Anti-Spam News

• Revolution Messaging Files Petition to Federal Communications Commission to End Political Text Message Spam & Launches ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:53:00 -0800 - Political text message spam is squarely in the sights of a new online petition calling on the Federal Communications Commission to stop the practice.
• 'Spam' meat tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans, study finds
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:45:57 -0800 - Native Americans who often ate processed meat in a can, generically known as "spam" and a common food on reservations, one subsidized by the government -- had a two-fold increased risk of developing diabetes over those who ate little or none
• Facebook, Washington state target online spam
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:15:29 -0800 - Facebook is partnering with Washington state to combat a type of spam called "clickjacking" that is plaguing the social networking site, company and state officials announced Thursday.
• "Spam" meat tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans: study
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:09:57 -0800 - (Reuters) - Native Americans who often ate processed meat in a can, generically known as "spam" and a common food on reservations, one subsidized by the government -- had a two-fold increased risk of developing diabetes over those who ate little or none, according to a U.S. study. Native Americans are at especially high risk of developing diabetes, with nearly half having the condition by age 55 ...
• Facebook spam attack pushes diet 'miracle'
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:53:17 -0800 - It's still early enough in the year to keep those New Year's resolutions and to be flooded by diet commercials in magazines, on TV — and on Facebook.
• Facebook warns investors of potential SPAM DELUGE
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:47:30 -0800 - IPO filing: Spamvalanche could kill us Facebook has been the first internet company to baldly state the risks it faces from hacking and spam to the markets since the SEC issued guidance on the issue.…
• ‘Spam’ meat tied to diabetes risk
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:37:58 -0800 - People who often ate processed meat in a can, generically known as ‘spam’ and a common food on reservations, one subsidized by the government—had a two-fold increased risk of developing diabetes over those who ate little or none, according to a US study.
• Twitter spam continues
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:06:46 -0800 - Users who follow The Marlborough Express on Twitter may still be receiving spam messages from our account.
• Kelihos botnet remains very much dead after all
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:46 -0800 - A spam botnet brought down four months ago, which was once capable of pumping out almost four billion spam messages a day, remains very much dead, two of the companies behind the takedown said. That determination, announced late Friday by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab representatives, contradicted published reports, including one from Ars , that claimed the network of infected computers had been ...
• Facebook, Wash. Attorney General Sue Over 'Likejacking' Spam
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:16:35 -0800 - Facebook and the Washington state attorney general's office today filed dual lawsuits against Adscend Media, an ad network accused of encouraging the spread of spam via tactics like clickjacking.