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In Part 2 of our look at what you can expect in the coming year, faint rumblings out of Japan suggest that one prediction from Part 1 of this article has already come true. If the very real prospect of …

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and what better way to take a look back at the year in spam than poke a little fun at the moronic state of the crap that invades our inboxes? In a …

With Christmas just around the corner, the FBI can’t be accused of waiting until the last minute to get their Christmas shopping done. This week, the U.S. law enforcement agency – in partnership with several U.S.-based and international agencies – …

In the good ol’ days, our most worrisome concerns when it came to technology were Operating Systems that didn’t do much: fiddling with Winsock while trying to make it work with insipid browsers, popups, Trojans, and yes, even praying that …

Recent activity indicates a significant reduction in spam levels, but no one should find comfort in this news. Spammers are making it personal, a new report from Cisco suggests, and at fault may be the law enforcement community for taking …

In the most recent spam scam to assault Facebook, users are being greeted with a message advising them to ‘verify’ their account, seemingly a noble act of spam prevention and surely not spam itself, right? Not so fast.

There used to be a time when spam was limited to electronic mails.  Well, this type of spam still exists, though the use of modern filtering techniques to block them from the inbox means that they are far less effective …

Security experts are warning about a new phone scam exploiting Microsoft. The scammers are making phone calls claiming to be from the company’s tech support department. The fake Microsoft representatives call and explain that critical errors have been detected in …

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to learn that World Cup spam is on the rise. Spammers wasted no time taking advantage of the much anticipated soccer championship. Spam messages offering free or heavily discounted tickets to the …

The malware infected CDs mailed to several credit unions late last month may have been part of an authorized pen test. The SANS Internet Storm Center said they were notified by Microsolved that they are responsible for the mailing. Starting …