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:10:53 GMT

The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods plant here, times have never been better.

Udall demands answers after 'Spam King' escape, murders

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:51:12 GMT

U.S. Senator-elect Mark Udall has called for the Bureau of Prisons to cooperate and answer questions following a 9Wants to Know investigation into the escape of a federal prison camp inmate.

Researchers recreate spam campaign to estimate spam revenue

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:34:24 GMT

Spam is without doubt one of the most annoying and dangerous negative sides of the Internet.

Hosting firm shutdown forces botnets to relocate

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:16:23 GMT

The shutdown Tuesday of a California-based hosting company not only knocked down spam volumes but has also put a dent in malware-spreading botnets and other criminal activity, researchers said today.

Web Provider Busted, Spam Drops

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:50:37 GMT

By Stefanie Hoffman , ChannelWeb 7:35 PM EST Thu. Nov. 13, 2008 These are difficult times for spammers.

Spam drops 75% as major host shut down

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:33:02 GMT

Global spam levels have dropped by as much as 75 per cent following the shutdown of a US web host that provided the backbone for most of the world's spam.

Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISP

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:13:07 GMT

Several major news outlets are reporting that the shutdown of a rouge ISP in the Bay Area has lead to a massive drop in the global amount of spam.

WaPo blogger kills 2/3 of all spam

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:53:55 GMT

The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken ...

Microsoft Revamps Windows Live

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:18:22 GMT

Microsoft is giving Windows Live a serious makeover. The company today announced plans to roll out a wide range of new beta Windows Live services intended to help you aggregate all aspects of your online ...

Spam rates slashed as McColo shut down

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:57:57 GMT

Worldwide spam rates fell sharply today after two major ISPs cut off internet access to hosting company McColo Corp.

Jenks Avenue Accident

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:08:56 GMT

A single-vehicle accident near the intersection of Jenks Ave. and 13th St. leaves one man in critical condition.

Spam host blocked from Net

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:46:25 GMT

The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations allegedy engaged in spam activity was ...

Researchers penetrate STORM spam botnet

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:28:15 GMT

This is a fascinating study by computer science researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego.

Major Spam Hub Shut Down

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:06:17 GMT

A California Web hosting company that was a major source of spam has been effectively shut down -- but only after numerous security firms and the Washington Post reported on its activities.

Spam ROI: Profit on 1 in 12.5m Response Rate

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:41:06 GMT

Why do spammers keep on spamming in spite of miserable response rates? The answer is that because even though the vast majority of people ignore spam, or filter it out completely, there are those few suckers ...

Military meals: American food culture marches through time

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:36:20 GMT

Innovations must taste good, because many foods on today's grocery shelves started their journey there during changing times.

Gmail launches free video chat

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:07:47 GMT

Google 's Gmail has quickly become one of the most popular Web-based e-mail applications available -- and it just added video and voice chat capabilities.

US researchers penetrate spam network

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:34:35 GMT

Security:- When a team of University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego computer scientists hijacked a spam network, this year, they found its owners were getting only one response for every 12,500,000 ...

Obama-related spammed trojan propagating worldwide

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:53:07 GMT

Several security companies including F-Secure , Sunbelt , and my employer Cloudmark are reporting a large volume of Obama-related spam that links to malware.

Business Bloggers Leave Blogs Open To Hackers

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:39:59 GMT

Corporate bloggers need to pay as much attention to the security of their blogs as they do in writing them, to avoid being hacked.

Red Condor's Anti-Spam Appliance Receives 'Stellar' Review

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:07:40 GMT

Rohnert Park, Calif. - November 10, 2008 - In a recent product review of Red Condor's Message Assurance Gateway 2000 anti-spam network appliance, Roger Grimes, security advisor at InfoWorld magazine, stated ...

Study: Viagra Spam Is Profitable, but Margins Are Tight

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:54:40 GMT

One of the most notorious networks of hacked computers used for sending spam could be generating as much as US$3.5 million per year peddling drugs such as Viagra, according to new research.

Beware of Presidential Malware

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:29:40 GMT

As the United States celebrates, or for about 46% of the population-mourns, the election of Barack Obama and the world continues its keen interest in this particular race, malware developers are in full attack ...

Data Management sponsored by Gartner

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:22:04 GMT

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Beware emails linking to blogspot.com

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:18:05 GMT

I'm seeing a new pattern of malicious emails in my inbox. The body of the email message is nothing but a link to a blog at blogspot.com. The subject is a single word such as: Hey, Ave or Hallo.