Topic: Spam Email

The Criminal Face of Facebook, Twitter: Stock Fraud and Spam Tools

"Crime expands to fill the space available" should be a well-known epithet: Evidence it's true is revealed in news that social networking phenomenas Facebook and Twitter were used in a classic stock fraud trick.READ»

70% of Singapore Citizens Preyed Upon by Cyber Criminals, Few Seek Help

Many small businesses say they don't have time to report crime.READ»

Hackers Hijack Gmail in China [Updated]

In the U.S., we've been complaining about Gmail. In China, they're complaining too, but for a very different reason.READ»

Email Spam, Online Spam, and General Conduct

E-mail spam is the most common form of internet spamming. It involves sending unsolicited commercial messages to many recipients. Unlike legitimate commercial e-mail, spam is generally sent without the explicit permission of the recipients, and frequently contains various tricks to bypass e-mail filtering. The most dedicated spammers are often those making a great deal of money, or engaged in illegal or immoral activities, such as pornography, online casinos, and internet scams.READ»

How Much Energy Does a Tweet Consume?

How much energy does it take to shoot off a single tweet? Not that much, according to Raffi Krikorian. Earth2Tech tells us that the Twitter developer recently gave a talk at Chirp entitled "Energy/Tweet," where he claimed that a ...READ»

Driving Web Traffic - Common SEO Practices

What good is having a store without customers? A TV commercial with no viewers? Similarly, a website without visitors is a waste of cyberspace and money. The reality is that many businesses have ineffective website marketing that fails to deliver sufficient return for the time, effort and money spent. READ»

Is Online Banking Safe? Pros and Cons of Internet Banking

One of the biggest advantages of Internet is that it considerably simplifies many routine operations, making it possible to access a variety of banking services online.READ»

Infographic of the Day: The Spam Industry

The massive profits and massive growth behind the Web's most annoying industry.READ»

Facebooking at Work? You May Be Putting Your Company at Risk

You may be lucky enough to work in an office that doesn't restrict social networking, but that doesn't mean your bosses trust you. According to a new survey conducted by British research firm Sophos, 72% of firms believe their ...READ»

Email Advertising Solutions for Eco friendly Marketing Initiatives

Email Advertising is one of the eco friendly ways which boosts sales and at the same time ensures lower costs.As different from early days of mankind, there has been revolutionary changes happening in the field of communication. It ...READ»

The Web's Untouchable Ghost Towns

Spammers can only operate for so long before they're found out and shut down. Once eradicated, they leave a virtual ghost town behind them. Scores of Internet addresses have been abandoned this way, says The Washington Post, creating ...READ»

Facebook Finally Strikes It Rich -- in Court

Three imbeciles who exploited stolen Facebook accounts to send spam were fined $711 million in damages on Thursday, payable to Facebook. Sanford Wallace, Adam Arzoomanian, and Scott Shaw allegedly stole login credentials for ...READ»

Why Use Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam?

The two things that make us waste precious time and ruin our day are the spam junk that we get and sneaky viruses that take control of our computer. READ»

Google Acquires reCAPTCHA

Google has announced on its official blog that it will purchase reCAPTCHA, the company famous for generating those hard-to-read anti-spam filters on every signup page you visit. Google isn't just interested in the company for its ...READ»

From High-Tech Leader to President O-Spamma--What Happened?

Before he sat in the Oval Office, Barack Obama promised the world a high-tech, pro-science presidency. And over the last weeks his promise has come true: The Administration has embraced the high-tech world of spamming. Or is that ...READ»

The Metrics of Annoyance

Does annoying marketing really pay off in the short or long run? How do we measure this? Who says what's annoying and what's not? These are the questions swirling around the metrics of annoyance.READ»

What if the Spammers Are Right About Twitter?

What if Twitter isn't about what Ev and Biz want it to be? What if all the early adopters have got it wrong? What if the spammers know what Twitter is best used for?READ»

The Facebook Email Scam: Have You Been Hit?

For the last two weeks, a phishing and malware scam propagated virally through Facebook, taking control of member accounts and blasting their friends with bogus messages. Today, a new wave of attacks hit, getting broader traction ...READ»

Update: The Facebook Phishing Scam Continues

Last week I wrote about a phishing and malware scam that has plagued Facebook for weeks. It wasn't quite a virus, because it affected Mac users--but it wasn't entirely Web-based either, because some of the links it hawked were ...READ»

10 Questions About the Facebook Hack Attacks

On Thursday night, Facebook was attacked by hackers for the fourth time this month. Who is behind the attacks isn't known, but the malefactors appear to be using several old tricks--phishing, malware downloads, and other ...READ»

What's the Carbon Footprint of Spam? Enough to Power 2.4 Million Homes

The carbon footprint of a single email is negligible, but new research from ICF International and McAfee shows that the 62 trillion spam emails sent each year waste 33 billion kilowatt hours of power, or enough to power 2.4 million ...READ»

Online Identify Theft More Common Than You May Think

It's not too surprising to note that online identity theft is actually a much worse problem than you might think.READ»

Video Email

Video Email:  A Natural EvolutionWebsites have advanced so much.  Video on YouTube and websites is becoming a standard practice.  So, why then do we still send black and white text emails or have to pay lots of money to create HTML ...READ»

Mergers Can Lead to More Security Woes

Every day it seems like we’re hearing about a bank merger or at least banks talking about merging. Washington Mutual and J.P. Morgan Chase. Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. It doesn’t look like we’ll be hearing any less of ...READ»

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LinkedIN strategies – Tight vs Broad Network

There’s been a controversy going on within the LinkedIN crowd for years. Is it more effective for your job search to build a LinkedIN network of close personal connections? Or instead, build a network with a broad reach, but weak ...READ»