Topic: SPAM - on June 17, 2010 at 2:18:00 PM CEST
Spammer's $11 Million Win Against Anti-Spammer Spamhaus, Reduced To $27,000
Many years back, an "email marketing" company called e360 Insight got upset that the anti-spam advocacy group Spamhaus included e360 on its list of biggest spammers -- a list that many service providers used for spam filtering. So, it sued claiming defamation. What followed was a bit silly, as Spamhaus (based in the UK) initially responded, but then started ignoring the lawsuit, claiming that a US court meant nothing to the UK-based operation.
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Topic: SPAM - on April 17, 2009 at 12:17:00 PM CEST
Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'
A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes.
The Carbon Footprint of e-mail Spam report estimated that 62 trillion spam emails are sent globally every year.
This amounted to emissions of more than 17 million tons of CO2, the research by climate
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Topic: SPAM - on August 26, 2008 at 1:10:00 PM CEST
Officials 'back ban on data sale'
There is massive support among election officials in England for a ban on the sale of voters' personal data to direct mail companies, a survey has found.
The Local Government Association poll of more than 200 administrators found 98% supported an end to the practice.
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Topic: SPAM - on January 7, 2008 at 1:13:00 PM CET
Spam King Ralsky indicted over stock spam scam
Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky and ten others have been indicted in the US over the alleged use of junk mail to promote stock fraud scams.
Ralsky (a long term fixture in Spamhaus's list of known spammers) his son-in-law Scott K Bradley and others, including a dual national of Canada and Hong Kong and individuals from Russia, California, Michigan, and Arizona have been charged over the alleged fraud.
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Topic: SPAM - on December 6, 2007 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Die stille Gefahr im Internet
Immer mehr PCs werden von Hackern gekidnappt, zum Versand von Spam-Mails oder für Hackangriffe missbraucht. Die Computerbenutzer bekommen davon meist nichts mit. Doch die Netze gekaperter Computer stellen eine große Gefahr dar, besonders für Deutschland.
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Topic: SPAM - on December 6, 2007 at 11:25:00 AM CET
Inside the "Ron Paul" Spam Botnet
On the weekend of October 27, 2007, the Internet was suddenly bombarded with a rash of spam emails promoting U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul. The spam run continued until Tuesday, October 30, when it stopped as suddenly as it began. At the same time, political blogs began to light up, accusing the campaign (or at least its ardent supporters) of running a criminal botnet for political purposes. We decided to cut through the spin and take a closer look at this botnet to determine its origins and shine some light on who might be responsible.
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Topic: SPAM - on October 24, 2007 at 12:21:00 PM CEST
The Next Evolution - GFI Uncovers MP3 Spam
Spammers are back with a new trick, this time round sending messages with MP3 attachments that contain the latest pump-and-dump stock scams.
One sample identified this morning by GFI, was a heavily distorted 30-second MP3 file. A synthetic female voice was used to promote a particular stock. This voice is distorted to avoid filtering approaches based on the file signature.
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Topic: SPAM - on September 9, 2007 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Pfizer PCs used to send Viagra spam
Viagra is a Pfizer product, so perhaps they’re not too upset about the spamming. Naah. PCs at Pfizer have been hijacked by trojan horses, and they are being used to relay Viagra spam. What can you say? Hilarious.
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Topic: SPAM - on June 23, 2007 at 11:00:00 AM CEST
Pump-and-dump scammers issue German prospectus
The fraudsters behind pump-and-dump stock spams are trying a new technique in a bid to fool spam filters. Junk mails promoting worthless stocks seen this week are appearing with an attached PDF file.
Typically titled "German Stock Insider", these PDF files purport to offer insider tips and contain more detail than is generally the case in typical pump-and-dump scams, even going to the bother of adding logos and the like for added "authenticity".
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Topic: SPAM - on December 29, 2006 at 11:34:00 AM CET
Bot-infected PCs get a refresh
On Christmas day, the number of bots tracked by the Shadowserver group dropped nearly 20 percent.
The dramatic decrease in weekly totals--from more than 500,000 infected systems to less than 400,000 computers--puzzled researchers. The Internet Storm Center, a threat monitoring group managed by the SANS Institute, confirmed a drop of about 10 percent.
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Topic: SPAM - on December 28, 2006 at 6:07:00 PM CET
Spam surge drives net crime spree
The tussle between computer security companies trying to protect your PC and the bad guys that try to compromise it is often characterised as an arms race.
Sometimes the security companies have the upper hand as they develop and deploy novel techniques to spot and stop malicious software of all stripes.
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Topic: SPAM - on November 2, 2006 at 10:16:00 AM CET
Spammers go island hopping to bypass filter
Anti-spam researchers at security company McAfee have discovered a new spamming trend nicknamed 'spam island-hopping'.
The new trend involves spammers using the domain names of small islands as website links in spam campaigns. McAfee has traced spam activity from the Isle of Man to the tiny tropical island of Tokelau in the South Pacific.
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