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The Register - Security: Spam
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
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Kelihos botnet BACK FROM THE DEAD
Bloodied spam-spewing zombie staggers in
The spam-spewing Kelihos botnet has returned from the dead.…
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Facebook warns investors of potential SPAM DELUGE
IPO filing: Spamvalanche could kill us
Facebook has been the first internet company to baldly state the risks it faces from hacking and spam to the markets since the SEC issued guidance on the issue.…
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Virus-slingers abuse WordPress vulns, dose punters with exploit
Blogs also infected with information-harvesting Trojan
Malware-spreaders are hacking into vulnerable WordPress-powered sites in order to drive traffic towards pages loaded with exploits.…
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft in PHISH-FIGHTING smackdown
DMARC Brothers back cross-industry standard
Google, Facebook and other internet heavyweights are collaborating together to back a standard designed to curtail phishing by improving the collaboration between legitimate senders and receivers of emails.…
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Microsoft's Kelihos kingpin suspect: It wasn't me
Sabelnikov denies botnet herder allegation
The Russian man named by Microsoft as the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet has stepped forward to plead his innocence.…
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Facebook flings clickjack spam lawsuit at ad-slingers
Social network teams up with Washington State to hound marketing firm
Facebook and US state of Washington have filed lawsuits against marketing firm Adscend Media over alleged clickjacking and spam practices, as the social networking giant finally gets tough with scammers operating on the site.…
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Nokia busted for dodgy SMS to customers
Spam Act breach draws $AU55k wrist-slap
Nokia has fallen foul of the Australian Communications and Media Authority, incurring a $AU55,000 fine following consumer complaints over its SMS marketing practices.… 
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Spam-squirting hole found in McAfee antivirus kit
Ironic server-side flaw exploited, patch promised
McAfee is promising to patch a vulnerability in its hosted anti-malware service after it found a flaw that allowed systems where the product was installed to be turned into potential spam-relay nodes.…
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Japanese cops cuff six smut-scam ransomware suspects
Victims forced to pay stiff charges
Japanese police have arrested six suspected cyber-crooks over a one-click billing fraud scam that allegedly targeted sweaty smut surfers.…
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Five Koobface botnet suspects named by New York Times
Trojan coins millions for its masters, say researchers
Five suspected masterminds behind the infamous Koobface botnet have been unmasked in a move abetted by Facebook to put the heat on cyber-crimelords.…
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Zappos coughs to HUGE data breach
Up to 24 million users zappwn3d
Online shoe and apparel outlet Zappos.com has apologised over a massive data breach that exposed the personal details of millions.…
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iPad scammers pwn Lady Gaga's Facebook page
We're plastic but we'll still have fun...
Fraudsters have hit gold after they managed to successfully plant an iPad-themed scam on the Facebook fan page of Lady Gaga.…
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Fake anti-virus victims in line for slice of $8m payout pie
Scareware swindlers' ill-gotten gains shared out by FTC
US watchdogs plan to refund victims of scareware scams using seized assets from fake anti-virus peddler Innovative Marketing.…
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Web scam-busting trio thwarted by mystery DDoS rocket
Backhanded compliment for fraud alert sites
Updated A bunch of anti-scam sites was knocked offline last week by fierce and apparently well-organised distributed denial of service attacks.…
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Yahoo! may! never! see! a! penny! of! $610m! anti-spam! win!
Court rules against lotto scammers, whoever they are
Yahoo! has been awarded a $610 million default judgment against spammers who abusing its brand to run a lottery scam.…
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