The Virginia Supreme court has overturned the state’s anti-spam law, citing it as a violation of the First Amendment right to anonymous free speech. As a result, the conviction of Jeremy Jaynes, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison …

The Internet Engineering Task Force provides RFC2821, which is an excellent reference for understanding the details of email transport protocols.  In order for email administrators to know what they are up against, in thwarting spammers, RFC2821 should “the” primer to …

A botnet created by a trojan virus is sometimes referred to as SpamThru. According to the Don’t Bounce Spam organization, spammers have become very sophisticated in the way they manage their botnets , and the SpamThru Trojan is the leading …

The latest wave of fake headline spam appears to be capitalizing on people’s fears of a disaster. Security experts have discovered a new wave of malicious spam that claims a nuclear plant has exploded. So far there are at least …

A massive new spam attack has security vendors warning IT admins to ramp up their spam filters. The spam is of the fake but lurid headline variety, but this time the fake headline targets presidential candidate Barack Obama. The email …

In the United States the John McCain and Barack Obama presidential campaigns are not the only events cranking up into full swing. With vice presidential running mates now selected, there are recent warnings about political email and blog spam increasing. …

Is text based CAPTCHA on the way out? The folks in India sure hope not. CAPTCHA cracking has become big business there. These businesses, calling themselves “data processing” services, pay workers to solve CAPTCHAS. These are then sent on to …

So you have taken the time to research, select and install a world class anti spam solution, such as GFI MailEssentials. And 80,000 satisfied customers say it’s the best.  To enhance this solution consider implementing a continuous “anti spam” education …

A new study by a University of Cambridge computer scientist revealed that the first letter of your email address makes a difference in how much spam you get. It found that addresses that start with “A” “M” or “S” get …

I laughed so hard when I read this story. This certainly adds a new twist to the Nigerian spam email we have all received over the years.  Network World previously reported a disturbing “hit man” scam email being distributed as …