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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 2:16pm neoform

Ars Technica -- Antispam community sites that help combat phishing scams and spam are being targeted with denial of service attacks by malware botnets presumably operated by spammers. The trend was reported last week by antispam site SpamNation. SpamNation believes th.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Jun 12, 2007 @ 1:11pm neoform

ZDNET -- The spammers behind last year’s destruction of Blue Security are back with a vengeance, using a variant of the ‘Storm Worm’ malware to launch a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack against three anti-spam services. SpamhausThe ongoing a.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- A weapon used to fight spammers is now helping university researchers preserve old books and manuscripts. Many websites use an automated test to tell computers and humans apart when signing up to an account or logging in. The test consists of typing.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 2:26am neoform

FOX News -- Junk e-mail continued to hit mailboxes around the world Thursday, despite the arrest a day earlier of a man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers. Even if Robert Alan Soloway is ultimately convicted and his operations shuttered, spam e.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 10:13am neoform

BBC News -- Spammers have knocked out the e-mail service for many of the customers of internet service provider (ISP) Tiscali, the firm has said. Users e-mails have not been delivered to their intended recipients as other ISPs block e-mail traffic from Tiscali... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Tue Nov 7, 2006 @ 12:40pm mrmdc

eWeek -- The recent surge in spam volume is due to the assertiveness of botnets and an increase in the sophistication of their spamming efforts... Read More