Friday, November 2, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Reuters,
Privacy & data protection,
E-mail,
Online Communications,
Marketing,
Advertising & Promotion,
Spam,
Spam And Phishing
Spammer is sentenced after pleading guilty to helping send junk e-mails to more than 1.2 million America Online subscribers. A New Jersey man was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for helping send spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million America Online subscribers. ...
Friday, October 26, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Privacy & data protection,
Cyberthreats,
Spam,
Spam And Phishing
U.S. sends about 28 percent of the world's spam--more than five times as much as second-place South Korea, says security firm. The U.S. remains the world's biggest spammer, according to security firm Sophos, which on Friday released its quarterly report on the world's top spam-offending countries--dubbed the "Dirty...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Vulnerability,
Viruses and Worms,
Attacks,
Liam Tung,
Trojan Horse,
E-mail,
Spyware,
Adware & Malware,
Online Communications,
Cyberthreats,
Spam,
Spam And Phishing
Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. Spammers are exploiting YouTube's "invite your friends" function to send spam containing a variant of the "Storm worm." Bradley Anstis, director of product management at security firm Marshal,...
Friday, September 21, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Viruses and Worms,
Web,
Politics & government,
Homeland Security,
Government,
Jo Best,
Site,
Phishing,
Internet,
Cyberthreats,
Spam,
Spam And Phishing
Touted as tool for targeting phishing and terrorist sites, new bill would allow police to alter current Internet "blacklist." A bill introduced this week by Australia's Parliament would give the Australian federal police the power to control which sites can and cannot be viewed by Australian Web surfers....
