Anti-Spam News

• Return of the Spam Heckler
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:38:47 -0700 - About a year ago, I wrote an article for this site that began by praising the craft required to produce a spam header intriguing enough to coax an innocent recipient into opening the unsolicited message (see "Straight to the Spam Folder: Astonishing E-Mail Messages You'll Never Open"). Then I spent the rest of the story mocking various spam headers that editors at PCWorld had recently received.
• Spam flood drowns KoL
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:37:44 -0700 - Kuenselonline.com 4 September, 2010 - A flood of spam has hit www.kuenselonline.com, disabling the site and making it inaccessible to online visitors for the past four days.
• Gmail spam bug traced to routing system update
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:55:17 -0700 - IDG News Service - A bug introduced during a routing system update caused Gmail to turn some users into unintentional spammers by resending some messages multiple times to increasingly annoyed recipients including company bosses, clients, prospective employers and friends.
• Spam, Scams Putting A Ding In Apple's Ping
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:48:10 -0700 - Ping, Apple's iTunes-based social networking platform, is a haven for spam and scams, according to security firm Sophos.
• Christchurch earthquake: Warning over dodgy 'charity' spam
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:04:38 -0700 - As Christchurch readies itself for what will be a lengthy clean up after Saturday morning's earthquake, Kiwis are being warned that cyber criminals are readying for a spam assault cashing in on the disaster.Security specialist...
• Microsoft gets legal might to take down spam botnets
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:19:34 -0700 - SEATTLE - With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks.
• Gmail routing bug turned users into spam machines
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:59:09 -0700 - Webmail users saw messages sent multiple times A bug introduced during a routing system update caused Gmail to turn some users into unintentional spammers by resending some messages multiple times to increasingly annoyed recipients including company bosses, clients, prospective employers and friends.
• You are sending me spam e-mail
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:02:38 -0700 - NORMAN — “You are sending me spam e-mail,” I recently wrote to one of my customers. Of course, he had no idea he had sent me an e-mail promoting assorted “enhancement” products, but, nonetheless, that’s what happened.
• Lifestyles of the Super-Rich
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