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Antispam advocate succumbs to spammer
May 18, 2006
Eran Reshef, who asked people to bury spammers simply by replying to spam e-mails, falls victim to mass online attack.
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Spammer settles suit for $1 million
June 5, 2006
Man accused of sending up to 25 million e-mails per day settles lawsuit with Microsoft and the state of Texas.
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Antispam list gets spammed
May 4, 2006
People subscribed to Blue Security's "Do Not Intrude Registry" service are getting unsolicited e-mail.
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Microsoft sues more alleged spammers
December 2, 2004
Defendants are accused of failing to label sexually explicit e-mails as required by the federal Can-Spam Act.
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Spam: Made in Taiwan?
June 9, 2006
Junk e-mail rose in May, most of it served up from Taiwan--and the death of Blue Frog was a factor, CipherTrust says.
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Report: Antispam push helping curb U.S. junk mail
October 12, 2005
The United States is still the greatest source of spam, but tougher laws and other measures are helping stem the tide, Sophos says.
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Black Frog leaps into fight against spam
May 25, 2006
Okopipi project aims to continue antispam campaign launched by now-defunct Blue Frog effort, which suffered a DOS attack.
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China joins forum on curbing spam
February 23, 2005
In a move that inspires optimism, China--one of the largest contributors to the spam epidemic-- appears at London discussion.
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Antispam campaign bites the dust
December 6, 2004
Lycos Europe throws in the towel on its controversial attempt to enlist PCs to deluge spammers' sites.
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This spammer's stash could be yours
August 10, 2005
Gold bars, cash and a fully loaded Hummer H2 are among the prizes AOL is offering as it celebrates a settlement with a spammer.
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Developing nations losing spam battle, report says
May 27, 2005
Countries with fewer resources are finding themselves overwhelmed as junk mail senders take shelter there, a new OECD report says.
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Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer
November 28, 2006
Precedent-setting decision says travel agency that sent repeated cruise-vacation e-mails is protected by federal Can-Spam Act.
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Antispam screensaver downs two sites in China
December 2, 2004
"Make love not spam" site has taken two sites offline, a Web traffic monitoring firm says.
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IronPort to rate Web links in spam fight
January 24, 2006
Web reputation scoring added to catch more unwanted e-mail messages, including those with links to malicious Web sites.
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Antispam confab looks beyond filters
March 29, 2006
Leaders in the fight against spam, phishing and e-mail fraud gather at the MIT to compare notes.
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Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes
May 4, 2006
DDoS attack on antispam campaigner redirected to blog-hosting firm Six Apart, forcing it offline, security firm says.
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IBM debuts spam assailant tool
March 22, 2005
Rather than just filtering content, Big Blue's spam-fighting technology verifies sender identity and strikes back.
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Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high
February 2, 2005
New spammer scheme uses ISPs to get around blacklists, leading one expert to predict "e-mail meltdown."
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'Tis the season to send spam
November 20, 2006
The volume of junk e-mail is spiking--just as consumers gear up for holiday shopping.
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Spam fighter hit with $11.7 million judgment
September 15, 2006
Nonprofit behind antispam blacklist is hit with multimillion-dollar judgment, but the order may not be enforceable.
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