GoDaddy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do! Normally, that phrase (or one like it) invokes comical images, but this is no laughing matter, if appearances…
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Category: Security
Blackhole Rears its Ugly Head: Facebook and LinkedIn the Tip of the Iceberg
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…
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AWW! So Cute! So Devious!
It’s been common knowledge for some time now that spammers have not gone away, no matter how much numbers have declined since the unceremonious nuking…
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Spam More Dangerous than Ever
You know, we’ve heard so much over the past two years about the dangerous new onslaught of malware-ridden spam that was just around the corner,…
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Netherlands Study: Spam Comes from the Wrong Side of the Tracks
If the Internet universe was analogous to the Star Wars universe, then Spam wouldn’t be the Emperor. Nor Darth Vader. It wouldn’t even be Boba…
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Spring Cleaning: Check Your Spamminess
Spring is here, finally. The long, cold winter is quickly becoming a distant nightmare and, as the birds return to their chirping and the grass…
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Do Changes to China’s Anti-Spam Laws Matter?
Spam laws are like an Air Supply LP: everyone’s got one, but no one wants to admit it. Unless, of course, you’re a small handful…
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Less is More: Why Retail Spam Needs to be Curtailed
We (‘we’ meaning everybody) often speak about spam e-mail as if it represents some demonic presence levied upon the world like a curse spawned in…
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Spam, Begone! Google Adds Unsubscribe
Sometimes the story is bigger than the story itself. Take, for example, the recent news that Google has decided to include an unsubscribe link at…
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Phishin’ Magicians: Think the Spammers are Getting Smarter? You’re Right
Sigh. Just when I thought I’d figured spammers out, they rear their ugly heads and show me that they’re not nearly as dumb as I’d…
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