Tag Archives: SMS spam

In a recent article, Reports Building a False Sense of Security I stated my case that telling users that the levels of spam were falling was irresponsible. One of the main reasons was because while the levels of email spam …

A group of researchers in India are using a crowdsourcing approach to combat SMS spam.

We try to cover all aspects of spam here such as new developments on the phishing and malware front, technical know-how, preventive measures, and maybe even a dash of humour too.  Beyond the email spam that we are all-too-familiar with however, …

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, wrote the bard. Spam, on the other hand, by any other name still smells as foul. As people look beyond email for communicating with other people, spammers, too, have expanded …

Security researchers have discovered the first ever SMS virus. Similar in nature to the Koobface virus that hit Facebook last month, the virus, dubbed Sexy View, uses social engineering to distribute itself. Once it infects a smartphone, it accesses the …

A New Zealand man profiled in a book about “Spam Kings” has been linked to a new SMS spam campaign hitting online forums. The spams are sent via text message and hype a site called AntennaBooster.co.nz which sells what it …