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Next generation spammers rise up in Asia, India and Brazil

High-speed broadband allows worldwide miscreanting

10 Nov 07:02

Controversial email blocklist SORBS sold

GFI confirms purchase of reputation service

6 Nov 11:05

Notorious Kiwi pill spammers slapped with fine

Herbal King dethroned

2 Nov 15:43

Facebook awarded $711m in 'Spamford' Wallace case

Expects to receive almost nothing

30 Oct 18:23

Telecoms reform tabled as EU plots spam clampdown

Italy praised and UK shamed over enforcement

12 Oct 06:02

YouTube video spam promotes Russian real estate

A different kind of viral video

9 Oct 16:34

Spammers jump on Gmail, Hotmail mass-hack gravy train

Like manna from heaven

7 Oct 23:43

Gmail, AOL, Yahoo! all hit by webmail phishing scam

Update I can see my address from here

6 Oct 14:44

Penis pill spam: The hard figures

$1,600 per spam run a day?

25 Sep 11:37

Twitter-based mafia game irritates world+dog

An offer you can refuse

22 Sep 09:56

Worm wiggles through weary WordPress

Spam-friendly malware spanks Scoble blog

7 Sep 14:35

Anti-spam smackdown finds best junk filter

McAfee spanks all comers in early tests

3 Sep 13:02

US health-care debate clogged world's inboxes

Pharma-spam cashes in

31 Aug 15:02

Obama site smackdown spam only offers malware

No DDoS! Denied!

19 Aug 14:54

Campaign Monitor reels from hack and spam attack

Australian mail marketing firm stumped

11 Aug 12:01

US appeals court cans CAN-SPAM suit

A farewell to litigation factories

8 Aug 04:43

Twitter meltdown raises questions about site stability

Micro-blogging site knocked over by stiff burst of wind

7 Aug 12:33

Image spam: the threat returns

Did it ever go away?

5 Aug 12:28

Dutch spam suspect fined €250K

Clogged interwebs with 21m junk mails

28 Jul 13:03

Swine flu malware poses as pig plague update

Telling porkies

21 Jul 10:03

MS sues ringtone firm over smut-punting IM spam scam

SPIM phishers feel the wrath of Redmond's lawyers

17 Jul 12:09

High spam response powers junk mail economy

Lunkhead junk mail buyers come clean

16 Jul 15:17

Short URLs in spam skyrocket

The Twitter effect

8 Jul 13:59

Spam levels bounce back after botnet takedown

Even botnets have backup now

2 Jul 13:02

Jackson mass mailer adds to attack onslaught

More zombies than the Thriller video

1 Jul 16:55

China spam crisis provokes researcher's ire

Name and shame campaign aims to change attitudes

1 Jul 09:48

Spammers swift to exploit Jackson death to punt malware

Updated Who's bad?

26 Jun 09:47

Notorious spammer Ralsky pleads guilty to stock scam

Father and son-in-law spammers face slammer

23 Jun 10:05

Bolivian TV falls for Air France crash hoax

Dramatic images of flight 447's last moments

22 Jun 08:49

Indian politico's webmail hacked to punt lost-wallet scam

PLEASE SEND $3,500. MOST GRACIOUS.

12 Jun 13:41

Pondlife scammers abuse Air France tragedy

Carradine death also cheap fodder

5 Jun 22:05

Junk email volumes hit high

Spam volume increases despite swine flu

27 May 12:23

BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault

Updated 'Largest cyber-assault in history'

27 May 07:38

Twitter typosquatting site preys on gullible

Well, duh

21 May 18:08

Ford crushes half-price hybrid hoax

Credit crunch car sale nonsense quashed

19 May 12:19

Under-caution spam faxer fined over £6,000

Debt firm fax up

21 Apr 06:02

Football lottery scam targets UK punters

Big Cup con

17 Apr 18:17

McAfee: Save the planet - use a spam filter

Junk mail makes monster carbon emissions? Oh noes!

15 Apr 15:22

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Narrowcasting for the email classes

1 Apr 11:36

Spam regains pre-McColo reach

Junk mail strikes back

1 Apr 00:06

US Supremes flatline Virginia's hardline anti-spam law

AOL junk mailer ignored

31 Mar 18:16

Pro tip: Don't include SEC lawyer in your $4.6m botnet scam

Texas men settle lawsuit over spam scam

19 Mar 00:01

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