This month I’ve taken a look at what spam can cost a small business in lost productivity each year, as well as how little it costs the spammer to make millions of dollars in that same year.  Most people would …

Does the spam that arrives in your inbox not cause you enough pain? Does it leave you feeling short-changed and craving for more? Then SpamRadio may be the solution! Here’s how it works (from the SpamRadio website): Junk email arrives …

It never ceases to amaze me how arrogant some hackers and spammers are. Reading about the case of Josh Holly, the person who hacked into Miley Cyrus’ MySpace account, the hacker clearly shows his youth when he argues that he …

Hackers have again managed to crack Microsoft’s CAPTCHA system, allowing them to set up thousands of accounts on the Windows Live Hotmail service and spam from them. This latest attack differs from previous ones in that the hackers no longer …

At a basic level, comment spam sometimes involves spammers manually typing spam into a blog comment form. This submission of spam is entered the same way as any regular reader. Although this allows a spammer to assume the same identity …

The NYT recently reported that AT&T had spammed its customers with text messages encouraging them to watch the season premiere of American Idol, a show which is sponsored by the company. According to the NYT, AT&T claim that the messages were not …

In a recent article ‘A new method to educate users about spam?‘ by Dan Blacharski, the U.S. Department of Justice tested and educated employees with fake phishing scams.  This phishing scam “fire drill” provides an excellent training lesson that more …

Unemployment is startlingly high. In some communities, it’s approaching ten percent. My neighboring county, Elkhart County Indiana, has the dubious honor of having the highest unemployment in the nation. And with all these unemployed people around, it’s a sure bet …

After years of ignoring the zombies on its network, Verizon has announced it will finally start fighting back. According to Spamhaus, Verizon.net has twice as many zombies  on its network than any other ISP. Over 56,000 Verizon.net addresses are on …

The FTC issued a report on its investigation of online behavioral advertising, and laid out a set of guidelines on how the industry collects personal information. The report looks into “behavioral advertising,” which tracks online activities of an individual for …