One of the Internet's most notorious spam botnets, Mega-D, was severely crippled by researchers from a small security company. The blow was delivered late last week and the millions of junk emails spewed out by the botnet every hour instantly stopped.Mega-D, also known as Ozdok, is a botnet primarily used for sp... |
10 November 2009
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The Dutch Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) is holding Reinier Schenkhuizen, owner of an advertising company, responsible for the sending of at least 21 million spam emails. The Netherlands' telecoms regulator has ordered the alleged spammer to pay a fine totaling €250,000 ($353,750).... |
29 July 2009
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A report commissioned by global security vendor McAfee suggests that spam doesn't only cost money, but is also significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. The study reveals that the energy consumed to deal with the huge amount of spam every year could be used to power 2.4 million U.S. homes. Climate... |
17 April 2009
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Google has released its "Spam data and trends" report for the first quarter of 2009. According to the statistics compiled by the Google security and archiving team, during the last half of March, the weekly spam volume has been the same as before the McColo ISP, a former cybercrime haven shut down last November... |
1 April 2009
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A Facebook group counting 1,5 million users is riddled with messages containing unsolicited links and advertisements. The group has been originally set up to protest against a major redesign in Facebook's user interface. In 2008, Facebook rolled out a new design for its user interface, which apparently was not ... |
11 February 2009
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According to a report (PDF) released by MessageLabs, a leader in electronic communications security, the distribution levels of junk e-mails have reached between 80%-90% of what they were before the takedown of the notorious McColo ISP in November. The Mega-D botnet has picked up the previous “market share&rdqu... |
27 January 2009
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