Facebook on Thursday began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients at the social network.
Dec 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Cloudmark, a San Francisco based messaging security company, posted a notice on Sunday that an Android trojan is being used to create simple havoc, aka an SMS spam botnet. Cyber-thieves dangling ...
Dec 20, 2012
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Spammers have recently turned high-tech, using layers of images to fool automatic filters. Thanks to some sophisticated new cyber-sleuthing, researchers at Concordia University's Institute of Information Systems Engineering ...
Nov 20, 2012
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Lesley-Ann Thompson's cell phone buzzed the other week with a text message telling her she had won a $1,000 gift card from Best Buy.
Oct 12, 2012
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A huge global 'botnet' responsible for sending out millions of spam messages each day has been shut down by a collaborative effort from security experts in the US, Britain and Russia, researchers said.
Jul 19, 2012
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Twitter said that it was trying to figure out how user names and passwords from thousands of accounts apparently wound up posted at an online file sharing website.
May 09, 2012
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Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai on suspicion of defrauding hundreds of people through text message and spam email scams, police said.
Jan 03, 2012
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(AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas man on charges he sent more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users.
Aug 05, 2011
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US authorities Monday arrested and charged a Texas man accused of masterminding a scheme using a Russian hacker and an email spam campaign to pump up the value of fledgling companies, the Justice Department ...
Mar 21, 2011
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With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks.
Sep 08, 2010
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IBM said Thursday it has developed a system for a Chinese mobile phone operator that blocks spam text messaging, but denied the software could be used as a censorship tool.
Mar 25, 2010
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I don't know about you, but I'm overwhelmed by e-mail. Yes, I know. The Wall Street Journal has declared that e-mail's reign is over. It's supposedly being replaced by technologies such as instant messaging, social networking ...
Nov 19, 2009
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(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.
Oct 30, 2009
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(AP) -- There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly.
Apr 15, 2009
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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 ...
Apr 03, 2009
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