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Court orders spammer to pay $711 million to Facebook

Mike Ferro — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:58:47 +0000

One of the most annoying things about Facebook is the amount of spammers attacking the social media site. As popularity in social communities rise, spammers have started to target these sites aggressively. [...]

YouTube serving up 1 billion videos daily, but how many are spam?

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:32:43 +0000

While YouTube is enjoying the success of averaging 1 billion videos viewed per day, spammers appear set to start invading the service in earnest.

YouTube CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley took to the [...]

Viagra spam still raking in cash from gullible people

Dave Parrack — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:27:49 +0000

There was I thinking that the problem of spam had been pretty much solved due to spam filters and Web users applying a little more common sense these days [...]

Spam email fools millions of American Internet users

Dave Parrack — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:50:29 +0000

Spam email has been with us for over 30 years now, having celebrated its birthday in May 2008. With that in mind, surely it’s been with us long enough that [...]

Hackers use Michael Jackson to leverage virus and spam attack

Mike Ferro — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:45:01 +0000

Prior to the official announcement that Michael Jackson was dead, there was a flurry of rumors going across the Web causing much confusion. Many sites were reporting that Michael Jackson was in a state of deep coma while others were [...]

Stock spam scammer faces slammer

John Lister — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:05:37 +0000

A man who used spam to manipulate stock prices may spend more than seven years behind bars. Alan M. Ralsky is one of five men to plead guilty to a rare combination of spam and wire fraud charges.

According to prosecution evidence, the five [...]

FTC shuts down worst ISP in the U.S.

John Lister — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:10:50 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission has closed down an Internet service provider described today as “nefarious” and the “worst ISP in [the] U.S.” And that’s some of the nicer things people have said.

One site referred to Pricewert LLC as “a hive of scum [...]

90 percent of all emails today are spam

Dave Jeyes — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:33:11 +0000

Last September’s demise of long suspected malware host Intercage may have decreased spam by 8 percent in one month, but spammers are finding new tricks to keep up their trade. In fact, a recent report shows that nine out [...]

College students receive 10 years for $4 million email scheme

Mike Ferro — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:37:00 +0000

Several college students were indicted this past week, charged with fraud and email spamming. The email spamming scheme crippled the networks of colleges and universities all in an attempt to sell products to fellow students. The method in which the [...]

Spam wastes enough energy to circle the globe

Dave Jeyes — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:01:28 +0000

Recent findings on the total cost of spam email converts these costs to environmental impacts. The amount of spam email sent on the Internet wastes enough energy to drive around the world not once, but 1.6 million times in one year.

A single spam email wastes enough energy to [...]