Tag Archives: Spam

Nov
02

New Gaddafi spam threats emerge

malware The recent emergence of spam which takes advantage of the death of Gaddafi continues to spread and infect computers across the globe. Spam immediately began to appear in the wake of.. more
Oct
11

Steve Jobs scams emerge

Steve Jobs Cybercriminals are once again making the most out of sad news, as a spate of scams and spam has emerged in the wake of the death of Apple’s Steve Jobs. The.. more
Oct
04

Hotmail changes to cope with “graymail”

Hotmail Microsoft have announced a series of changes to Hotmail, designed to further tackle the spam problem. Whilst the company says that they have reduced inbox spam to as little as 3%,.. more
Sep
20

ICO sees large rise in SMS spam

The Information Commissioner’s Office says that it’s aware of “the growing problem of spam text messages”, in particular with regard to those that sell financial services. Organisations must comply with a set of regulations when sending text messages, and the ICO has seen a large.. more
Apr
01

Spam mail cut by a third after Rustock take-down

Global spam levels have dropped by a third, according to Symantec’s March 2011 MessageLabs intelligence report. And this is mainly due to the take-down of the Rustock botnet, which we reported on last month. Rustock had been sending almost 14 billion mails per day, 28.5%.. more
Mar
22

Play.com makes official statement on security breach

As we reported this morning, when we first checked our email we were delighted to see a missive from Play.com regarding a security breach which might well have delivered our name and email address (along with many others) to spammers. Fortunately, we’ve not had any.. more
Mar
17

Rustock botnet dries up once more

The Rustock botnet has apparently gone offline – or been derailed. Botnets are responsible for the vast majority of spam which clogs up inboxes across the world, and Rustock is a major offender. Spam levels dropped hugely at Christmas, when Rustock and several other botnets.. more
Feb
17

Norton Cybercrime Index launched

Symantec has announced the launch of the Norton Cybercrime Index. The NCI (let’s acronym it, sounds even more high-powered then) provides consumers around the globe with an at-a-glance warning system of current online security threats. It lists elements such as the day’s most dangerous websites,.. more
Jan
19

Sophos points to social networking threats

Security firm Sophos has released its annual Security Threat Report, detailing what happened in the world of malware and phishing in 2010. One of the most interesting discoveries is the continual increase in scams targeted at social networks, a pretty inevitable upsurge given the huge.. more
Jan
10

Global spam levels witness a resurgence

Last week, security firm Symantec noted a large and continued drop in spam levels since Christmas. Spam levels were at 75 billion messages a day worldwide at the start of December, and on Christmas day 2010, they more than halved to 30 billion. And the.. more