Tag Archives: spammers

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 …

Like most companies, you probably put a lot of work and thought into your marketing emails. You carefully compile a list of interested customers, choose the perfect design, write amazing content, come up with hard to resist offers, and send it …

Anti-spam watchdog The Spamhaus Project is back at it again, providing prime fodder for anyone who appreciates a good brawl. This time, the guardian of all things spam challenges a Dutch ISP to a measure-off, and it looks like the …

In a shocking development for anyone still living in 2009, this week the U.S. Government has decided to tackle botnets head-on. Some have speculated that a high-up mucky-muck over at DHS thought it would be ‘a pretty neat thing to …

Malicious spam campaigns are becoming more and more popular. Since August, malware laden campaigns that brandjack companies such as UPS, FedEX, DHL, the IRS, many major banks and the perennial favorite, have been flourishing and increasing.  Another campaign that flooded inboxes …

Spammers have combined typo squatting with auto-responders in a new spam campaign. Here’s how it works: A spammer registers an often misspelled domain, such as “yaoo.com”, and sets up email accounts there. When someone’s typo sends their email there, a fake …

In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, “D’Oh!” Just when you thought you had things figured out, a new report from IBM states that desktop computers will become the craze and everyone will want one, that everyone in the world …

In a world where the only thing standing between us and the spammers, phishers and hackers is a little piece of tunneling security that keeps IT admins dreaming about warm and snuggly things, the idea of that security being breached …

Two brothers who are responsible for a nationwide spam scheme that targeted thousands of college students were sentenced for their crimes. Osmaan Shah, 27, and his brother Amir Shah, 30, avoided prison time, receiving three years of probation including three months …