The Register - Security: SpamBiting the hand that feeds ITSpyware 'scammer' sued over PC pop-up invasion- March 26, 2008 Washington state cracks down The alleged supplier of some of the net's most hated malware titles has been sued by Washington state's attorney general.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/spyware_purveyor_sued/ Enraged AT&T spam filter eats legitimate mail- March 24, 2008 Aims too high to please Finding fewer emails in your AT&T spam folder It may be a mixed blessing.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/24/aggressive_att_spam_filter... Notorious spammer pleads guilty to tax evasion and fraud- March 17, 2008 Al Capone of junk mail heading for the big house Notorious spammer Robert Soloway faces an extended spell behind bars after pleading guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges last Friday.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/soloway_spammer_guilty_ple... Russian serfs paid $3 a day to break CAPTCHAs- March 14, 2008 Semi-automated attack or chain-mail gang Why should miscreants bother to develop cutting edge programming techniques when they can pay $3 to somebody to set up spam-ready webmail accounts on their behalf Evidence has emerged that people as well as malware are being used to defeat CAPTCHAs, challenge-response systems that are often used to stop the automatic creation of webmail accounts by spammers.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/14/captcha_serfs/ Pitcairn Island relays most spam per person- March 11, 2008 South Sea junk mail mutiny Pitcairn Island, the final South Sea island refuge of the Bounty mutineers, relays more spam per capita than any other nation. But with an estimated population of 48, perhaps it's not that surprising.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/11/global_spam_trends/ Google red cards Privila for gaming search engine- March 11, 2008 Articles of bad faith Google has removed Privila sites from its index after the firm was caught attempting to hoodwink the search engine giant.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/11/google_privila/ Smut peddlers and spammers invade Google Groups- March 3, 2008 Junk bazaar Porn peddlers and spammers are upping their assault on Google Groups. Many links on the discussion group site link to porn aggregators, some of which redirect to malware sites pushing Trojan horse malware (such as VirusHeat) disguised as video codecs.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/03/google_groups_crud/ |