spam

Spam is the transmission of unsolicited messages to e-mail accounts, Internet forums, cell phones, instant messaging systems, and video sharing sites. These ubiquitous messages bombard us daily and can bring mild amusement or major annoyance.

They entice with promises of wealth, employment, romance, or sexual enhancement but rarely deliver the intended results. While some are harmless, many are scams meant to trick readers into sending money or financial information. Still others contain worms that allow a spammer access to a user’s personal computer. It’s no surprise that bloggers turn to the Web to seek or offer advice and to vent their frustration over the constant threat spam poses to their computers and cell phones.

Though spam filters exist and a few spammers have been identified and held accountable for their mass mailings, legislation to ban or monitor spam varies from state to state and is often difficult to enforce. Spammers have also become increasingly savvy to the techniques used to block or suss them out. Spam levels are on the rise, and such messages will likely continue their assault on electronic forms of communication for some time to come.

 

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• A Look Inside the European Response to Spam

  
  CircleID — Authority: 521
  Last week the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), which assists the European Commission and its member states with network and information security issues, published its third Anti-Spam Measures Survey . The survey provides insight into how network operators in Europe are responding to the ...
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• Spam: are anti-spam laws working? - ChiefOfficers.Net

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 182
  Spam : are anti- spam laws working? ChiefOfficers.Net Its six years since the EU required all member states to put n place laws to combat spam . And its six years this month since the UKs law came into effect ...
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• Basic Laptop Security Prevents Identity Theft

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 472
  By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com In 2003, an estimated 1.5 million laptops were stolen worldwide. Today, that number has climbed to 2.6 million. That’s a 70% increase in just a few years. That’s one stolen laptop every 12 seconds. Laptop computers have ...
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• Spam king fined $210000 by Federal Court, ACMA supports decision - SmartCompany.com.au

  
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  The Age Spam king fined $210000 by Federal Court, ACMA supports decision SmartCompany.com.au A New Zealand citizen living on the Sunshine Coast has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a $210000 fine for taking part in the worlds largest spam ... Global spam king fined in Aus ...
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• What Happens When The Regular Spam Email Becomes Real…

  
  MakeUseOf — Authority: 713
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• Malware Writers Take to Buying Their Own Data Centers

  
  ModCool — Authority: 157
  Traditionally, the lowlifes running botnets have made due with shared hosting provided by shady ISPs. As these crimes become higher profile, enforcement has stepped up resulting in many of these ISPs going offline. To address this dilemma it looks like some purveyors of malware have started buying their own data ...
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• Picture of my Cock, and my Teachers Pussy

  
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• 5 Signs Your New Follower Isnt Human

  
  Anthony's FRESH PLASTIC — Authority: 127
  If youve been using social networking (and/or microblogging) service Twitter for more than a day youll have no doubt been bombarded with followers that dont seem quite on the up-and-up. You are right to be suspicious, and Ill tell you why...... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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• A Look Inside the European Response to Spam

  
  CAUCE North America — Authority: 485
  Last week the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), which assists the European Commission and its member states with network and information security issues, published its third Anti-Spam Measures Survey . The survey provides insight into how network operators in Europe are responding to the ...
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• Can we evade the good cause pressgangs?

  
  KnowIT — Authority: 122
  Oxfam Unwrapped do a fabulous thing: Oxfam gifts. At Oxfam Unwrapped you can give real items that people living in poverty around the world need to change their lives for the better. You’ll receive a card to pass-on and your gift goes to those who need it most. You ‘buy’ a goat, or a lamb, or a ...
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• Botnet Baddies Setting Up Own ISPs For Unfettered Spamming [Spam]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 883
  Well, this is equal parts frightening and annoying: malware writers and their lot have been buying up data centers and getting approved for large blocks of IP space. Whats that mean? That they can...
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• Attackers Buying Virtual Data Centers For Botnets And Spam

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 128
  The malware writers and criminals who run botnets for years have been using shared hosting platforms and so-called bulletproof hosting providers as bases of operations for their online crimes. But, as law enforcement agencies and security experts have moved to take these providers offline, the criminals have taken the ...
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• Caldwell foundation receives affordable housing grant - Idaho Business Review

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 182
  Caldwell foundation receives affordable housing grant Idaho Business Review No spam . Link to a commercial site only if its relevant to the discussion. Putting your name on your comments increases their value and credibility. ... and more »
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• When email spam doesnt lie

  
  Thought Gadgets — Authority: 510
  Would you believe an email offering you $10,000 ? Um, maybe you should. Leave it to the agency Mother London to make us all feel good ... and thereby turn its annual holiday gift budget into a massive viral promotion. Dedicated to Bill Green of Make the Logo Bigger, who we heard recently got mugged in London.
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• Prioritization, What To Buy When And How Much

  
  Total Survivalist Libertarian Rantfest — Authority: 140
  My recent post has had me thinking about prioritization for a few days. Aside from skills and luck what we need to survive is stuff. Skills are great but it is about impossible to win a gunfight without a gun and even the best mechanic cant fix much of anything without appropriate tools. It can be debated exactly how ...
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• Automatically Close Comments on Older Posts to avoid Spam – Wordpress Blog

  
  Internet Techies — Authority: 433
  Comments are really important to make a community around a blog but they are the most used source of spamming as well. Spammers used to run bots to populate your comments section with lot many links related to some sites. Yes, Akismet is there to filter them as Spam but still those comments occupies nice amount of ...
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• Choose An Autoresponder Program Which Can Help You Stay Out Of Spam Complaints

  
  Earn Passive Income — Authority: 148
  In these days’s world of unsolicited email and spam laws, using autoreponder responsibly is one amongst the most necessary things that has to be accomplished by each on-line marketer. Moreover, it’s also very important to use an atoresponder service, script or software that adheres spam laws by providing some ...
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• On The Issue of App Spam

  
  PreCentral.net — Authority: 666
  Application spam is a very real issue thats been plaguing online application stores (Apples in particular) for some time now. Some development houses resort to seeding these virtual shelves with hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of the same application with a slight twist or variation in hopes of  improving the ...
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• Intermedia Enhances Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2010 With New Customer Controls - SYS-CON Media (press release)

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 182
  Intermedia Enhances Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2010 With New Customer Controls SYS-CON Media (press release) Spam Kill Score: An enhancement to Intermedias SpamStopper product, customers can set separate sensitivity levels for handling spam , marking spam for ... and more »
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• MP3 Spam Becoming the Latest Inbox Concern - BrickHouse Security Blog (blog)

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 182
  BrickHouse Security Blog (blog) MP3 Spam Becoming the Latest Inbox Concern BrickHouse Security Blog (blog) As if your mailbox wasnt already full of enough spam , now MP3 spam is making a come back. The trend first started popping up in 2007 when spammers started ... MP3 Spam Makes a ...
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