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Spam on the increase
After a brief reprieve 26 November 2008 16:37 GMT TweetA 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
McColo knocked offline with immediate effects 13 November 2008 17:34 GMT TweetAn 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.
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Study on how spammers get our cash
The economics of being a junk mailer 10 November 2008 15:33 GMT TweetA 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,...