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| Mobilink and Tekelec Fight SMS Spam in Pakistan |  | Tekelec, a US-based network intelligence company, and Mobilink GSM, a leading mobile operator in Pakistan, have announced a new collaboration set to fight "new-age spammers".
Following the agreement, Tekelec is using its TekMedia AntiSpam Firewall Solution in order to protect Mobilink's customers against SMS spam attacks, which have flourished lately. With Tekelec's help, the millions of Pakistani mobile ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 04:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fake Fernando Alonso Accident Spam Surfaces |  | According to Panda Security, a company specialized in providing security software solutions, a new spam campaign has been launched with the purpose of infecting users' machines with a banking Trojan which identified by the previously mentioned firm as Trj/Banker.LGC. People in the English speaking part of the world will probably not be targeted, since the message is written in Spanish.
"We have just discovered anothe ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 11:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| No URLs in Recent Phishing Attempts |  | According to research conducted by Internet security company TrendMicro, phishers are resorting to new ways of fooling users. The ever present URL to the phishing site has no longer been seen in numerous messages analyzed by TrendMicro. It would seem that instead the user is provided with a legitimate e-mail address.
A run of the mill phishing attempt involves the user receiving a spam message that directs that user to a phish ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 08:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Storm Spam Campaign Exploits NACU Rumors |  | TrendMicro, company that specializes in Internet content security, reports that the Storm botnet is once again attempting to propagate its malicious software. The means to do so is by sending out spam messages which inform about a financial crisis that will engulf the world's economy. A link is of course provided and you are invited to click on it, but by doing so you may become infected with the Storm worm, and your computer will end ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 06:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Antispam SMS Alliance and Software Solution Inaugurated in China |  | As of yesterday, the 17th of July, the ISC (Internet Society of China) has officially set the basis for an antispam text message alliance. The 574 million mobile phone users from the country have more than welcomed the initiative, considering the fact that China is plagued by more than 350 billion text spam messages per year.
According to Hu Qiheng, chairman of the ISC, addressing the issue has become a necessity, and the prob ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| "Wanted" Star Angelina Jolie Used in Spam Campaign |  | At the end of June, on the 27th to be more precise, the movie Wanted was launched all over the world, bringing Angelina Jolie back into the public eye. BitDefender, company that specializes in providing security software solutions, has found out that spam messages have surfaced claiming to show adult footage of Angelina Jolie. The simple truth of the matter is that Angelina's good looks are used by these spammers to propagate malware ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 06:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Eset Way of Keeping Infection Free |  | The one thing that any PC owner must understand is that the fight against spam, viruses, and all sorts of malicious software seems to be a never ending one. Attackers are constantly coming up with new ways of fooling detection and further propagating their malware. As a matter of fact, the latest trend is to target vulnerabilities in ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Phishing Attack Uses IRS as a Front |  | US citizens are warned that a spam message claiming to originate from the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is circulating on the Internet. The users are lured by a "stimulus payment" message into visiting a phishing site and providing the scammer with their private data. There are several security risks associated with handing out this kind of information, such as ID theft, or having your bank account bled dry.
Raphel ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 03:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 27 Out of 28 Business E-Mails Are Spam |  | Sophos, a company that specializes in providing antivirus and antispam security solutions, has just released a new report regarding spam trends, and it seems that business spam is increasing. Spam traffic in June 2008 increased by 4.3%, reaching a total of 96.5%. Businesses have to contend with the fact that just 1 out of 28 messages is not spam.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos, comments: "If your company i ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 11:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New York Spammer to Serve a 2.5-Year Sentence |  | A sentence has been issued in the case of the Brooklyn man who, for a period of seven days in 2005, from the 17th to the 23rd of August, managed to spam 1.2 million AOL users. The spammer's name is Adam Vitale, and he was handed 30 months of incarceration time, as well as having to pay AOL $180,000.
Judge Denny Chin had this to comment before issuing the sentence: "Spamming is serious criminal conduct; this is not a ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 10:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Spam King Sentencing Rescheduled |  | Earlier this week we were reporting that Alan Soloway, better known as the Spam King, would be sentenced after having been charged with mail fraud, e-mail fraud, and tax evasion, and the honorable judge Marsha Pechman was expected to issue a sentence. Although two days have been put ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 04:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Spam King Sentence Scheduled Today |  | Today, a sentence will be issued in the case of Robert Alan Soloway, aka the Spam King, who is charged with single counts of mail and e-mail fraud and tax evasion. Soloway has already pleaded guilty as charged and risks spending the next 25 years in jail (20 for mail fraud and 5 for e-mail fraud) as well as paying a fine that can range from $400,000 to $1 million (as the prosecution asked).
