Aussie Internet sheds 75 percent of spam
The shockwave stemming from the extermination of a United States-based hosting provider which pumped out 75 percent of the world's spam has reached Australia.
The shockwave stemming from the extermination of a United States-based hosting provider which pumped out 75 percent of the world's spam has reached Australia.
Spam volumes plunged by more than 40% after a major bot hosting network was shut down, researchers at IronPort Systems Inc. said Wednesday.
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.
An IT manager who logged onto to his former employer's computer network five months after being fired and opened the e-mail server up to spammers has been sentenced to one year in prison.
Spam levels in Hong Kong experienced the largest increase -- by 13.2 percent, reaching 79.6 percent of all e-mails, according to a Web security research conducted in Q3 2008.
A woman accused of helping spam kingpin Alan Ralsky send out tens of millions of unwanted e-mail messages each day has pleaded guilty to spam charges.
A federal judge has ordered an Arizona couple to pay more than US$236 million for sending millions of spam messages to a small Iowa ISP (Internet service provider).
Timberland has agreed to reimburse Americans who received unauthorized text messages advertising its products in one of the first nationwide settlements of its kind, according to a law firm involved in the case.
Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey and George Clooney are among the stars whose names are being most exploited across the Web to lure unwary fans into downloading wallpaper and screensaver software that's really malware in disguise.
The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a state antispam law and the 2004 conviction of long-time spammer Jeremy Jaynes, saying the law is an overly broad prohibition on anonymous free speech.
Spammers are abusing free Web services to make their spam links look more legitimate, according to e-mail security vendor MessageLabs.