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US mulls compulsory tag on 'adult spam'
News The FTC, which is charged with enforcing the Can-Spam Act, short for Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing, proposed a rule that would require senders of adult-related email to include the phrase, "Sexually-Explicit...
[January 29, 2004, 15:05]
Twitter users swamped by adult webcam spam messages
Blog However, the index page of that website serves up obfuscated JavaScript that loads a variety of adult X-rated adverts. Much more information, including images of the offending messages and the adult webcam website, can be found on Graham Cluley's...
[March 6, 2009, 23:30]
US mulls compulsory tag on 'adult spam'
Talkback Utterly worthless window-dressing, much like the CanSpam Act itself, which did nothing to block it and worse, legitimized "legal" spam. I suspect most porn spam originates outside the US, but even if it doesn't, this law isn't worth the dead trees...
[January 29, 2004, 17:14]
AOL sues over sex-related spam
News Legally the lawsuit is important because it establishes liability for an adult Web site -- that they are causing spam to be sent or are knowingly in a conspiracy with the spammers. Florida-based Cyber Entertainment, legally known as Netvision...
[January 4, 2001, 11:48]
Hackers earn income from spam attacks
News Further investigation revealed the user was unwittingly generating spam, seemingly advertising services on an adult Web site -- with one caveat: the ad had no HyperText Transfer Protocol links, leading Lashier to believe a spamming trojan was...
[July 4, 2001, 11:49]
December inboxes clogged with junk mail
News Unsurprisingly, 'adult' spam is driving much of the growth -- accounting for a greater share of the 'market' with every month. In December adult spam -- such as teasers for porn sites or offers of trial subscriptions to 'XXX' services -- accounted...
[January 10, 2003, 14:06]
Adult industry welcomes .XXX domain rejection
Talkback "The idea in the adult entertainment industry is to mainstream adult content to the point where it is not different from selling any other commodity, such as groceries," In fact I like porn.but I am against these arseholes pretending to care about...
[May 12, 2006, 19:40]
Spammers hide behind a friendly face
News Once opened, however, the email's message lewdly invites the recipient to view adult material. Spam's newest pitches are coming to you courtesy of friends and co-workers -- or so it might seem. Such spam tricks are designed to make spam harder to...
[April 15, 2002, 11:32]
European firms 'still failing on security'
News The levels of scam emails hitting users inboxes is now the same as the amount of potentially offensive adult spam, exposure to which could also result in claims of a failure in the duty of care on the part of companies.
[July 20, 2005, 18:45]
Qurb 3.0 review
Reviews For example, Qurb won't block adult-content spam and allow just casino Web site spam. Passing your mouse over any entry allows you to read the first few lines of each message, helping you to separate the spam from legitimate email without having to...
[March 29, 2005, 12:45]
Spammers flout law
News In recent weeks, the Federal Trade Commission, which is charged with enforcing the Can-Spam Act, proposed a rule that would require senders of adult-related email to include the phrase "Sexually-Explicit-Content:" in messages.
[February 11, 2004, 8:20]
Glastonbury site 'slow but not down'
Talkback ADULT 17+ for Glastonbury 2004 I have to just hope that there has not been an error as there is no reference for me to quote if there is a problem - I even like the fact that after all that they expect you to want to sign up for their spam...
[April 2, 2004, 13:30]
Video malware targets Mac users
News Mac users surfing for adult content are being warned to be on the watch for malware, after security researchers revealed the threat poised by fake video codec software. Cluley's comments follow the recent emergence of a new version of the Jahlav...
[June 11, 2009, 17:34]
News site hit by trackback spam
News Companies have been warned of potential difficulties with trackbacks on their websites after an outbreak of trackback spam — which pointed to adult sites — hit a Filipino news site late last week. Some spammers link to phishing sites, or overwhelm...
[March 21, 2007, 14:10]
Spammers gearing up for Beijing Olympics
News The security vendor also pointed to the rise of spam specifically tailored for easy reading on mobile devices, citing an adult-dating spam message in Japan, which includes a link for mobile users to access.
[July 8, 2008, 9:27]
Warner Brothers: Someone stole our email
News Further investigation showed that the spam went only to subscribers of a single adult television show mailing list, he said. Someone has broken into Warner Brothers Online computer system and sent spam to the company's newsletter subscribers.
[April 10, 2001, 13:46]
UK ISPs join fight against spammers
News The most reported spam categories were marketing for software and computer equipment, adult pharmaceutical products, adult content, financial services and 'body-enhancing' products. LINX, which claims to be the world's largest group of Internet...
[March 14, 2005, 11:40]
Porn spammers sneak images into Outlook
News Spammers who send pornographic pictures in the hope of enticing the recipient to signing up to an adult Web site have discovered a way to bypass Outlook 2003's security features, which are designed to stop potentially offensive content being...
[June 21, 2004, 16:00]
Experts: Chinese censorware carries botnet risk
News The filtering blacklists include both political and adult content. This could allow malicious sites to steal private data, send spam, or enlist the computer in a botnet. Experts have warned of serious security flaws in the Chinese government's...
[June 12, 2009, 14:56]
Yoggie Pico Pro review
Reviews The Pico Pro does a pretty decent job here, blocking adult content successfully; blocking email/chat will also stop users from accessing Gmail, Live Mail and other web-based mail clients. These include antivirus (Kaspersky), anti-spam (MailShell...
[October 9, 2007, 15:30]
