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When a lawyer gets hit by spammers, expect a lawsuit

May 27, 2005 In rare instance of individual taking spam fight to court, attorney files suit saying his e-mail address was hijacked by spammers. TAGS: spammer, lawsuit, suit, lawyer, e-mail address, spam, New York, e-mail

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

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

Convicted spammer gets nine-year sentence

April 11, 2005 Jeremy Jaynes is the first person in the U.S. to face prison time for spamming. TAGS: Virginia, spammer, spamming, sentence, e-mail address, U.S., e-mail

Lawsuit shows how to sue spammers

June 20, 2007 Activist's six-year legal fight offers road map for suing spammers; he now awaits hefty check from firm he says spammed him. TAGS: spammer, judgment, lawsuit, Washington, Florida, damage, evidence, attorney, 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

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.

ISP wins $1 billion in spam suit

December 20, 2004 An Internet service provider filed suit against 300 spammers after its servers received up to 10 million spam e-mails a day in 2000. TAGS: judgment, spammer, spam, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, service provider, server, e-mail

Spam-happy shoppers love stolen software

December 10, 2004 Among the most popular items sold via unsolicited e-mail is illegal software--meaning the spam problem isn't likely to die soon. TAGS: spammer, Forrester Research Inc., shopper, spam, survey, U.K., e-mail

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.

Lycos Europe: 'Make love not spam'

November 30, 2004 Web portal launches screensaver designed to bombard Web sites that are promoted in unsolicited e-mail. TAGS: Lycos Inc., spam, Web portal, screensaver, e-mail company, portal, spammer, Yahoo! Inc., attempt, e-mail, virus

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, Seattle, jury, spammer, Judge, spam, attorney, U.S., e-mail

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.

Spammer faces up to two years in jail

January 13, 2006 Man charged with sending millions of spam messages over high-profile company networks in violation of the Can-Spam Act. TAGS: jail, spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, U.S., e-mail

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, anti-spam, Virginia, Time Warner Inc., spam, e-mail

Court deals blow to dating-service spammer

August 3, 2005 Federal appeals court rejects argument that spammers have First Amendment right to flood public universities with spam. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, university, spammer, First Amendment, spam, e-mail address, e-mail

Study: Small firms cook up more spam

January 26, 2005 New research finds that smaller companies are bearing the brunt of the epidemic of unsolicited e-mail. TAGS: Postini Corp., spam, CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, e-mail address, small business, information technology, 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

Windows patch, iPod exploited in e-mail scams

August 31, 2006 Fake patches, rogue invoices make the rounds as spammers keep trying to fool people into installing Trojans on their PCs. TAGS: Sophos Plc., Websense Inc., spammer, order, payment, Apple iPod, e-mail, patch management, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

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, spam, anti-spam, spam filter, spammer, check, attack, e-mail, message, link, server
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