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Ban Those Blog Comment Spammers!Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 16 days ago (http://www.johnchow.com)
Category: marketing | Tags ban, blog, comment, spammers, john chow, askimet,
John Chow comments on using Askimet to thwart comment spammers. read more »
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Social networking malware: Protect yourselfOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 23 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags social, networking, malware, spammers, facebook, myspace,
"As social networking tools change the way we communicate, spammers have begun turning their attention to services such as Facebook and MySpace, tricking users into installing viruses, launching fra read more »
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Malware madness and spammers in the slammer: The year in cybercrimeOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 25 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags malware, spammers, cybercrime, botnet, security, crime,
"How high-profile spammers and underground botnet economies have shaped cybercrime in 2008." read more »
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Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail systematically abused by spammersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 30 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags gmail, yahoo, hotmail, abused, spammers, ,
"With the industry's eyes constantly monitoring the usual suspects; use of phony hosting providers, another market segment within the underground marketplace has been developing beneath..." read more »
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Spam spikes again weeks after McColo shutdownOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 43 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: network | Tags joan goodchild, spammers, junk mail, , , ,
Joan Goodchild writes "spammers are finding new ways to send out their junk mail just weeks after the shutdown of a major Web-hosting firm took many of them off the map." read more »
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Researchers hijack botnet for spam studyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 60 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags security, researchers, san diego, uc berkeley, storm botnet, economics of spam, spammers, pharmacy spam,
Security researchers at the University of California, San Diego and UC Berkeley infiltrated the control system of the Storm botnet to research the economics of spam. They found that pharmacy-touting read more »
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Spammers break BlogSpot CAPTCHA, load up on garbage sitesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 63 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: software | Tags angela gunn, spammers, captcha, computers, blogspot, email, mobileme, ,
Angela Gunn writes " Spammers have figured out a way to get around certain implementations of CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) and thus abuse Blog read more »
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Three Ways Internet Crime Has ChangedOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 66 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags joan goodchild, attack, network, headlines, cybercriminals, web sites, underground economy, ,
Joan Goodchild writes "Gone are the days when most hackers were looking for fame with a splashy, large-scale attack on a network that made headlines. Today's cybercriminals are quietly taking over read more »
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