Mar 04
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, hardware, networks, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
We don’t need no stinking exploits
Security penetration testers Mike Bailey and Mike Murray rely plenty on attacks that exploit weaknesses in websites and servers, but their approach is better summed up by the famous phrase “There’s a sucker born every minute.”…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
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Hacking human gullibility with social penetration
Mar 02
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Hive minds vs bot herders
Innovations in botnet technology threaten the usefulness of honeypots, one of the main ways to study how bot herders control networks of zombie PCs.…
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Zombie tactics threaten to poison honeypots
Feb 25
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, crime, entertainment, hardware, networks, Phishing, privacy, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Black hats pee in the pool again
Supposed footage of Wednesday’s fatal Sea World killer whale attack in Florida actually points at sites distributing scareware.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
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Scareware scams ride the back of killer whale tragedy
Jan 13
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Venerable magazine to adopt less suggestive title
Venerable Canadian publication The Beaver has been obliged to change its name after prudish spam filters objected to its suggestive title.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
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Spam filters stuff Canadian Beaver
Dec 23
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, hardware, networks, physics, police, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, space, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Fake blog posts spamvertise knock-off pills
Cybercrime affiliates of unlicensed pharmaceutical websites have begun moving on from attacks purely designed to poison Google search engine results, and are now targetting Microsoft’s web properties.…
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Pharma link spammers invade Live Space
Nov 16
Spam Adware, analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, messaging, networks, Phishing, privacy, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Caution advised over modern day Harry Limes
Russian cybercrooks have laid the groundwork needed to build a business cashing in on swine flu panic-buying.…
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Spammers aim to profit from swine flu pandemic
Oct 30
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
Expects to receive almost nothing
Facebook has been awarded $711 million in damages against the infamous junk mail merchant, Sanford “Spamford” Wallace, who gained access to numerous accounts on the social website and sent phony messages to their friends.…
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Facebook awarded $711m in ‘Spamford’ Wallace case
Oct 09
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, Phishing, physics, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
A different kind of viral video
Russian security researchers have discovered a spam campaign that points towards video ads hosted on YouTube.…
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YouTube video spam promotes Russian real estate
Sep 25
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, crime, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spamdexing, sponsored-links, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
$1,600 per spam run a day?
The economics of male enhancement pill spammers have been laid bare by security researcher Dmitry Samosseiko.…
What is your recession sales strategy?
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Penis pill spam: The hard figures
Sep 07
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, feeds, hardware, networks, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, sponsored-links, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Spam-friendly malware spanks Scoble blog
Hackers are exploiting older installations of WordPress to distribute blog comment spam and disguise links to malware-contaminated sites.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Worm wiggles through weary WordPress
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