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U.S. leads the dirty dozen spammers
December 24, 2004
A big slice of the global spam sent this year had its origins in the United States, security researchers say.
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Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it better
July 26, 2006
Most computers that send e-mail are bad Netizens, say firms using new "reputation-based" scoring to filter client e-mails.
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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."
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'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.
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Worm sparks rise in zombie PCs
August 22, 2006
Malicious code that exploits a recent Windows hole is leading to growth in the number of hijacked PCs, CipherTrust says.
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Microsoft takes on spam zombies
October 27, 2005
Campaign against junk e-mail is expanded to target criminals who hijack PCs to send spam messages.
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Antispam campaign bites the dust
December 6, 2004
Lycos Europe throws in the towel on its controversial attempt to enlist PCs to deluge spammers' sites.
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'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.
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Cyberthreat experts to meet at secretive conference
January 22, 2007
At a hush-hush security confab on Microsoft's campus this week, there'll be tough talk on beating botnets and keeping cybercrooks at bay.
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Sophos promises to sniff out zombie systems
July 15, 2005
Service aims to tell subscribers if their network is home to compromised PCs being used to send spam.
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Experts: Zombies ousting viruses
May 25, 2005
Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say.
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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.
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Sober.Q spreads hate messages in German, English
May 16, 2005
Distribution method of new worm may mean that Sober authors have remote control over thousands of PCs.
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Security adviser: Cyberthreats keep growing
November 22, 2006
Howard Schmidt, former security adviser to the White House, warns of upcoming threats to businesses and the Net itself.
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