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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

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

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

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 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, spammer, North America, South Korea, Asia, China, McAfee Inc., Europe, Internet Service Provider, U.S., security, antivirus, virus, Microsoft Windows

'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

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

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

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
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