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Spammers have become quite adept at social engineering over the years. Tapping into Internet trends, breaking news and societal issues, they are able to help increase the number of emails that are opened when they flood potential victims with spam. …

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 …

Robert Soloway, the spammer who made $20,000 a day back in the 1990s and was forced to pay $17 million in civil judgments, made it back into the news cycle when he was recently quoted as saying  that in current …

Cyberattacks are a growing security threat. Hackers and scammers are quickly moving beyond the traditional types of attacks such as phishing and browser hijacking. They’re getting much more sophisticated and some of the newest threats could threaten the country’s very infrastructure. …

When a database containing email addresses is stolen from the world’s largest email marketing company, you can be assured that a majority of us will soon see the amount of spam we receive increase. While spam has become an annoyance …

In a bit of good news this holiday season, botnet activity has dropped, and those that are still highly active appear to be concentrating on spamming affiliate programs and selling replica watches, none of which appears to be Christmas themed. …

A Nigerian man living in the US and married to an American citizen was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his part in a Nigerian scam (also known an advanced payment or 419 scam after the section in the Nigerian …

A new type of malware distributes itself by silently overwriting the update function for popular applications like Flash and Adobe Acrobat. While malware masquerading as software updates is very common, this is the first time it’s been seen overwriting the …

Security experts say that the current financial crisis even has scammers worried. The recent rollercoaster on Wall Street has cybercriminals scrambling to find other sources of income believing their pool of targets is shrinking. Instead of going after banking information, …

A new phishing attack has been launched and this time the scammers are exploiting a troubled bank. The spams being sent are purportedly a “Wachovia Corporation Notice” and ask for personal information such as social security numbers and bank account …