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NewsSpammers plead guilty after EarthLink probe
October 3, 2006 Two plead guilty to offenses under the Can-Spam Act after ISP finds they had sent out thousands of junk messages. - News
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. - News
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. - News
Microsoft wins record amount from spammer
September 13, 2006 Company wins $84,177 over term violation; U.K. individuals, though, are virtually helpless against spammers, lawyer says. - News
AOL goes digging for spammer's gold
August 16, 2006 Company, owed $12 million by a spammer, gets permission to dig for gold and platinum bars in his parents' garden. - News
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. - News
Antispam list gets spammed
May 4, 2006 People subscribed to Blue Security's "Do Not Intrude Registry" service are getting unsolicited e-mail. - News
Europe still top source of spam
February 6, 2008 For the third month running, compromised computers in Europe have pushed out more spam than those in the U.S. - News
Microsoft looks to foil Web spammers
July 13, 2006 Researchers at Microsoft have developed a tool to scrub search engines of major spam Web sites that pollute results. - News
Spim, splog on the rise
July 6, 2006 Spammers are increasingly targeting blogs, social-networking sites and IM programs, MessageLabs warns. - News
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. - News
Spammers phish for iPhone fans
July 2, 2007 Hackers exploit excitement over Apple's smart phone by sending malicious e-mails claiming that recipients have won their own. - News
How MySpace brought down a spammer
August 22, 2007 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains how MySpace defeated a noted spammer. - News
Spam fighter hit with $11.7 million judgment
September 15, 2006 Nonprofit behind antispam blacklist is hit with multimillion-dollar judgment, but the order may not be enforceable. -
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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. - News
'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. - News
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. - News
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. - News
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.
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