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Entries from August 2008

Baby kidnap spam spreads Trojan

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

A widespread spam campaign has been launched which pretends that an e-mail recipient’s baby has been kidnapped in a bid to infect their computer with malware.
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ASCII: An artful way around spam filters (CNET)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

There’s been a recent surge in a method to evade spam filters: disguising text by using the venerable ASCII art method. But so far, spammers are bungling the attempt.
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The New King of Email Spam Filtering (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

Spam email costs American businesses 70 billion dollars annually in lost earnings, overwhelming irritation, and increased security risk. A new spam filter removes an unprecedented amount of spam and has been voted the best in the world.
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SPAM-tastic Supper: APPY Fair Spam Winner Mattie Gray (Bristol Herald Courier)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

Appalachian Fair SPAM chef Mattie Gray shares her winning recipe “Fiesta Corn with SPAM and Peach Salsa” with News Channel 11 at noon.
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Facebook appears to be controlling ‘wall spam’ (CNET)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

Posts containing spam (and possibly viruses) are now disappearing within hours, a sign that the social network has figured out some kind of a fix for the growing problem.
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Pharma’s Black Market Boom (Forbes)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

A study of pill-hawking spam points to a boom in the online drug trade.
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Hackers resort to ’sick’ kidnap spam (InfoWorld)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

Hackers are claiming they have kidnapped children in a bid to infect PCs with a Trojan Horse virus, says Sophos. The security firm is warning users that e-mails entitled ‘We have hijacked your baby’ are being sent to Web users…

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Agnitum unleashes new Spam Terrier 2.0 (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

Still free, and now compatible with Vista mail, The Bat! and 64-bit clients.
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DMA Politically Direct (Summer 2008): FTC Approves New CAN-SPAM Rules (Direct Marketing Association)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

·An accurately registered post office box or private mailbox can satisfy the requirement that a commercial email display a “valid physical postal address”; and the term “person” to clarify obligations under the act are not limited to natural persons.

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Euro guidelines will allow Bluetooth spam (The Register)

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · blockspam

But UK punters still protected The Mobile Marketing Association has published its guidelines for advertising pushed over Bluetooth connections, and considers anyone who hasn’t opted out to be fair game for spammers.…
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