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Tumblr bloggrs ensnared in chain-spam scam

Bumblrs duped by 'blog deletion' curse

17 May 12:38

Facebook spam prevention scam spreading like wildfire

Social media worm d'jour

12 May 10:22

Rogue Twitter counter app punts survey scam

#duhhhh

19 Apr 14:12

Junk mail down 1/3 since Rustock botnet takedown

But Bagle does brisk business

29 Mar 09:59

RUSTOCK TAKEDOWN: How the world's worst botnet was KO'd

Analysis Redmond posse sends bot-herd cowboys a-runnin'

23 Mar 13:48

MS claims credit for Rustock botnet takedown

All salute the zombie slayer

18 Mar 11:57

Spam levels plummet as Rustock botnet taken down... for now

815,000 zombies with no master...

17 Mar 12:12

Bogus BBC Fukushima radiation texts panic the Philippines

Thanks for that

15 Mar 10:34

IPv6 intro creates spam-filtering nightmare

Blacklist extinction looms

8 Mar 14:16

Spammers exploit Internationalized Domain Names to punt penis pills

Cyrillic dysfunction

1 Mar 11:48

Bagle shoots ahead of Rustock in spam-pumping triumph

Gets off more bot deliveries than rival

25 Jan 2011, 15:25

Spam volumes double as Rustock botnet wakes

Great, I was wondering where I could get cheap viagra

11 Jan 2011, 11:40

Spam volumes shrink over festive season

Even miscreants like to make merry

6 Jan 2011, 09:17

Twitter diet spam splurge blamed on Gawker compromise

Spammers spread berry silly nonsense

13 Dec 2010, 11:17

Alleged Russian spam-lord hauled into US court

Bogus todger-stiffening pills flogged to Wisconsin cops

6 Dec 2010, 10:20

Feds pursue Russian, 23, behind ⅓ of ALL WORLD SPAM

Badges pursue bot cowboy who mustered huge Mega-D herd

1 Dec 2010, 14:55

Russia beats off US, floods world with spam

Bot spankings = Yanks down rankings

1 Dec 2010, 14:31

Botnet takedowns curb spam volumes

Spam almost cut in half between August and October

11 Nov 2010, 13:16

Spamhaus blocks fellow antispam outfit

Updated Some whitehats more equal than others

1 Nov 2010, 19:00

Russia files charges against alleged penis pill pusher

Supposed spam-javelin spammer slapped

28 Oct 2010, 14:03

Spam blacklist snafu prompts global gnashing of teeth

Legit IPs blocked in SORBS cockup

7 Oct 2010, 21:03

Penis pill spam shrinks

Spamit! Affiliate shuts up shop

6 Oct 2010, 09:24

Veteran spam suit troll plaintiff calls it quits

Cites threat of bankruptcy or dissolution

14 Sep 2010, 05:00

Scammers seize on tax rebates as phishing lure

Greedy sprats

7 Sep 2010, 13:38

Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets

Are UK hackers behind Trojan horse attack?

31 Aug 2010, 12:26

Yemeni assassin hits York man with spam death threat

We'll spare you for $50k

23 Aug 2010, 11:07

Survey scammers exploit Facebook dislike lure

D. Odgybloke likes this

16 Aug 2010, 10:35

Waledac zombie attacks rise from the grave

Updated As hard to kill as a horror movie baddie

13 Aug 2010, 10:27

Hoax Facebook virus makes more trouble than a real virus

Don't tell all your friends

6 Aug 2010, 13:09

Vatican Google-bombed over weekend

Google points Holysee-kers to pedofilo.com

19 Jul 2010, 12:11

Survey scammers offer fake Doctor Who clips

Soiled spoilers

25 Jun 2010, 11:04

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

End of line for 6.6 billion-strong spammer

16 Jun 2010, 02:40

Conroy pledges to stop spams infecting Aussies' portals

It's enough to make you sic

9 Jun 2010, 14:00

British Library sinks beneath Strategy Boutique spam

Can it tell the difference?

8 Jun 2010, 11:02

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

CAN-SPAM cuts both ways

25 May 2010, 00:20

Eset slips on Comdom to stop spam emissions

Suited and booted

24 May 2010, 10:15

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