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News tagged with spam messages
US moves to tackle scourge of 'robocalls'
"Hello? Who's calling?" For many Americans these days, the call is coming from a "bot" or automated program that seeks to trick them into giving up money or important personal data.
Telecom
Jun 8, 2019
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Text spam messages on the rise
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.
Telecom
Oct 12, 2012
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Las Vegas man accused of mass spamming on Facebook
(AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas man on charges he sent more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users.
Internet
Aug 5, 2011
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US man arrested in hacker stock fraud scheme
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 said.
Internet
Mar 21, 2011
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Microsoft gets legal might to take down spam botnets
With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks.
Internet
Sep 8, 2010
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Freebie tricksters unleash spam botnet using Android phones
(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 the lure of free ...
Facebook to charge for some message delivery (Update)
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.
Internet
Dec 20, 2012
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Filtering spam: Researchers propose new method to rid inboxes of unwanted email
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 ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 20, 2012
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Researchers zap huge global spam 'botnet'
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.
Internet
Jul 19, 2012
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