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Alleged 'Seattle Spammer' arrested

May 31, 2007 After being indicted by a federal grand jury, Robert Alan Soloway pleads not guilty to 35 counts related to junk e-mail. TAGS: count, jury, Seattle, spammer, Judge, spam, attorney, U.S., 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, U.S., security, e-mail

Spim, splog on the rise

July 6, 2006 Spammers are increasingly targeting blogs, social-networking sites and IM programs, MessageLabs warns. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., spim, spammer, spam, blog, IM, e-mail

Police blotter: Mortgage 'spammers' sued by ISP

July 14, 2006 California Internet provider sues over mortgage spam, saying lenders violated Can-Spam Act, state laws. TAGS: mortgage company, Police Blotter, CAN-SPAM Act, spamming, spammer, Quicken, Internet service, spam, Internet Service Provider, damage, service provider, complaint, California, law, e-mail server, e-mail address

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

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

'Storm worm' exploits YouTube

October 10, 2007 Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. TAGS: YouTube, Graham Cluley, spammer, spam filtering, bot, spam, trojan horse, Google Inc., function, e-mail, security, PC, video

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, law enforcement, spammer, email marketing, anti-spam, spam, bond, incentive, conference, e-mail, phishing, attorney, America Online Inc., car, 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

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, anti-spam, Oklahoma, law, spammer, spam, professor, domain name, e-mail, CEO
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