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Possible increase in spam expected as once crippled botnet rises from thhe dead

Back near the end of the summer of last year both Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab, a security software company, worked together to bring down one of the reported biggest spam botnets that was responsible for polluting machines ... continue

Stop Spam Forever

Sometimes the "report spam" button does nothing, and this guy is a total genius! continue

New York Times Accidentally Emails 9 Million People, Promises It Isn’t Spam

A staffer at the New York Times had an "oops" moment on Wednesday when they accidentally sent an email to 9 million New York Times readers instead of the few hundred the email was meant for. At first ... continue

Michele Bachmann Campaign Engages In Spam, Steals Homeschool Organizations Email List

As if her campaign wasn't already in enough trouble reports are circulating that staffers for Michele Bachmann stole an email list belonging to the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators (NICHE) and then sent spam emails to their ... continue

Spam Product Orders Are Typically Delivered Says New Study

Spam in email can be annoying and oftentimes it's all a scam, however a recent research study has found that when products are involved they are often delivered more times than not. Researchers used temporary credit cards to ... continue

Chipotle wants your (email) spam for healthy school lunches

Chipotle, a casual dining chain in the US dedicated to using premium ingredients for their Mexican fare, is seeking out spam for a new school lunch initiative. Not the edible kind of Spam- the kind that relentlessly pummels ... continue

Spam begins to flow on Google Buzz

Wow that really didn't take very long did it. I guess it helps with GMail being the premier email service loved by spammers around the world. continue

Spammers hitting us through Google Maps emails

I haven't seen this vector for spam before so excuse me if this isn't something new but it is for me. I just got both these emails not 5 minutes ago and as you can see below ... continue

Amazon to help you be a spammer while painting a bullseye for the FTC

One of the big topics today that I have picked up from my morning reading is the news that Amazon is going to help you become a Twitter spammer. Yup now you will be able to populate your ... continue

Funny: is your online lover who they say they are?

It just always seems like those spam bots are one step ahead of us. Always. [XKCD] continue

Yet another DUH! report – spam accounts for 92% of all email

Yes folks you heard it here, and probably a whole bunch of other places by now, but I would let that stop me from doing my best netizen civic duty. You see McAfee has ... continue

Simple guide to predict Twitter spam

As Twitter has grown it has attracted the scummy side of marketing and other less savory types of link hi-jacking leaving some folks wondering if it is worth all the trouble to be a ... continue

GMail’s ultimate gift to mankind

I would bet that just about anyone reading this post still has one or two newsletter, or newslist, types of emails that they are no longer interested in coming into their email inboxes. These ... continue

Please keep sharing your crap on Facebook – it may save our email inboxes

I think everyone probably has some favorite relative; or so we keep telling ourselves they are, who no matter how nicely you try and tell them to quit it keep on sending you all ... continue

12% of people stupid enough to shop through spam

Thanks, jerks. It's the question most internet users can't seem to wrap their heads around. Why is spam so prevalent? Could anyone possibly be that stupid? What the hell is the point? Surely no one ever buys anything ... continue

Twitspam Identifies Purveyors of Disinformation [#iranElection]

Any time there’s a trending topic on Twitter, there are spammers that suddenly come out of the woodwork to exploit that topic with the intent to get you to come view their magical slapchopping, traffic-building, penis-enlarging ... continue

FTC swoops in and smacks down rogue ISP Pricewert

The United States FTC issued a statement today announcing a rare takedown of rogue ISP Pricewert, LLC. (Aliases include 3FN and APS Telecom.) Besides sounding vaguely like an obscure German-industrial band, Pricewert stands accused of actively recruiting and ... continue

Stepping over that Twitter line

I like Twitter so don’t get me wrong here but all you people playing the Spymaster would you please piss off. Seriously, it’s bad enough that we are having to suffer through using a ... continue

Hell has come to Web 2.0 and social media

Spam especially the sexually related stuff has to be the bane of our online existence. After all how many Viagra or Grow a Bigger Dick spam emails do you have to get before you literally want ... continue

Get ready .. get set .. here comes the Twitter spam on a big scale

For those of us using the Twitter service spam is something that while an irritation it hasn’t become a major intrusion the way it has with email. That could change with the availability of the first ... continue

Google is #4 spam friendly provider

Way to go Google I knew you could do it .. errr wait a sec this isn’t so good after all. It turns out that Google’s free services are being heavily used by spammers according to a ... continue

Spam-Fighting Solution Gets $20 Million

The company behind commercial spam-fighting solution CertifiedEmail has scored $20 million to expand its business. Goodmail Systems announced the fresh funding this morning. Goodmail's CertifiedEmail system -- used by e-mail providers such as AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and ... continue