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Report: U.S. tops list of spam-offending countries

October 26, 2007 U.S. sends about 28 percent of the world's spam--more than five times as much as second-place South Korea, says security firm. TAGS: South Korea, spammer, spam, Sophos Plc., U.S., security

China vies with U.S. for spam title, report says

April 21, 2006 Overall, computers in Asia relay more junk e-mail than those in any other continent, according to Sophos research. TAGS: Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., spam, South Korea, spammer, North America, Asia, China, McAfee Inc., Europe, Internet Service Provider, U.S., security, antivirus, virus, Microsoft Windows

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, U.S., message, security, e-mail

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

'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, function, Google Inc., e-mail, security, video, PC

McAfee: Watch out for 'island-hopping' spam

November 1, 2006 Small, tropical islands are becoming a favored home for junk e-mailers, the security company's researchers have found. TAGS: junk e-mail, McAfee Inc., domain, spammer, trend, security company, researcher, spam, security

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, blog, anti-spam, LiveJournal, TypePad, blog posting, spammer, attack, traffic, spam, security, server
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