As you surely know, spamming or hacking attempts are some of the illegal activities on the Internet because they can harm other users' computers and cause important damages. That's why numerous software companies tried to develop security tools but sometimes, they look like a useless utility because the illegal activities are more and more efficient. Some time ago, authorities from all around the world started an anti-hacker campaign meant to reduce and even eradicate the illegal attempts on the Internet. Numerous people arrested, some of them sent to prison but several publications report the percentage of attacks is unchanged.

Recently, Kaspersky Lab sustained Russia is one of the countries where software piracy and other illegal processes are dominating, every user being able to buy any software solution with about 3 euros. The Russian authorities released multiple laws with more severe punishments for hackers, several persons being sued for this kind of activities.

A new case is reported in Iowa where a spammer that sent 1.5 million spam messages pleaded guilty, admitting the spamming campaign and the use of numerous password stealers inserted even in FBI's computers.

"His three-month spam campaign, which took place in 2004 and accounted for at least 1.5 million emails in one six-hour period, advertised software claiming to be able to steal passwords and access individuals' FBI records. The use of forged sender data in the emails, which breached the terms of US bulk email legislation, was the basis of the case. The man, who will be sentenced in April, faces a maximum of three years in prison and $250,000 in fines. An accomplice, who helped lease computers to run the spam operation, pleaded guilty in January and will also face sentencing in April," Virus Bulletin reported.