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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, e-mail, server

MCI accused of harboring spammers

February 7, 2005 Telecommunications giant denies accusations by Spamhaus that it hosts a Web site distributing spamming tools. TAGS: MCI Inc., Spamhaus, spammer, MessageLabs Ltd., Sobig, e-mail server, spam, telecommunications, Internet Service Provider, service provider, server

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

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, spam, project, fight, security, server, e-mail

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

Brainier networking gear to the rescue

February 27, 2004 Smarter networking devices are helping network operators to better protect their resources from spammers, denial of service attackers and peer-to-peer bandwidth hogs. TAGS: TurnTide, packet, spammer, denial of service, spam filter, networking gear, traffic, e-mail server, P2P, anti-spam, networking, resource, Cisco Systems Inc., TCP/IP, router, IP

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, spamming, CAN-SPAM Act, Quicken, spammer, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, damage, spam, service provider, complaint, e-mail server, California, law, e-mail address

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

Spam may sprout viruses in home PCs

June 27, 2003 An e-mail security company says that junk e-mailers are making use of viruses to turn home computers into spam generators. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., relay, e-mail security company, Sobig, correlation, e-mail security, Networks Associates Technology Inc., home PC, security company, spam, spammer, virus, variant, e-mail, analysis, server

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