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S'pore spam rate crosses global average
News Country's spam levels surpassed the global rate of 89.4 percent in July, after dipping below earlier in April, according to MessageLabs' latest security report.
Tags: Spam filtering, Spam and phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Singapore, social networking, spam message, Symantec Corp., Germany, Web Address
Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook
News Users on Twitter report direct messages that lead to phishing page, while Facebook users are getting links to a malware site.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Facebook, Google Inc., Phishing, Malware, Twitter Inc., Phishing Web Site, Password, e-mail
Facebook awarded US$873M in spam case
News In largest judgment in history of the U.S. Can-Spam Act, Canadian man is ordered to pay the company US$873 million for allegedly spamming Facebook users.
Tags: Spam filtering, Lawsuits, MySpace, Anti-spam, social networking, e-mail, spam message, Facebook, CAN-SPAM Act, marketing
Spam's carbon footprint: 1 e-mail like driving 3 feet
News Report finds energy used annually to delete spam and rescue legitimate e-mail is equal to greenhouse gas emissions from 3.1 million cars.
Tags: Spam filtering, Spam and phishing, Spam, greenhouse gas emission, Carbon Footprint, e-mail spam, greenhouse gas, e-mail, spam filtering, spam message
Spam: You just can't win
News No real solutions arise at the Information Security Best Practices conference at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tags: Spam, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Regulations, Tool, social engineering, Comcast Corp., e-mail, CAN-SPAM Act, Internet Service Provider
Spam techniques now 'triple threat'
News Spammers are combining their circumvention techniques to increase the efficacy of attacks, according to security company Symantec.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Security implementation/standards, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Domain, Spam, Spammer, social networking, Symantec Corp.
MessageLabs: Short URLs in e-mail spam spikes
News E-mail spam that includes truncated Web addresses sees a dramatic increase, MessageLabs says.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Security applications/tools, Domain names, Spam filtering, Twitter, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Social Media
Facebook disables 6 rogue phishing apps, but 5 more appear
News Rogue applications keep cropping up that are sending Facebook users to a phishing site, stealing passwords, and then spamming users' friends.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Phishing, App, Spamming, Trend Micro Inc., Phishing Web Site, photograph, Facebook, researcher
UK urged to coordinate with EU allies on spam
News The United Kingdom and other member countries need to make a concerted effort to crack down on spam and spyware, according to the European Commission.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Hacking, Commission, Malware, Romania, European Commission, U.K., Telecommunications, Spam, European Union
Hacked Web mail accounts used to send spam
News While Websense has seen a rise in spam following the compromise of 30,000 Web mail accounts, security experts are split over how the accounts were breached.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Phishing, Security, security consultant, Sophos Plc., Spam, Keylogging, Password, Websense Inc.
More malware per spam e-mail last month
News Proportion of malware-infected spam rose nine times between August and September this year, according to new Symantec report.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., U.S., India, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Spam, E-mail Message
Phishers ride on financial crisis theme
News Spam e-mail exploiting the downturn in the economy have pushed phishing attacks to double in the last month, posing as financial institutions.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Hong Kong, Search Engine, e-Mail Message, e-mail, virus
Postini: Google's take on e-mail security
News Search giant's e-mail security unit uses globally distributed automated systems and Zero-Hour software to keep spam and viruses out of inboxes.
Tags: Network security, International governments, Spam filtering, Message, Google Inc., Spam, Database, e-mail security, Humans, Anti-spam
UK sees sharp rise in spam
News Recent figures show spam has quadrupled over the past three months, with increased broadband availability blamed as the primary cause.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Security, Spam, E-mail Message, Anti-spam, Internet User, e-mail, software, U.K., bank
Spam reduced following Pricewert shutdown
News Botnets appear to have suffered a big blow with the shutdown of Pricewert, resulting in the reduction of spam activities by 15 percent globally.
Tags: Spam and phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Spammer, FTC, Internet Service, Anti-spam, Internet User, Symantec Corp., Internet Service Provider
