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.”…
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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.…
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Scareware scams ride the back of killer whale tragedy
Feb 04
Spam Adware, company, country, cybercrime, database, enterprise-software, facebook, hacking, identity-theft, internet, it-security, linux, malware, Phishing, phishing-news, programming, Spam, Spyware, technology
IT security firm Sophos revealed Monday in its Security Threat 2010 that Facebook and Tweeter are not only for social networker, it is extensively used by cybercriminals. The survey also said that spamming on social networking sites went up to 70%. 57% of the users said that they have been spammed through social networking …. Source
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.…
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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
Dec 18
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, feeds, hardware, made-of-win, money, networks, Phishing, privacy, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, whitepapers, wireless
When Harry Met Spammy
MP3 spam has made an unwelcome return, two years after the tactic was first used to spamvertise products and services.…
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Return of MP3 spam punts penis pill sites
Dec 17
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, made-of-win, networks, Phishing, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Alleged anti-social behaviour provokes lawsuit
Facebook has launched lawsuits against a trio of alleged high profile hijackers and spammers.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
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Facebook sues social network spammers
Dec 15
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, entertainment, feeds, hardware, made-of-win, networks, Phishing, privacy, related-stories, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Busy bees reveal a hive of junk mail activity
Stats from the one billion spam messages blocked by Project Honey Pot over the last five years provide an insight into junk mail trends and spamming practices.…
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Honeynet research lifts the lid on spam trends
Dec 08
Spam analysis-and-opinion, Anti Virus, business, copyright, entertainment, feeds, hardware, made-of-win, networks, Phishing, privacy, science, security, software, Spam, Spyware, storage, whitepapers, wireless
Future rogue ISP takedowns unlikely to bring relief
Cybercrooks have adapted to the takedown of rogue ISPs by building more resilient botnets.…
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Ruggedised botnets pushing out even more spam
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