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CASL: Hate to Say it, but…

After much ado about nothing, the Canadian Anti Spam Legislation (CASL) finally woke up on July 1st and discovered that it was a real boy.…

Security Spam

Spammers Loosen Up, Become More Dangerous

James July 15, 2017 No Comments allspammedup bot botnet malware spam

Uh-oh. Welcome to my lair, said the spider to the fly. And we all know how that worked out: spider meets fly, fly gets busy…

Security Spam

FTC: T-Mobile Customers Paid for Spam

James July 7, 2017 No Comments allspammedup bot botnet malware spam

Spam sucks. There’s just no denying that statement, but as a society, we’ve worked pretty hard to fight the scourge of pests, crooks, and criminals,…

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Is Spam Law Targeting the Wrong People?

James June 22, 2017 No Comments allspammedup bot botnet malware spam

In less than two weeks, the long-awaited Canadian Anti Spam Legislation (CASL) will finally go into effect after four long years of humming and hawing…

Security Spam

Much Ado about Nothing: CASL Will Have No Teeth

James June 8, 2017 No Comments allspammedup bot botnet malware spam

It’s been a long, long time getting there, but the last G7 country to jump into the anti-spam arena is about to enact what some…

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Don’t Like Conficker? The German Government’s Got it Covered…Sort of

James June 2, 2017 No Comments allspammedup bot botnet malware spam

Y’know, any time there’s a week with a story about Justin Bieber’s latest meltdown (which is pretty much every week), it’s nearly impossible to compete.…