Spamhaus readies new antimalware data feeds
The Spamhaus Project will soon publish two new data feeds intended to prevent people from being lured to malware-infected websites and domains.
Jeremy Kirk | 16 Jun | Read more
The Spamhaus Project will soon publish two new data feeds intended to prevent people from being lured to malware-infected websites and domains.
Jeremy Kirk | 16 Jun | Read more
The takedown earlier this week of a major malware-spewing botnet has crippled the distribution of Cryptolocker, one of the world's most sophisticated examples of ransomware.
Gregg Keizer | 06 Jun | Read more
Law enforcement agencies in 111 countries collaborated to disrupt thousands of online pharmacies in what Interpol claims was the largest ever global operation targeting organized criminal networks that sell fake medicines.
Lucian Constantin | 23 May | Read more
AOL is asking users to reset their passwords as it investigates a recent flurry of spam e-mails.
Jared Newman | 29 Apr | Read more
In an attempt to block email spoofing attacks on yahoo.com addresses, Yahoo began imposing a stricter email validation policy that unfortunately breaks the usual workflow on legitimate mailing lists.
Lucian Constantin | 08 Apr | Read more
U.K. mobile network operators EE, O2, Three and Vodafone have teamed up with the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to try to stop and punish companies that are sending spam text messages.
Mikael Ricknäs | 20 Mar | Read more
After about a week-and-a-half, Google finished unclogging a backlog of legitimate messages its Postini spam filter trapped by mistake at the end of February.
Juan Carlos Perez | 10 Mar | Read more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against a website operator that allegedly sent spam intended to trick consumers into signing up for health insurance in advance of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.
Grant Gross | 24 Jan | Read more
Snapchat added an image-based security challenge to its account registration process to verify that new accounts are created by humans, but the system can easily be defeated by computers, experts said.
Lucian Constantin | 23 Jan | Read more
You have to give spammers credit for effort: Symantec found a spam campaign that manages to abuse three Web services at the same time.
Jeremy Kirk | 16 Jan | Read more
Spammers targeted hospitality-related business listings on Google services, modifying links in what appeared to be an attempt to drive traffic to a hotel bookings site.
Jeremy Kirk | 15 Jan | Read more
The Internet Archive, the online repository of millions of digitized books, wants to shield its readers from other's prying eyes -- like the government's.
Zach Miners | 25 Oct | Read more
Spam volumes took a usual seasonal drop in August, but phishing spiked, including a noticeable interest in hijacking Apple accounts.
Jeremy Kirk | 24 Sep | Read more
Android malware is following in the footsteps of Windows malware with attackers adopting some of the same distribution and monetization techniques despite the major differences between the platforms.
Lucian Constantin | 10 Sep | Read more
As the international community coordinates its response to the deepening crisis in Syria, scammers have once again demonstrated their skill at using current, high-profile events to their advantage. We have previously covered these methods in regards to Egypt, Libya, and the Rugby World Cup.
Computerworld Philippines staff | 04 Sep | Read more