The Register - Security: SpamBiting the hand that feeds ITVirtual! stripper! game! targets! Yahoo!- October 31, 2007 Captcha-busting Trojan warning Spammers have come up with a sleazy - but undoubtedly ingenious - way to defeat anti-spam security checks.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/31/captcha-busting_trojan/ US smut spam duo jailed for five years apiece- October 15, 2007 Take them down A pair of US men were each jailed for more than five years on Friday for their part in a long-running pornographic spam business that racked up revenues of more than $1m.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/15/smut_spam_sentencing/ Russian spammer murder hoax exposed- October 12, 2007 Thick Skin yarn punctured A yarn that a prolific Russian spammer was whacked by Russian hit-men is increasingly looking like a hoax.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/12/russian_spammer_murder/ This emergency alert has been cancelled by Hotmail- October 10, 2007 More friendly fire in the war on spam Yesterday's story showing evidence that Microsoft has placed Draconian caps on the number of Hotmail recipients who can receive an email prompted a message from reader Jeff Willis. He says Hotmail routinely blocks mass emails his company, MIS Sciences Corporation, sends on behalf of universities and government agencies.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/10/hotmail_blocks_emergency_a... Admins accuse Microsoft of Draconian Hotmail cap- October 9, 2007 'Only 10 recipients at a time, please' Life can be tough when you're one of the globe's biggest email providers. Just ask Hotmail. Users get upset enough when come-ons for Viagra slip through the cracks of the Microsoft-owned service. But there's just as much hell to pay when its war on spam snuffs out legitimate emails.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/limits_on_hotmail/ Yahoo! Teams! With! eBay! And! PayPal! To! End! Phishing!- October 6, 2007 If you use Yahoo!, eBay, and PayPal. Yahoo! has teamed with eBay and PayPal to save you from phishing scams. If you use Yahoo! Mail. And the scams involve eBay or PayPal.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/06/yahoo_ebay_and_paypal_anno... Spammers turn YouTube into spam relay channel- October 5, 2007 Will anyone notice the difference Miscreants have turned a YouTube service into a spam relay channel.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/05/youtube_spam_relay/ And now for something completely different: Good news on spam- October 4, 2007 SEC beats up on pump-and-dump junk mail In the ever-escalating world of cyber insecurity, it's rare to find good news. And yet the Security and Exchange Commission on Thursday did just that as it reviewed data showing stock-touting junk mail has dropped significantly since a tough anti-spam campaign kicked off in March.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/04/sec_antispam_initiative_ge... FTC fines three men $330,000 for pushing spyware- October 1, 2007 Slap on the wrist shows that cyber crime pays Three men accused of forcing spyware onto more than 15 million computers have agreed to pay $330,000 in fines and to to be monitored by federal authorities for up to eight years.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/ftc_fines_spyware_defendan... Brute force attack yields keys to Google's kingdom- October 1, 2007 Spammers eye the Holy Grail This story was updated on 2nd October to add comment from Google.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/google_spam_infiltration/ |