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• in Technology
  Hotmail Introduces Throw-Away E-Mail Addresses
  New from Hotmail, e-mail is for anyone who wants disposable e-mail to stay off spam lists, stay anonymous.
  by bastetmax / on Feb 4, 2011
• in Technology
  Alleged Mega-D Spam Mastermind Pleads "Not Guilty"
  FBI nabs Russian man who is said to be responsible for one-third of all the spam in your e-mail box.
  by banteringblonde / on Dec 3, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “spammers”

 

• It’s Just Sad

  
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  I’d be laughing into my morning coffee if it wasn’t just so sad. I’m not talking about anything real, a sob story or anything like that, but something which appears to be real for some people and is sad simply because they really believe in it. And also a bit sad because one of the posts gaining the most ...
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• WordPress Anniversary: Comment Spam Lessons

  
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  It’s hard to believe that I’ve learned much from comment spammers over the years. I’ve learned that they are among the most hated folks in the world, yet you have to respect them as well. As I look back on ten years of blogging with WordPress on this 10th Anniversary year, I realized that comment […]
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• Spammers visiting your blog is common, but do not click on the hyperlink, you encourage them by doing so!

  
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  Since I started this blog back in December, 2012 every day I kept my eyes peeled for number of viewers visiting my blog.  Everyday I hoped the page views would be better then yesterday.  It... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Threat Control and Protection from Cloudflare

  
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  Here is an example of  threat protection from www.cloudflare.com in action on my font website www.kiddiefonts.com I recently switched over to Cloudflare about 2 month ago, over this period 15 unique threats were challenged from Rule Breakers (16) ; Botnet Zombies (20); Harvesters (23); Exploit Attackers (43) to ...
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• 840,000

  
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  (from the depressing milestone dept.) Since January 16, 2006, over 840,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 10,000 spam comments since April 24, 2013 and over 166 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.
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• Schoolchildren Use Phishing Scam to Take Over Computers

  
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  A group of 12 and 13-year old students at Schoenbar Middle School in Ketchikan, Alaska were able to take control of over 300 computers after crafting a phishing scam and  sending the emails to various teachers. The messages asked them to log in to accept a software update. When they did so, the students got their ...
  2 weeks ago

• Info of Forbes 100 Executives Exposed by Phishing Black Market

  
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  Psst…hey, buddy. Over here. Yeah, that’s it. Step into the shadows. Wanna buy a Rolex? Real cheap. No? Well how about the contact information for top executives? I’ve got them all. You want the chairman of Coca-Cola? Got it. Audi, Ralph Lauren, Bloomberg, Porsche…you name it! And so it begins. Let’s face ...
  2 weeks ago

• I Knew It!

  
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  There is a spammers’ manual, did you know that? A little book full of dirty secrets on how to spam people, how to send out ridiculous comments to hundreds of blogs which either make no sense, are irrelevant or so badly written that a five year old would crease over laughing. It’s not a very long manual, because ...
  2 weeks ago

• Do Spammers Read?

  
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  I was wondering, a brief thought inspired by a spam I just deleted, whether spammers can – or do – read. You wouldn’t believe the number of comments marked as spam which ask me which blogging platform I’m using – it’s a standalone WordPress – or what my theme is – Desk Mess Mirrored – or whether I ...
  3 weeks ago

• Kijiji paypal scams: Lisa Macedo and Mary Cole are fake!

  
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  Im seeing an awful lot of traffic here lately from people looking for information on Kijiji paypal scams. People are thankfully suspicious enough about the people offering to buy their stuff that they search the names of the senders. They end up hear learning about the fraud they just avoided. If you get an email ...
  3 weeks ago

• Spammers Spread Viruses In Wake Of Boston Bombing – Huffington Post – Huffington Post

  
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  Spammers Spread Viruses In Wake Of Boston Bombing – Huffington PostHuffington PostThe specific malware in question here comes in two forms. "One scares the victim into thinking their PC is infected and blocks access to many programs. The goal is extort between $ 30 to $ 80 out of their victims," Seguar said. The ...
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• 830,000

  
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  (from the depressing milestone dept.) Since January 16, 2006, over 830,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 10,000 spam comments since April 11, 2013 and almost 165 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.
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• Ransomware Lurking In New Boston Marathon Themed Spam Campaign

  
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  A huge  new spam campaign  is pounding the net with ransomware laden messages. The messages claim to offer breaking news and exclusive videos about the Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent manhunt that gripped the city with fear. Instead the links lead the user to a compromised site that infects the computer ...
  3 weeks ago

• Stop Spam From Getting To Your Blog

  
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  The biggest problem in blogging is that there are millions of spammers just waiting to attack a blog with bad back links, if Google finds that comments on your blog contain bad back links it will start hiding your blog from the public.  ” Oh no how can i protect my blog from spammers? ” firstly no need to panic ...
  4 weeks ago

• Blackhole Rears its Ugly Head: Facebook and LinkedIn the Tip of the Iceberg

  
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  It’s no secret that as quickly as we make ways to stop the madness, the spammers are finding ways to pump up the volume. The spam landscape is becoming more dangerous than ever , if that’s even possible, and it seems that the spammers have decided to put their knives and pistols away in favour of anti-ballistic ...
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• Boston Marathon Spam Strikes Australia

  
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    Security experts are warning Australians to beware of a new spam campaign exploiting the Boston Marathon bombings. The campaign, which is sending out messages made to look like news stories about the attacks, delivers a malicious payload. Subject lines such as “Boston Marathon Explosion: Exclusive ...
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• How to detect and prevent hackers and spammers

  
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  Today I received this email from what appeared to be a relative, both my father and brother are named David Newman.  So, it would be tempting to trust anything from them and click on it. But after opening the email, it was obvious that it was not my father or brother.  They don’t write this... Continue reading ...
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