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Microsoft increases Passport security

...the biggest customer gripes against Passport: That users can create accounts using bogus email addresses and that users cannot easily cancel accounts they no longer... Read more

3 September, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Y2K hoax a 'serious issue', says Microsoft

...as a "serious issue". The company has found that customers are receiving bogus email purporting to be from Support@Microsoft.com. An attachment includes a... Read more

17 September, 1999 by Grant Dubois

Worm Alert: this time it's a bogus email from Microsoft

Look out for Win32.Invalid.A@mm, to give it its proper name... Read more

30 August, 2001 by Graham Hayday

Safeway investigates security after bogus emails

Red-faced Safeway apologises to customers after bogus email Read more

14 August, 2000 by Will Knight

Netcraft warns of phishing flaw on Yahoo HotJobs

...has been taking advantage of it. In phishing, an attacker sends a bogus email masquerading as a legitimate message from a company, in this case... Read more

28 October, 2008 by Stephen Shankland

Anti-spam tool helps digitise books

...response to a Yahoo request for technology to keep computers from registering bogus email accounts, according to Carnegie Mellon. He's a recipient of a... Read more

25 May, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Oracle lawsuit accuses SAP of spying

...Edwards customers to access Oracle's Customer Connection system, but then supplied bogus email addresses, user names and phone numbers. Oracle is asking the court... Read more

23 March, 2007 by Dawn Kawamoto

Reporters tracked before HP story ran

...a key story was published and, following that story, expanded to include bogus email tips and physical surveillance, government investigators have told the reporters involved... Read more

20 September, 2006 by Ina Fried and Jim Kerstetter

Spyware gets into phishers' tackle box

...can infect their machines with keylogger programs in numerous ways, including opening bogus email attachments, downloading programs online or simply visiting a fraudulent Web site... Read more

5 May, 2005 by Alorie Gilbert

Christmas number one virus plays on

...Sober-K worm is sent under a number of guises, including a bogus email from the FBI and message promising explicit videos of celebrity pin... Read more

2 March, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Amazon seeks millions from bogus spammers

...filed 11 lawsuits against marketers that allegedly used its name when sending bogus email, charges that echo a widening problem for companies operating online. The... Read more

27 August, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

PayPal users targeted by email scam

...messages ask recipents to submit bank and credit card details. Tricks involving bogus email posing as legitimate messages from eBay and PayPal are nothing new... Read more

10 March, 2003 by Alorie Gilbert

Email leak kills EastEnders cliffhanger

...for their company's image or reputation is high. Last month, a bogus email from a London law firm announcing the murder of a company... Read more

6 April, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

'Murder' email lands lawyers in trouble

A bogus email from a London law firm announcing the murder of a company... Read more

23 March, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

eBay traders targeted by email scam

...messages ask recipients to submit bank and credit card details. Tricks involving bogus email posing as legitimate messages from eBay and PayPal are nothing new... Read more

10 March, 2003 by Alorie Gilbert

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