Malware like Koobface and Zeus is replacing old-school phishing
What do phishing, instant messaging malware, DDoS attacks and 419 scams have in common? According to Cisco Systems, they're all has-been cybercrimes that were supplanted by slicker, more menacing forms of cybercrime over the past year.
Gateway appliance chosen over hosted solution
With spam hampering staff productivity and increasing helpdesk calls, Sydney-based plumbing suppliers company Plumbers' Supplies Co-operative Ltd has replaced an open source e-mail security solution with an network gateway appliance.
Alan Ralsky and three others received jail time for their parts in a spam stock manipulation scheme
One of the most notorious U.S.-based spammers was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for a scheme that used spam to manipulate stock prices in order to make a profit.
Communications regulator launches Web site, fact sheets and PowerPoint presentation to teach agents meaning of consent and telemarketing
The real estate industry has come under further scrutiny by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) due to concerns that industry members are spamming consumers via telephone, SMS and email.
Oversupply of drugs in the Chinese market the likely culprit, however, Chinese spam responsible for up to 65 per cent of global email volumes
Increases in spam which offers cheap Chinese medicine need not necessarily be a cause for alarm, according to a new report from McAfee.
Shortened URLs remain key to junk email barrage
Shortened URLs remain a key strategy of spammers, prompting an overhaul of shortened URL services on the Internet.
The lawsuit claims that Funmobile phished users and then spammed their contacts
Microsoft has sued a Hong Kong seller of mobile ringtones, saying the company used phishing techniques to flood Microsoft Live Messenger users with spam messages.
Consumers are confident but arguably somewhat naive about computer security, a survey shows
About one in six consumers have at some time acted on a spam message, affirming the economic incentive for spammers to keep churning out millions of obnoxious pitches per day, according to a new survey.
Pharma shoots to top of the league.
The truism that spam mostly consists of inducements to buy products such as Viagra turns out to spot on, a security company has found.
A Virginia man faces up to six years in prison for selling spamming software
A Virginia software developer has pleaded guilty to charges related to creating and marketing software designed to send bulk commercial e-mail messages, in violation of the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Chinese hosting companies and registrars sometimes ignore complaints, which perpetuates fraud and spam
An overwhelming majority of Web sites promoted through spam are hosted in China at service providers that many times choose to ignore complaints and allow illegal activity, according to research from the University of Alabama.
The software can be used to block spam via SMS and MMS and filter out malicious content
As mobile users are more frequently pestered by SMS spam, one security vendor is applying its experience in stopping e-mail spam for mobile networks.
There is also malicious spam circulating as an e-mail invite to join Twitter
Spammers are never far from a hot story, it seems, and in the past day they've been flooding Twitter with phoney messages about Iran and the latest iPhone 3.0 operating system.
Some spammers are dropping the use of botnets in favor of massive spam blasts
Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, according to Symantec, which reported Tuesday that unsolicited e-mail made up 90.4 percent of messages on corporate networks last month.
Rustock, Xarvester top the list as most efficient spam-spewing bots
Some bot-infected PCs can crank out as many as 25,000 spam messages per hour, new research released Wednesday claimed.