It seems that for a period of about ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 06:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Drug Sites Go Down, Drug Spam Goes Up |  | According to CASA (short for Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse) the number of drug selling sites is declining. If last year the number of sites that offered to sell drugs was of 581, this year it has dropped to 365. According to the Commtouch Q2 report ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 05:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Commtouch Claims Bots Win the Spam War |  | According to Commtouch, a US based company that specializes in providing e-mail safety solutions, and the quarterly report that it has recently released, malware and spam traffic is still at alarmingly high levels mainly because of the millions and millions of infected machines. The report analyzes the day to day evolution of e-mail traffic and keeps a close eye on botnets and zombie machines (infected machines that spread malware and spa ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Wages War against Phishing Attacks |  | People who fall victim to phishing attacks can end up penniless because the attacker will most likely use the information obtained through a phishing site to drain the victim's account dry. Search engine giant Google has been at the forefront of the battle against such scam attempts, warning users that the message may have malicious intent. The latest messages to come under close scrutiny are those that come, or claiming to come from ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 08:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| McAfee Releases Final Report on the SPAM Experiment |  | The McAfee team has just recently finished analyzing all the data from the S.P.A.M. (short for Spammed Persistently All Month) and a report has been made available. Entitled "Global S.P.A.M. Diaries", the report includes a detailed and comprehensive presentation of all the McAfee findings.
Jeff Green, Senior Vice President with McAfee comments: "What have I gained during these last 30 days? Well, at least I got rid of t ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 10:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Storm Spreads False Info on US Invading Iran |  | After the recent 4th of July campaign, Storm related spam is once again making the news. The latest Storm spam messages inform you that the US military has invaded Iran and you are of course invited to click on a link and watch video footage directly from the battle scene, but if you do, you wi ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 07:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MSN Flooded with Spam and Phishing Attempts |  | People who use the MSN web messenger can conveniently and easily talk to people millions of miles away, but can just as well become victims of a phishing attempt or receive countless spam messages that lead to malware spreading web pages. That is why Heise Online is advising all MSN users to exer ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 09:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The China Earthquake Was Used to Spread Viruses |  | Spammers' imagination is constantly reaching new peaks. The disastrous earthquake that hit China also gave ideas to spammers, who started using headlines referring to the catastrophe in the email subjects. Their purpose - to persuade the users to access a "video" that in fact was an executable file that launched Peacomm. D, a Trojan, on the affected computer. The earthquake-Beijing Olympics connection was also used in order ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 02:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| LinkedIn Sells Private Customer Data |  | Just like Google, LinkedIn is also facing criticism in regards to failure of keeping private data safe. But while Google lost sensitive information due to burglary or court order, LinkedIn is ... [read more >>] | | 05 July 2008, 07:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Spammer Uses Texas Attorney General as Front |  | It seems that somebody has decided to take advantage of the good name of Greg Abbott, the Attorney General for the state of Texas, USA. The whole thing came out when Greg Abbott received a message from Greg Abbott of course; you can imagine his surprise when he opened his inbox. The message uses a picture of his as well as the official banner of the Attorney Generals site.
The spam seems to originate from attorneygeneral5@ ... [read more >>] | | 04 July 2008, 12:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Happy 4th of July Spam |  | It is a well known fact that spam takes advantage of any possible means to propagate itself and one of the oldest tricks in the book is to play off a current event or celebration, such as the 4th of July. Marshal's TRACE team (short for Threat Research and Content Engineering) warns us about 4th of July related spam. According to the e-mail and Internet security company, you should be cautious with messages inviting you to view a gree ... [read more >>] | | 04 July 2008, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Most Spammed Man in the UK |  | According to ClearMyMail, a British company that specializes in providing antispam solutions, an Orange ISP client named Collin Wells receives 44,001 spam messages per day, thus being the most spammed person in the entire country. ClearMyMail released a top five of the ... [read more >>] | | 04 July 2008, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Basic Computer Protection in Just a Few Steps - Part II |  | In the second part of our small tutorial, we’ll take a look at some of the ways to protect your computer and how to evade getting a computer infected with any kind of malware. As oppose to the first part, this article is not about choosing the best security application; instead you may look at it as a list of pieces of advice to follow while surfing the net.
