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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

McDonalds survey scam is super-size fraud

Fillet O'Phish

1 Dec 14:36

Srizbi spam botnet in failed resurrection

Rebirth before redeath

26 Nov 20:48

Microsoft ranks 5th on inglorious spam-friendly ISP list

Soft target

26 Nov 14:19

Facebook spams social networkers with phishy email

Click on this link...bitch

26 Nov 02:41

Facebook wins record $873m fine against smut spammer

Junk mailer poked but unlikely to pay

25 Nov 12:46

Over-feeding phishers struggle to make ends meet

Microsoft duo question easy money 'myth'

13 Nov 2008, 15:19

Researchers hijack botnet for spam study

Whipping up a Storm

10 Nov 2008, 19:50

McCain 'dead' email ruse punts penis pills

Republican rickrolling ruse

6 Nov 2008, 17:10

McCain pulls ahead in pharmaceutical spam

USA '08 Taking the political temperature through the medium of penis-enlargement promises

4 Nov 2008, 16:52

Ralsky confidant agrees to rat out notorious spam gang

Second co-defendant said to plead guilty

16 Oct 2008, 22:06

Warezov botnet rises from the grave

Undead spam

16 Oct 2008, 00:33

Feds hamstring world's largest spam gang

FTC targets Texas-Kiwi connection

14 Oct 2008, 23:24

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