Once the scourge of e-mail providers and the Postal Service, spammers have infiltrated the last refuge of spam-free communication: cellphones. In the United States, consumers received roughly 4.5 billion spam texts last year, more than double the 2.2 billion received in 2009, according to Ferris Research, a market research firm…
Spam Invades a Last Refuge, the Cellphone
Text message spam has started waking Bob Dunnell in the middle of the night, promising cheap mortgages, credit cards and drugs. Some message View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
YouTube’s “invite-a-friend” feature exploited to send spam
IT security and control firm Sophos is advising computer users to be on their guard after it uncovered evidence that spammers are exploiting the popular video website YouTube in order to promote their own goods and online stores. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View…
Gmail explains why it put *that* email in your spam folder
Ever wondered why an email message was quarantined in your spam folder? Well, now Google’s Gmail is going to tell you. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Malware and Spam Volume Down, Complexity on the Rise: Symantec
The level of technical innovation and social engineering, as well as the targeting of business executives, are some of the new security trends that Symantec is warning people to be vigilant against. The observation comes the way of the latest Symantec Intelligence Report, which looked into the state of spam…
Facebook, Twitter Spam Stopped by Start-Up
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Impermium is helping rid the Web of pesky social spam. View full post on social media scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
ProtectMyID: If you try to #unsubscribe from an email list and your request is not honored, file a complaint with the FTC. http://t.co/4kLhR0Ck #spam
ProtectMyID: If you try to #unsubscribe from an email list and your request is not honored, file a complaint with the FTC. http://t.co/4kLhR0Ck #spam View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Don’t reply to unsolicited email messages (spam)
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Voice spam tried to disrupt election in Ontario, Canada
This week, news has emerged in Canada of a police investigation into the use of robocalling (automated phone dialling, a.k.a. voice spam) in an apparent attempt to disrupt an election result. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Spam Levels Down, Mobile Malware On The Rise
McAfee has released their quarterly threat report for the fourth quarter of 2011, and some of the results may surprise you. The report examines the biggest threats to online security for both the fourth quarter and all of 2011. The report shows that while spam email seems to be on…
