Author Archives: Sue Walsh

If you’re a member of Facebook or Twitter, chances are you’ve been asked to sign an online petition at some point or other. They’re also commonly distributed on message boards and through emails, and usually say if you sign the petition …

Facebook has lifted the lid on the security systems they use to protect their enormous userbase from spam. Facebook Immune System, as it has been called, uses artificial intelligence to detect spam, and monitors literally everything posted on the site …

Carbonite backup is red-faced after admitting a foul up that resulted in their customers being inundated with spam. The company blames the incident on a an advertiser they were working with on a marketing campaign and says that advertiser “misappropriated” a …

Airbnb, an online service that connects people looking for a vacation rental with those with space to rent, has already had its share of controversy. They were caught spamming Craigslist and got in hot water for not providing any sort of …

Canada passed an anti-spam bill nearly a year ago and as its government prepares to  finalize the regulations it is designed to enforce, they issued a call for comments – and boy did they get an earful! Businesses across Canada …

A California company being threatened with a lawsuit for sending spam to a South Dakota company has in turn filed suit, claiming the state’s anti-spam law is trumped by the federal CAN-SPAM Act , unconstitutional, and should be struck from …

Security experts have detected a huge surge in spam and at least a dozen Halloween themed spam campaigns. The spam messages hawk pirated versions of Windows 7, Office 2010, Adobe, Corel and other popular software programs, porn, dating services, toys, candy, …

The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs is again being exploited in a spam campaign. A new rash of spam messages claims to be soliciting donations for a charity in Jobs’s name. The fund, says the message, was …

Spam is ever present and, with the holidays approaching, expect it to rise as spammers seek to take advantage of holiday shoppers looking for bargains.  Here’s a look at the top spam headlines for October: Spam Is Down, But Not Out …

Think you know everything there is to know about phishing? Think you know how to protect yourself and your users from phishing attacks? Think again. Here are some common beliefs about phishing that just aren’t true. 1.  All phishing attacks come …