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Spam

Short URLs in spam skyrocket

The Twitter effect

8 Jul 13:59

Spam levels bounce back after botnet takedown

Even botnets have backup now

2 Jul 13:02

Jackson mass mailer adds to attack onslaught

More zombies than the Thriller video

1 Jul 16:55

China spam crisis provokes researcher's ire

Name and shame campaign aims to change attitudes

1 Jul 09:48

Spammers swift to exploit Jackson death to punt malware

Updated Who's bad?

26 Jun 09:47

Notorious spammer Ralsky pleads guilty to stock scam

Father and son-in-law spammers face slammer

23 Jun 10:05

Bolivian TV falls for Air France crash hoax

Dramatic images of flight 447's last moments

22 Jun 08:49

Indian politico's webmail hacked to punt lost-wallet scam

PLEASE SEND $3,500. MOST GRACIOUS.

12 Jun 13:41

Pondlife scammers abuse Air France tragedy

Carradine death also cheap fodder

5 Jun 22:05

Junk email volumes hit high

Spam volume increases despite swine flu

27 May 12:23

BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault

Updated 'Largest cyber-assault in history'

27 May 07:38

Twitter typosquatting site preys on gullible

Well, duh

21 May 18:08

Ford crushes half-price hybrid hoax

Credit crunch car sale nonsense quashed

19 May 12:19

Under-caution spam faxer fined over £6,000

Debt firm fax up

21 Apr 06:02

Football lottery scam targets UK punters

Big Cup con

17 Apr 18:17

McAfee: Save the planet - use a spam filter

Junk mail makes monster carbon emissions? Oh noes!

15 Apr 15:22

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Narrowcasting for the email classes

1 Apr 11:36

Spam regains pre-McColo reach

Junk mail strikes back

1 Apr 00:06

US Supremes flatline Virginia's hardline anti-spam law

AOL junk mailer ignored

31 Mar 18:16

Pro tip: Don't include SEC lawyer in your $4.6m botnet scam

Texas men settle lawsuit over spam scam

19 Mar 00:01

BBC zombie caper slammed by security pros

Analysis Daft Beeb-bot doco gets go-ahead

13 Mar 16:18

Romanian cops cuff 20 phishing suspects

Big phish

12 Mar 14:54

Oz runs Romero-themed zombie awareness week

Throw another braaaain on the barbie

3 Mar 15:29

Facebook sues 'Spamford' Wallace over spam scam

Bring in the usual suspects

3 Mar 13:31

Second rogue Facebook app bewilders users

Poisoned mushrooms and spam

27 Feb 11:54

Miley Cyrus hacker in MySpace spam ringtone scam

TrainReq invites surfers to vote on own punishment

26 Feb 11:36

Gmail phishing attack hits on heels of outage

Oh the humanity

25 Feb 12:40

Lads from Lagos crack cabinet minister's webmail account

Person in peril scam follows mystery Hotmail hack

24 Feb 13:41

Romeo 419ers take Canadian women for $300k

Lonely hearts, empty wallets

19 Feb 09:42

Scareware scammers Rickroll Digg

Bot comment blitz intensifies

12 Feb 16:11

Squatting spammers take over Facebook protest site

Make bucks, not war

11 Feb 11:41

'Spam-friendly' domain registrars named and shamed

Pick your mates

5 Feb 14:00

Websense buys Defensio to fight blog comment spam

Sexy Russian girls are not waiting to meet you

28 Jan 14:48

Spammers target Twitter

Twammers will punish you for your inane burblings

27 Jan 12:08

Spam volumes increase to pre-McColo takedown levels

Mega-D botnet spewing out junk mail torrent

26 Jan 14:22

419ers take Canadian for $150,000

Textbook scam

15 Jan 13:44

Next-gen botnet armies fill spam void

Out with the old, in with the new

14 Jan 22:55

Google picks up third spot in spam-friendly shame list

Blogspot exploits and Gmail scams slammed

6 Jan 15:41

Prolific penis-pill pusher gets slap on the wrist

Billions served

23 Dec 01:22

Nine in ten emails now spam

River of junk stems from malware plague

16 Dec 12:01

Penis pill botnet awakens after McColo shutdown

It's ALIVE

8 Dec 13:43

Booby-trapped emails fly back into fashion

Trojan assault wave takes many guises

4 Dec 16:21

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