Anti-Georgia spammers continue cyberwar (TechWorld)
Looking to build botnet network. The poorly worded messages now make up close to five percent of the spam traffic measured by the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Spam Data Mine, according to Gary Warner, a director of computer research and forensics at the university. That's about a third of the volume of the CNN- and MSNBC-related spam that has been flooding inboxes this week, but ...
Sex, drugs and software lead spam purchase growth (Channel Business)
In further news of interest to security resellers, 29 per cent of internet users have purchased goods from spam emails, according to new research by Internet security company Marshal . The most commonly purchased items include sexual enhancement pills, software, adult material and luxury items such as watches, jewellery and clothing.
Huffman's anti-spam bill passes (Marin Independent Journal)
Legislation that would crack down on e-mail spam passed the state Assembly on Monday and soon will be on its way to the governor's office.
Email spamming attacks quadruple since start of 2008 (PublicTechnology.net)
Anti-spam firm ClearMyMai has revealed results of its quarterly spamming index for Q2 2008. When assessing the quantitiesof spam that www.ClearMyMail.com had prevented from reaching intended participants between April 2008 and June 2008, some concerning results were collated.
Online dirty tricks may mar U.S. elections (CNN.com)
As the U.S. presidential elections draw closer, security experts and voting activists are bracing themselves for an onslaught of online dirty tricks and misinformation campaigns designed to deceive and disenfranchise voters.