Dutch spam suspect fined €250K

Clogged interwebs with 21m junk mails

Dutch telecoms regulators have fined a junk email spammer €250,000.…

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Swine flu malware poses as pig plague update

Telling porkies

Wrongdoers have created a new strain of swine flu-themed malware.…

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MS sues ringtone firm over smut-punting IM spam scam

SPIM phishers feel the wrath of Redmond’s lawyers

Microsoft has set its legal attack dogs on a Hong Kong distributor of mobile ringtones, over allegations that it has flooded Microsoft Live Messenger users with deceptive, fraudulent IM spam messages ultimately aimed at promoting online smut.…

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NYC MTA SUBWAY WATERFALL EVACUATION I

pineapplestrawberries asked:

beginning the evacuation of the E train in nyc when the flood set in

High spam response powers junk mail economy

Lunkhead junk mail buyers come clean

Almost a third of consumers admit responding to messages that might be spam emails. Some acted out of curiosity or by mistake but a puzzling 96 from a sample of 800 (12 per cent) said they clicked because they interested in the product or service advertised in junk mail messages.…

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sendmail 1.2 Tutorial / E-Mail Spammer / Flooder / Hack

plant-equipment asked:

Hier ein Programm, was ich bei www.murb.com gefunden habe. Pro Mail 1 Sekunde ! Programm ist eigentlich selbsterklärend. Bei smtp muss bei zb web.de “smtp.web.de” rein.

Short URLs in spam skyrocket

The Twitter effect

Incidents of shortened URLs in spam messages have skyrocketed since the start of this week.…

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Spam levels bounce back after botnet takedown

Even botnets have backup now

Spam levels are returning to normal following the recent takedown of crime-friendly ISP 3FN, which temporarily interrupted the operation of a significant spam spewing botnet.…

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Jackson mass mailer adds to attack onslaught

More zombies than the Thriller video

Miscreants have created a Michael Jackson mass-mailing worm.…

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China spam crisis provokes researcher’s ire

Name and shame campaign aims to change attitudes

A security researcher is calling for action against Chinese internet firms which are failing to protect their services from abuse by cybercrooks.…

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