On Oct. 14, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced that with help from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Zealand police shut down a vast international spam network known as Herbal read more » DiscussBury
Gregg Keizer writes "The shutdown of California-based McColo Corp., a company that hosted a staggering variety of cybercriminal activity, on Nov. 11 cut spam by as much as 75% in the first few days read more » DiscussBury
Adam ODonnell writes "Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Obama-related spam campaign comes the discovery that attackers are redirecting people from an official Barack Obama website to malware when they read more » DiscussBury
StumbleUpon has begun banning users for various reasons, including spam. However, some users are upset that their emails asking why they have been banned are going unanswered. read more » DiscussBury
Brad Reed of Network World writes "Several ISPs and Internet companies will meet in San Francisco early next year to adopt a common strategy for combating botnets, the remotely controlled networks t read more » DiscussBury
The reports are in and the news is not good. Malicious spam rose sharply in the third quarter. From July to September 2008, one in every 416 emails was malicious spam - compared to one in every 3,333 read more » DiscussBury
In December 2003 Congress passed a landmark antispam bill known as the CAN-SPAM Act. Today, 5 years later the spam problem is worse than ever. Back them most spam was just annoying and an attempt to read more » DiscussBury
