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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Study on how spammers get our cash. Software, Online, Websites, Spammers, Hackers 0

    Study on how spammers get our cash

    The economics of being a junk mailer 10 November 2008 15:33 GMT

    A team of researchers have become spammers to understand how these cyber criminals work.

    The team of computer scientists from University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego (UCSD), found that spammers have a very low rate of success,...

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