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Spammers conscript home PCs to do dirty work
News If true, the finding could add momentum to the backlash against spammers. MessageLabs maintained that the latest outbreaks of computer viruses may have been deliberately caused by spammers. The programs are likely to have been specifically designed...
[June 27, 2003, 13:03]
Spammers face jail
Talkback Spammers made my life hell for 4 years by hijacking my email address. Chop their tackle OFF. Lock them up and throw away the key.
[October 5, 2006, 12:06]
Spammers 'tricking ISPs' into sending junk mail
News Spam levels are about to skyrocket, according to experts who warned this week that spammers have developed a new way of delivering their wares. It makes it more difficult for people who compile black lists, which is why spammers are doing this.
[February 2, 2005, 16:05]
While We’re Worried About Our Jobs, Spammers Thrive!
Blog As we all plan resolutions to make this a better year than the nightmare that was 2008, scumbag spammers have no intention of turning over a new leaf. This year will be a difficult year for many and spammers are continuing to use the state of the...
[March 17, 2009, 19:03]
Spammers take aim at HR departments
News Human resources departments and recruitment agencies are being increasingly targeted by spammers, antivirus vendor MessageLabs said on Tuesday. This makes them an easier target for spammers, Sunner told ZDNet UK.
[April 4, 2006, 17:25]
Spammers fool Outlook with a new trick
News Spammers are inserting hidden words into their email messages to fool Microsoft Outlook's built-in anti-spam technology. As spam-filtering technologies become more common, spammers have altered the construction of their messages to avoid detection.
[April 2, 2004, 17:10]
It's official: Spammers are hijacking ISPs
News An email security company says it has found evidence that spammers are tricking Internet service providers into helping them evade anti-spam security measures. ZDNet UK reported last month that spammers are using software tools that force virus...
[March 4, 2005, 12:50]
Spammers try fooling filters with digital signatures
Talkback Spammers must surely know that they are the most hated of the internet's underlife. Or is the biggest scam the lie the spammers sell to the marketers? You know, "reach 5.5 million people with your product in one day" - is there any evidence at all...
[October 13, 2003, 10:00]
Spammers 'using bugs' to find active email addresses
News Many spammers are including illicit code in their unsolicited mail to help them detect active email addresses, a security firm warned on Tuesday. Web users have long been advised to ignore spam, rather than replying to it, so as not to attract more...
[April 14, 2004, 17:40]
Spammers slipping ads through Windows
News Spammers have co-opted an administration feature in Microsoft's Windows operating systems and are using it to bring up intrusive advertisements on Internet-connected computers. Spammers are blindly sending their advertisements by randomly picking a...
[October 18, 2002, 7:42]
Spammers use your cat's name to sell you Viagra
News Spammers have started using spyware to steal personal information so they can customise the subject lines of unsolicited emails to increase their chances of being read. Research by email security firm MessageLabs has revealed that spammers are...
[June 22, 2004, 16:45]
Spammers face jail
News Two spammers could go to jail after an investigation by EarthLink found they were sending thousands of unsolicited messages from PeoplePC accounts. EarthLink, which acquired PeoplePC four years ago, has been aggressively pursuing spammers.
[October 4, 2006, 9:05]
Spammers use free porn to bypass Hotmail protection
News Spammers are bypassing a security protection that is designed to stop automated bots from automatically opening Web mail accounts, by offering humans access to free porn. Free Web mail services such as Hotmail and Yahoo are often used by spammers...
[May 6, 2004, 18:00]
Spammers target IM accounts
News In another trend that may provide new opportunities for IM spammers, the back-end differences that have so far served to distinguish email and instant messaging are steadily falling away. But IM spammers have found workarounds for at least some of...
[March 12, 2002, 12:37]
Spammers hide behind a friendly face
News Spammers are attempting to seem familiar "because so many people are getting suspicious about the email they get because they're getting flooded with spam. So how do spammers create such a realistic facade?
[April 15, 2002, 11:32]
Spammers get fussy as zombie army grows
News Although Bobax is unlikely to spread very far because larger companies have already applied the relevant Microsoft patches, its behaviour shows that virus writers and professional spammers have taken control of more than enough computers to fulfil...
[May 21, 2004, 17:15]
Spammers tap into new markets
News The change reflects an evolution in the kinds of spam that users are receiving, as filtering forces spammers onto pastures new, and success for certain products motivates the spammers to focus on areas where there are rich pickings.
[August 13, 2003, 11:35]
Spammers curb their habits
News The rate at which spammers are sending junk mail around the Internet appears to be stabilising. European spammers followed in third place, accounting for 11 percent of the email, dwarfing Australasia and South America, which only produced a small...
[November 9, 2004, 16:53]
Spammers try fooling filters with digital signatures
News Wacker said the openness of the program's development allows spammers to develop tricks to fool the software. So if spammers are actually trying to forge that rule, it doesn't do them any good on a properly updated machine," he said.
[October 13, 2003, 9:40]
Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters
News Spammers have added Google Sites to the arsenal of online tools used to get around junk-email filters, according to a study published on Tuesday by messaging security firm MessageLabs. Spammers had already been making use of Google Docs, Google...
[August 5, 2008, 15:03]
