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Study: Spammers scourge to inbox and environment

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly.





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Two US senators introduced legislation aimed at curbing unsolicited text messages on mobile devices

US senators seek to squash spam

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Two US senators declared war on spam on Thursday. Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine, and Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, introduced legislation aimed at curbing unsolicited text ...


Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ...


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Internet 'flooded with swine virus spam emails'

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spam emails using "swine flu" as a keyword phrase have flooded the Internet as opportunists seek to exploit concerns over the outbreak of the virus, a global cyber security firm warned Thursday.


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Spurned spammers hack security site

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created May 11, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Spammers have attacked anti-spam, anti-spyware company Blue Security's Web site, stealing parts of the database to get customers' e-mail addresses.


The number of text messages that a mobile user in S.Korea can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000

S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.


Web marketer ordered to pay Facebook $711M damages

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking Web site $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace.


Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden ...


High spam levels choke business broadband

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created Jul 18, 2006 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Businesses experiencing long delays in receiving and sending e-mail messages may have an unexpected culprit to blame: spam.


'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.


Cell phone spam widespread in China

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created Nov 27, 2006 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A China Internet Society study has suggested 6.25 percent of cell phone users in the country receive spam text messages more than 40 times a week.



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