Tag: spam
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Spam printing proof-of-concept revealed
Lack of security allows websites to send spammish content to network printers. Opening your inbox on a Monday morning and finding out that it’s full of spam is bad enough already, but what if you find your network printer has been printing pages full of spammish content? According to security researcher Aaron Weaver this could…
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No taste for spam?
ICANN takes steps to combat domain tasting. The practice of domain tasting, often used by spammers and other shady types to register tens of thousands of Internet domain names at no cost, looks set to end thanks to a new ICANN ruling. ICANN charges a fee of 20 cents per domain name per year, but…
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FTC notes malicious spam on the rise
FTC reports on a decade of spam fighting. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report reflecting on the ten years in which it has been involved in the fight against spam, detailing the findings of its ‘Spam Summit’ workshop held last summer, and proposing steps to be taken by stakeholders to mitigate…
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Prolific spammer indicted
Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky charged with spamming and stock fraud. Infamous prolific spammer Alan Ralsky has been indicted over his alleged involvement in an international spamming and stock fraud scheme. Charges against Ralsky, who has long topped Spamhaus ‘s Register of Known Spam Operations ( ROKSO ) list, and ten others – including Ralsky’s son-in-law…
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Mortgage spam rockets
Spammers take note of US interest rate cuts. Mortgage spam saw a significant increase last month in conjunction with the interest rate cuts announced by the US Federal Reserve. According to researchers at Commtouch , mortgage spam rose to 10% of all spam as spammers took note of the fact that millions of US mortgages…
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Opening of a (spam) can of worms
Hormel loses latest trademark battle. Hormel Foods Corp. , inventor and manufacturer of the world-famous canned meat product SPAM , has lost a lawsuit against Seattle-based company Spam Arrest in which it called for the company to drop the word ‘Spam’ from its name, arguing that it damages the trademark associated with the luncheon meat.…
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Inconvenient content
Hackers include spammish content into Al Gore’s website. Hackers have managed to break into a website set up to promote Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth and include links to drug-selling sites, PCWorld reports. The hackers’ aim was to boost the search engine rankings of the websites linked to by creating links to a very…