Let’s start with e-mails
The first rule when reading you ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 16:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Successful Slovenian Hacker Attack at Nebraska University |  | A hacker in Slovenia successfully managed to gain access to nine computers at the University of Nebraska. According to university representatives the incident occurred on the 8th of June and was brought to light the following day. The computers contained info on students and university employees, but no academic data was harmed in any way. The university is currently sending informative letters (2,035 in total) to all the people who may b ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| July's Web Threats According to MX Logic |  | What can we expect for July in terms of spam, malicious software and other web threats? MX Logic has just released its July forecast that uses recent and historical data to analyze the trends and keep you up to date and as safe as possible in terms of computer protection. The report contains detailed and comprehensive information on June's threats as well as predictions for July 2008.
This 4th of July celebrates 232 yea ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 05:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Amazon EC2 Spreads Malware |  | Over the last couple of days, Sophos has detected a normal amount of spam messaging traffic. The spam messages informed you that you needed an "Important Windows Update", which is one of the oldest and best known tricks in the book, but in fact linked you to a malware spreading site. The intriguing thing is that the spam was not coming from a well known botnet, but from Amazon EC2 (short for Amazon Elastic Compute Clou ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 11:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Calendar Targeted by Phishing Attacks |  | It would seem that Google Calendar is plagued by all sorts of problems, the most recent of them being phishing attacks. Google representatives ask users to ignore suspicious messages and click the "Report Phishing" button instead of reading the message, opening links included in the message or downloading any attachments.
... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 10:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SecureWorks Warns European Banks of Spam Related Scams |  | According to information security company SecureWorks, there is a spam campaign targeted at financial institutions such as banks. The spam message threatens the bank that unless it transfers €10,000 to a certain account, the spammer will sell private information regarding 48,000 bank customers on the black market; he also threatens to inform the media about the situation. Similar spam messages have been detected in Spain, Germany and the ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iPhone and Blackberry Devices on the Spammers' List |  | According to experts, e-crime has been constantly going up for the past couple of years. Mobile phone technology has not been targeted yet, but this is about to change as iPhone and Blackberry devices become more and more popular. Over 30 million smartphones have been sold in the first quarter of 2008 alone and another 275 million are predicted to be sold by the end of the year. The fact that there are so many smartphones out there and al ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 08:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ICANN Takes Action against Registrars Who Help Spammers |  | I think there is not one Internet user out there that enjoys having their email inbox stuffed with spam. And as most of the spam victims know, spam mail generally redirects you to a certain website, which ultimately tries to trick you into giving away your personal information or simply wants to take your money. Apparently, most of those spam sites are tied to a handful of registrars. To be more exact, three quarters of all Web sites adver ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 03:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sophisticated Phishing Scam Hunting ANZ Bank Clients |  | It's no surprise that phishers take over bank clients because this is the most common way to steal financial information, bank account details and other sensitive data. However, phishers use more and more sophisticated techniques which could simply trick their targets and turn them into victims. A few days ago, such an attack took place in Australia where clients of ANZ Bank were targeted by an advanced phishing scam based o ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Chinese Earthquake 419 Scam |  | The world is still terrified by the earthquake which shook down China on May 12 and scammers, hackers and phishers still want to take advantage of this. Another scam was detected by security company Sophos under the form of a 419 email which asks readers for their money. The only difference from a traditional 419 scam is that this time, the sender asks for money in order to go to China and look for his wife.
