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  • Microsoft takes on graymail with refreshed Hotmail service

    Microsoft takes on graymail with refreshed Hotmail service

    EXCLUSIVE: Product manager Bryan Saftler explains all 3 October 2011 22:00 GMT

    Microsoft is in the process of relaunching its Hotmail email service with the bold and intriguing mission statement: "Hotmail Starts the War on Graymail". After having successfully reduced the amount of spam messages that you will receive in your inbox...

  • Twitter boasts significant spam reduction

    Twitter boasts significant spam reduction

    From peak in August 2009 24 March 2010 11:23 GMT

    Twitter has written a smug blog post about how well it's managed to reduce spam on its microblogging service since it hit a peak of nearly 11% back in August 2009.

    Despite recent security threats being spread through DMs on the service, Twitter...

  • Facebook awarded $711 million from spammer

    Facebook awarded $711 million from spammer

    Spamford Wallace ordered to pay out 30 October 2009 10:53 GMT

    It's been revealed how much money Facebook has been awarded in damages over a recent anti-spam case against internet "marketer" Sanford - or as he's known Spamford - Wallace.

    Facebook filed the anti-spamming case in February after Wallace...

  • TwitBlock cans spammers on Twitter

    TwitBlock cans spammers on Twitter

    Uses algorithm to block dodgy followers 14 August 2009 10:09 GMT

    A website has launched which claims to be able to identify spammers which follow you on Twitter. Using an algorithm which includes followers, spammy words and how the person tweets, among other things, Twitblock allocates points as to whether the profile...

  • Twitter founder warns over

    Twitter founder warns over "get followers fast!" websites

    Could lead to account hacks 11 August 2009 10:19 GMT

    Twitter founder @ev has issued a warning to Twitter users over those dodgy-looking "get followers fast!" websites. He's advising people to avoid them, as they can leads to accounts getting "phished, hacked, or even suspended".

    Like any other...

  • Spam on the increase

    Spam on the increase

    After a brief reprieve 26 November 2008 16:37 GMT

    A couple of weeks ago, an American ISP called McColo was shut down after accusations that it was helping spammers send out junk mail including online fraud and child pornography.

    It was shut down and suddenly the amount of spam on the Internet...

  • Facebook wins $870 million from spammer

    Facebook wins $870 million from spammer

    Not planning to distribute it among those who were spammed 25 November 2008 13:59 GMT

    A spammer has been ordered to pay social networking site Facebook, over $870 million in damages for bombarding the site's members with millions of emails about sex products and drugs.

    Canadian Adam Guerbuez, of Montreal, and his company,...

  • Spam down by 75% as rogue server crashes. Software, Online, Spam, Spammers, Websites 0

    Spam down by 75% as rogue server crashes

    McColo knocked offline with immediate effects 13 November 2008 17:34 GMT

    An American ISP was knocked offline earlier this week after several internet security companies alleged that it was helping spammers send out junk mail including online fraud and child pornography.

    McColo has apparently been being watched...

  • FBI says phishing on the up. Software, Online, Hardware, Spam, Viruses And Malware 0

    FBI says phishing on the up

    Costing the nation tens of millions of dollars 17 October 2008 17:00 GMT

    It's happening on both sides of the Atlantic.

    Just last week, we reported that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning explaining how phishing gangs are using the turmoil in the financial world to extract valuable information...

  • Virgin Media email under siege. Software, Online, Email, Virgin Media, Spam 0

    Virgin Media email under siege

    Tens of thousands cut off due to spam attack 13 October 2008 10:33 GMT

    Virgin Media customers were cut off for 4 days with little or no access to their email as the company came under attack by spammers.

    According to the Beeb, the spam problem affected a company which processes messages delivered through the...

  • Orange tops spam shame list. Software, Online, Orange, ISPs, Spam, Viruses And Malware 0

    Orange tops spam shame list

    More rubbish in their inboxes than customers with other ISPs 11 August 2008 11:03 GMT

    According to a new survey, Orange customers are suffering from spam bombardment.

    The research from ClearMyMail has led to the compiling of a chart based on how much spam customers from the UK's top ISPs receive.

    And Orange has...

  • UK top target for spammers. Software, Online, Spam 0

    UK top target for spammers

    We get 25% of global total of Nigerian spam emails 1 July 2008 13:40 GMT

    It seems the UK is being singled out and targeted by money scams in spam emails, many of which come from Nigeria.

    UK surfers receive nearly a quarter of the global total of Nigerian spam emails, says a new survey from McAfee.

    The...

  • New advice in battle against spam. Software, Online, Spam, ISPs 0

    New advice in battle against spam

    Make mincemeat out of spam 1 July 2008 10:24 GMT

    New guidelines have been published to help the fight against that most ubiquitous of cyber pests, the spammer.

    The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group has compiled a list of best practices which it is sending to ISPs.

    They include...

  • BT customers have email blocked by Yahoo. Software, Online, BT, Yahoo, Spam, Websites 0

    BT customers have email blocked by Yahoo

    Security upgrade causes messaging mayhem 14 May 2008 16:54 GMT

    Thousands of BT customers faced email meltdown after a Yahoo security update went wrong.

    The glitch affected customers who use their own domain names to send email.

    Yahoo, which runs email servers for BT, put into place anti-spamming...

  • MySpace wins $230m judgement against spammers. Biz, Software, Online, MySpace, Lawsuits, Spam 0

    MySpace wins $230m judgement against spammers

    Record fine for Spamford Wallace and partner 14 May 2008 13:10 GMT

    An American court has made a landmark ruling in favour of MySpace in a case that will send shivers through the spamming community.

    US District Judge Audrey Collins has awarded MySpace a record $230m in a case against two US-based spammers.

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