Spam is many things: irritating, dangerous, and potentially devastating. It’s sleazy and unsavory. It’s deceptive. Designed to make your life miserable, it’s pervasive. In a world where everyone has a…
View More Photojournalist Brings Spam to Life, but is it Lifelike?Category: Security
The Zombie Apocalypse May be Led by Corporations
Fans of Resident Evil and The Walking Dead, rejoice. For years now, you’ve been warning your co-workers about the impending apocalypse. It’ll probably be masterminded…
View More The Zombie Apocalypse May be Led by CorporationsStupid Is as Stupid Does
“The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as “Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun To Be With. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the…
View More Stupid Is as Stupid Does‘Spam Nation’ Shines a Light on the Dark and Sleazy World of Cybercrime
Spam is a funny thing. In invades our inboxes and our lives and wreaks havoc on what would otherwise be a pleasant experience, this email…
View More ‘Spam Nation’ Shines a Light on the Dark and Sleazy World of CybercrimeQ: When is Spam not Spam? A: When it’s Bacon
We haven’t defeated the spam monster, not by a long shot. It’s a roiling, angry whirlpool of unwanted messages that often challenge the sanity of…
View More Q: When is Spam not Spam? A: When it’s BaconNigerian 419ers Get Their Phreak On
HELLO MY BELOVED IN THE LORD. I AM MRS. ALICE FLORES DUNU, A NATIONALITY OF BELIZE FORMERLY BRITISH HONDURAS, BORN IN THE STATE OF OHIO…
View More Nigerian 419ers Get Their Phreak OnPhishing Isn’t Always about the Benjamins
If you can step back and look at it objectively, phishing is a bit of an art form. Unlike ‘regular’ spam, which often intentionally dumbs…
View More Phishing Isn’t Always about the BenjaminsSpam Hall of Shame
Spam sucks. Okay, Shakespeare it’s not but there’s no truer credo for emailnauts who, on a daily basis, fight bulging inboxes and scour junk folders…
View More Spam Hall of ShameBritish Watchdog Group Says Marketing Spam is Getting Out of Control
Ah, marketing spammers. You crazy kids. Spewing out your junk as if you’re doing the world a huge solid, when in fact that nasty discharge…
View More British Watchdog Group Says Marketing Spam is Getting Out of ControlGame On? Australian Researchers Think Spam Filters Can Learn from Game Theory
If you’re as much a fan of games as I am, you’re going to love this one. Spam, which is some of the most low-utility,…
View More Game On? Australian Researchers Think Spam Filters Can Learn from Game Theory