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Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets

Are UK hackers behind Trojan horse attack?

31 Aug 12:26

Yemeni assassin hits York man with spam death threat

We'll spare you for $50k

23 Aug 11:07

Survey scammers exploit Facebook dislike lure

D. Odgybloke likes this

16 Aug 10:35

Waledac zombie attacks rise from the grave

Updated As hard to kill as a horror movie baddie

13 Aug 10:27

Hoax Facebook virus makes more trouble than a real virus

Don't tell all your friends

6 Aug 13:09

Vatican Google-bombed over weekend

Google points Holysee-kers to pedofilo.com

19 Jul 12:11

Survey scammers offer fake Doctor Who clips

Soiled spoilers

25 Jun 11:04

$11.7m judgment against Spamhaus slashed to $27,000

End of line for 6.6 billion-strong spammer

16 Jun 02:40

Conroy pledges to stop spams infecting Aussies' portals

It's enough to make you sic

9 Jun 14:00

British Library sinks beneath Strategy Boutique spam

Can it tell the difference?

8 Jun 11:02

ISP slapped with $807,000 fee for 'groundless' spam case

CAN-SPAM cuts both ways

25 May 00:20

Eset slips on Comdom to stop spam emissions

Suited and booted

24 May 10:15

Spammers ordered to pay tiny ISP whopping $2.6m

$650,000 per employee courtesy of CAN-SPAM

6 May 22:00

Scammers attempt to cash in on volcanic ash travel chaos

Bizarre LHC black hole scam also runs

6 May 07:55

Infamous Storm botnet rises from the grave

Undead penis pill spam

27 Apr 19:35

Google: botnet takedowns fail to stem spam tide

'If one goes offline, spammers buy, rent, or deploy another'

18 Apr 04:17

Pitchman fights to avoid jail for egging on supporters to spam judge

Virtual contempt case tests law

12 Apr 14:57

Sophos sorry for blog comment spam campaign

Marketing agency gets up to mischief

22 Mar 12:59

Virgin Mobile fined for pushing mobile spam

Ignored Oz opt-outs

19 Mar 12:46

Hacking human gullibility with social penetration

We don't need no stinking exploits

4 Mar 07:02

Zombie tactics threaten to poison honeypots

Hive minds vs bot herders

2 Mar 16:13

Scareware scams ride the back of killer whale tragedy

Black hats pee in the pool again

25 Feb 15:51

Spam filters stuff Canadian Beaver

Venerable magazine to adopt less suggestive title

13 Jan 14:41

Pharma link spammers invade Live Space

Fake blog posts spamvertise knock-off pills

23 Dec 12:48

Return of MP3 spam punts penis pill sites

When Harry Met Spammy

18 Dec 16:08

Facebook sues social network spammers

Alleged anti-social behaviour provokes lawsuit

17 Dec 11:59

Honeynet research lifts the lid on spam trends

Busy bees reveal a hive of junk mail activity

15 Dec 17:01

Ruggedised botnets pushing out even more spam

Future rogue ISP takedowns unlikely to bring relief

8 Dec 14:11

Anti-spammers urged to gang up

Test suggests collaboration is the way to fight the wrong'uns

1 Dec 15:56

Ralsky jailed for four years over stock fraud spam scam

Godfather of spam sent down

24 Nov 12:26

Spammers aim to profit from swine flu pandemic

Caution advised over modern day Harry Limes

16 Nov 16:50

Next generation spammers rise up in Asia, India and Brazil

High-speed broadband allows worldwide miscreanting

10 Nov 07:02

Controversial email blocklist SORBS sold

GFI confirms purchase of reputation service

6 Nov 11:05

Notorious Kiwi pill spammers slapped with fine

Herbal King dethroned

2 Nov 15:43

Facebook awarded $711m in 'Spamford' Wallace case

Expects to receive almost nothing

30 Oct 18:23

Telecoms reform tabled as EU plots spam clampdown

Italy praised and UK shamed over enforcement

12 Oct 06:02

YouTube video spam promotes Russian real estate

A different kind of viral video

9 Oct 16:34

Spammers jump on Gmail, Hotmail mass-hack gravy train

Like manna from heaven

7 Oct 23:43

Gmail, AOL, Yahoo! all hit by webmail phishing scam

Update I can see my address from here

6 Oct 14:44

Penis pill spam: The hard figures

$1,600 per spam run a day?

25 Sep 11:37

Twitter-based mafia game irritates world+dog

An offer you can refuse

22 Sep 09:56

Worm wiggles through weary WordPress

Spam-friendly malware spanks Scoble blog

7 Sep 14:35

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