Topic: Spam Email

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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»

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»

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»

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»

The Dirty Little Secret About Spam

What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.READ»

If You Have Received This by Mistake...

Email was supposed to make your life easier, faster, and cheaper -- not messier, uglier, and cheesier. Here's how to keep the spam off your plate.READ»

Slam That Spam

How to put up a fight in the spam battle.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»

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»

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»

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»

Something Phish-y

Fighting phishing, the online scam that could leave you with a big hole in your pocket.READ»

Lovely Spam! Wonderful Spam!

It was announced today that one of the world's top three spammers (now there's a list you want to be on... and can't opt-out) has been ordered to pay a $7 million settlement to Microsoft. Good Thing. Bill could use the money. I ...READ»

The End of Spam?

Forget international trade agreements...the big news at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos was Microsoft founder Bill Gates' shocking announcement today that he will put an end to spam within the next two years. It's a bold ...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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The End of Spam? II

Apparently it's not just Bill Gates who wants to charge for email as a way to eliminate spam and generate revenue for ISPs...Yahoo! is looking into the pay-as-you go system as well. The company -- a popular provider of free email ...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»

Spam a Lot Less, but Worse

America Online has released its list of top spam for 2005. Surprisingly, a message mentioning Donald Trump was the worst offender. Other spam subjects include the iPod nano, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Another tactic, besides ...READ»

What Happened when Google Got Spammed?

The world's largest -- and most lucrative -- search engine had two pieces of news yesterday. One, which was much reported, was that Google raised its IPO size by $1.1 billion. The other piece of news -- which went mostly unnoticed -- ...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»

T-Mobile Terrorist Strikes Again

According to the estimable Matt Drudge, rocker Fred Durst, of Limp Bizkit fame (although increasingly famous merely for being famous), has had his phone hacked by the same person who hacked Paris Hilton's phone earlier this week. The ...READ»

Spam Attack

Spam… A word-associational psychologist would be disappointed at how predictable the results of tossing this word into a session aimed at unearthing complex emotions are. There are no complex emotions when it comes to spam. Spam ...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»

Careers: Rain Falls on Social Networking Parade

I wander through life empowering experts to deal with chronic problems such as product safety, cancer, poverty and Internet privacy. Like taxes and dry cleaning, I often don't want to know the nitty gritty of how things get ...READ»