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MySpace Wins $234 Million Spam Judgment

MySpace has won a $234 million legal judgment over spam messages sent to members of the social networking site.MySpace won the judgment after spammers Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines failed to appear in court. The judgment is believed to be the largest ever awarded in a spam email case.

Researchers See Gmail "Spam And Phishing Threat"

So long as it winds up in the trashcan, spam isn't too much of a problem for end users.  Yet security researchers have discovered a way in which spammers could use Gmail to send a massive number of messages straight into inboxes.

Cutts: Money The Root Of Spam

The profit motive drives spammers to do anything they can to get their offers in front of an audience, because somewhere out there, someone probably will buy into their scams.

Twitter Blacklist Bites Thumb At Obnoxious People

A public service or draconian narc network? You be the judge. It didn't take long for a few things to happen with Twitter: for so-called spammers to seek out a "marketing" advantage; for Twitterers to fight back against said spammers; and for a moral authority to form.

Unhappy Birthday, As Spam Turns 30

Unfortunately, we mean the email based pest when discussing spam, which began when a marketer blasted nearly 400 people on Arpanet with the first junk email.

More Than 90% Of Email Is Spam

Spam messages in the first quarter of 2008 accounted for 92.3 percent of all email sent according to a new report from Sophos.During this period Sophos found 23,300 new spam related Web pages everyday, or about one every three seconds.For the first time Turkey was in the top three of offending countries sending spam. Compromised computers in Turkey accounted for 5.9 percent of the globe's spam, compared to 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007.

11-Year-Old Boy Figures Out Network Security

If your business is still letting users inside the network deal with spam and other security issues on the desktop, your leadership may not be smarter than a 5th grader.

Bogus Google Calendar Meetings Used By Spammers

Nigerian scam spammers are using Google Calendar to find a new gateway into the corporate world.

ValueClick Settles With FTC For $2.9 Million

Online advertiser ValueClick, Inc. will pay a record $2.9 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its advertising claims and emails were deceptive and violated federal law.The agency also charged that ValueClick and its subsidiaries, Hi-Speed Media and E-Babylon did not secure consumer's sensitive financial information, even though they claimed to do so.

Spammer May Spend A Quarter Century In Jail

Ever think about how many minutes or hours of your life you've lost to spam messages?  As punishment for sending some of them to you, Robert Soloway may get locked up for 26 years.Soloway, the so-called "King of Spam," pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and tax evasion on Friday.  In addition to jail time, he faces heavy fines, and having previously lost lawsuits filed by Microsoft and the owner of an Oklahoma ISP, it would appear the spammer's nearing the end of his rope.