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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. TAGS: spammer, anti-spam, denial of service, attack, security, server, e-mail

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. TAGS: spammer, anti-spam, Texas, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Antispam list gets spammed

May 4, 2006 People subscribed to Blue Security's "Do Not Intrude Registry" service are getting unsolicited e-mail. TAGS: spammer, anti-spam, security, e-mail address, e-mail

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. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, lawsuit, defendant, anti-spam, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

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. TAGS: CipherTrust Inc., zombie, Taiwan, anti-spam, spam, spammer, China, message, e-mail, security, U.S.

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. TAGS: Sophos Plc., spammer, Graham Cluley, South Korea, spam, anti-spam, U.S., China, security, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Wiki, anti-spam, denial of service, spammer, project, spam, fight, security, server, e-mail

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. TAGS: anti-spam, Spamhaus, China, spam, spammer, London, conference, government, U.S.

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. TAGS: Lycos Inc., anti-spam, spammer, denial of service, Web portal, distributed denial of service, screensaver, spam, campaign, F-Secure Corp., law, portal, PC

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. TAGS: New Hampshire, spammer, settlement, America Online Inc., CAN-SPAM Act, Hummer, goods, Virginia, anti-spam, spam, Time Warner Inc., e-mail

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. TAGS: developing country, spam, spammer, anti-spam, nation, junk e-mail, Internet Service Provider, e-mail

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. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Oklahoma, anti-spam, law, spammer, spam, domain name, professor, e-mail, CEO

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. TAGS: Lycos Inc., distributed denial of service, bandwidth, spammer, Web portal, anti-spam, spam, portal, screensaver, China, denial of service

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. TAGS: Ironport Systems Inc., reputation, anti-spam, spam, spam filter, spammer, check, attack, e-mail, message, link, server

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. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, marketer, spammer, anti-spam, law enforcement, email marketing, spam, bond, incentive, e-mail, phishing, conference, attorney, car, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Six Apart Ltd., distributed denial of service, anti-spam, LiveJournal, TypePad, blog, spammer, blog posting, attack, traffic, spam, security, server

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. TAGS: Lycos Inc., spam, IBM Corp., security technology, anti-spam, spammer, P2P, e-mail, screensaver, message

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." TAGS: Internet Service Provider, blacklist, zombie, spam, Spamhaus, e-mail server, MessageLabs Ltd., spammer, anti-spam, server, e-mail, trojan horse, broadband, malware, U.S., PC

'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. TAGS: antispam company, Ironport Systems Inc., spammer, spam, MessageLabs Ltd., holiday, anti-spam, season, Turkey, expert, Yahoo! Inc., message, e-mail, PC

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. TAGS: Spamhaus, judgment, Illinois, Barracuda Networks, spammer, spam, U.K., anti-spam, court, organization, U.S., order, e-mail
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