"I do not kno ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| More Celebrity Pictures Spread by Mail |  | Celebrities have always been some of the most popular subjects on the web and spammers know it. That's why an important percentage of their attacks actually rely on celebrities, lots of messages promising hot pictures with Paris Hilton, Angelina Jolie and many other stars. However, the purpose of these emails is actually to drop malware on readers' computers and steal sensitive data or infect their systems. A similar at ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 06:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Legitimate Bank Email Used in Phishing Scam |  | Today's phishers have pretty advanced techniques and today's report comes to support this statement. According to Port Clinton News Herald, a phisher used an email account belonging to First National Bank of Bellevue in order to send phishing emails to its customers. As usual, the ma ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Manchester United Fans Spammed |  | Manchester United is the most important football club these days after it managed to win Champions League, a competition which involves teams from all around Europe. As you probably know, United won the cup against Chelsea after a dramatic penalty shootout. Because the Champions League final was one of the most expected matches of the year, the Manchester United - Chelsea duel had also an impact on the virtual world. According to ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 03:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fake US Tax Court Email Drops Keyloggers |  | A new spear phishing scam is currently in progress as lots of companies have received fake emails apparently sent by the US Tax Court that ask recipients to click on a link included in the message body. Security company McAfee has also received an email of this kind. According to Kevin McGhee, such attacks are usually well-informed because they contain the name of the companies as well as other details which could trick readers i ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 02:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New China Earthquake Virus Spread by Email |  | Since the 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit China on May 12, hackers, spammers and fraudsters around the world have been attempting to exploit the tragedy in their own unique way: by developing new earthquake-related attacks which could trick vulnerable users an ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 02:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Donors May Get Themselves Hacked, US-CERT Warns |  | Following the recent disasters in Burma and China, companies and charities are continuously asking for donations, which is quite a good thing considering the recorded number of victims. However, US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) warned that more and more phishers rely on these tragedies and attempt to get money from donors using traditional scams.
Just like previous attacks, phishers send spam messages ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 06:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 'Anti-Virus? Unnecessary!” Some People Think |  | A new study conducted by AusCERT revealed that some users simply ignore the basic security measures which should protect them and their computers while connected to the Internet. The research included 1,001 Australia residents and was made with the help of Nielsen. According to the findings, no less than 95 percent of the respondents use Wind ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 06:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SpamAssasin and Traffic Control to Reduce Spam by 75 Percent |  | SpamAssasin, a very popular open-source application which tries to block spam on the web, will become more powerful in the near future as the developers announced the integration of Traffic Control 3, a traffic-shaping solution, Network World revealed today. According to the same source, MailChannels ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Users Grow Tired of Yahoo's Search Security Tool |  | A few days ago, the Sunnyvale-based company Yahoo rolled out SearchScan, a special search security utility developed with the help of McAfee and supposed to filter the risky websites returned by Yahoo Search. However, it may seem like the warnings provided by SearchScan are not quite correct, as several website owners complained that they got their pages flagged as dangerous for no legitimate reason.
According to eWeek, AnyCou ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 05:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MySpace Proves Spamming Is Illegal, Wins $234M Lawsuit |  | The fact that spamming is annoying, dangerous and, besides all, illegal is well known. However, this doesn't stop spammers from sending tons of unsolicited emails every day, most of them going straight into our inboxes. The good news is that some of the spammers really pay for their malicious actions, the best example being the case of two MySpace hackers who have just lost a $234 million lawsuit against the popular social n ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 04:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Denies the Recently Reported Gmail Security Glitch |  | Yesterday, news about a potential Gmail security flaw that could let attackers turn Google's service into a spamming machine could be spotted everywhere around the web, but all users were still expecting an official statement from the Mountai ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Incredibly Cheap Gasoline via Spam |  | There are a lot of types of email spam, most of them relying on medicines, watches or all kinds of pills. However, some new unsolicited messages appeared a few days ago and, according to Jeremy Gilliat of McAfee Avert Labs Blog, they attempt to offer a product that helps victims save money on gas. Since the gas prices have exploded in the recent period, some readers may be really attracted by such an email and this is exactly wha ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 09:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Srizbi Accounts for Half of All Spam |  | As we, here at Softpedia, told you back in April, Srizbi is the world's largest botnet ever. Following its evolution, which is also known as Cbeplay and Exchanger, Marshal, one of the global leaders in Email and Internet Content Security, just announced that Srizbi ac ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 05:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Security Flaw Can Easily Turn Gmail into Your Worst Nightmare |  | Gmail, Google's very popular email technology, which is for many users their main email service, can easily turn into your worst nightmare as a security glitch could allow an attacker to use the service as the perfect spamming bot. According to security research team INSERT, the security glitch "is related to the risk of abusing the email forwarding option in Gmail accounts." In case an attacker manages to take adv ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 04:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo! Lottery Makes People Rich Overnight |  | A couple of Yahoo! mail users have recently found themselves winners at the lottery contest, in which they haven't even participated. According to the Yahoo! Mail Blog, a number of users have reported receiving a mail from the "Yahoo! Awards Center" that claims they are winners of a £845,000 prize. The notification states that the users have won the Yahoo! Lottery award and they "only" need to r ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 07:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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