Security News

$1.1M fine issued to firm for violating Canada's anti-spam law (SC Magazine)
2015-03-10 16:37

Canada's anti-spam law gets first success with $1.1m fine (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 12:55

Canada's fledgling anti-spam laws have brought their first success, with a $1.1 million fine levied against a Canadian business training firm.

Spam Uses Default Passwords to Hack Routers (Krebs on Security)
2015-02-26 17:06

In case you needed yet another reason to change the default username and password on your wired or wireless Internet router: Phishers are sending out links that, when clicked, quietly alter the...

How To Reduce Spam Phishing With DMARC (Dark Reading)
2015-02-26 16:19

Researchers explore underground market of Twitter spam and abuse
2013-08-15 07:25

http://www.csoonline.com/article/738100/researchers-explore-underground-market-of-twitter-spam-and-abuse By Steve Ragan Staff Writer CSO Online August 14, 2013

Experts take down Grum spam botnet, world's third largest
2012-07-19 08:29

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57475328-83/experts-take-down-grum-spam-botnet-worlds-third-largest/ By Steven Musil Security & Privacy CNET News July 18, 2012

Russia named world’s third-biggest internet spam source
2012-05-04 14:00

https://rt.com/news/prime-time/russia-spam-cyber-attacks-528/ By Maksim Bogodvid RIA Novosti May 3, 2012

Man charged with hiring pump-and-dump spam botnet
2011-03-22 06:41

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214884/Man_charged_with_hiring_pump_and_dump_spam_botnet By Robert McMillan IDG News Service March 21, 2011 A Texas man was charged Monday by the U.S....

Microsoft, Feds Pull Plug on Spam Network
2011-03-18 07:41

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703328404576207173861008758.html By NICK WINGFIELD The Wall Street Journal MARCH 17, 2011 Microsoft Corp. and federal law enforcement agents seized...

Host of Internet Spam Groups is Cut Off
2008-11-13 10:22

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111200658.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer November 12, 2008 The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide...