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Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets

SaaS - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:26
Are UK hackers behind Trojan horse attack?

Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package.…

Yemeni assassin hits York man with spam death threat

SaaS - Mon, 08/23/2010 - 11:07
We'll spare you for $50k

A software engineer form York has been left nonplussed after a group of hired guns from the Yemen Arab Republic claimed to have been contracted to "terminate" him with extreme prejudice.…

Survey scammers exploit Facebook dislike lure

SaaS - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 10:35
D. Odgybloke likes this

Chancers are punting a survey scam on Facebook that poses as a curmudgeonly response to the social network's 'Like' button.…

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Waledac zombie attacks rise from the grave

SaaS - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 10:27
As hard to kill as a horror movie baddie

Updated  Update: Trend Labs has reclassified the malware as a Bredolab variant instead of Waledac. That means the central premise of out original story - that Waladec - is back from the grave - is wrong.

Hoax Facebook virus makes more trouble than a real virus

SaaS - Fri, 08/06/2010 - 13:09
Don't tell all your friends

A hoax Facebook virus is spreading rapidly across the social network.…

Vatican Google-bombed over weekend

SaaS - Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:11
Google points Holysee-kers to pedofilo.com

The Vatican was Google-bombed over the weekend, with searches for the Holy See directing unwitting punters to a mysterious site called www.pedofilo.com.…

Survey scammers offer fake <em>Doctor Who</em> clips

SaaS - Fri, 06/25/2010 - 11:04
Soiled spoilers

Miscreants are exploiting interest in the season finale of Doctor Who by posting fake episode clips, spoilers and dubious download offers.…

$11.7m judgment against Spamhaus slashed to $27,000

SaaS - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 02:40
End of line for 6.6 billion-strong spammer

A federal judge has handed a major victory to anti-spam crusaders Spamhaus, slashing an $11.7m verdict to just $27,002.…

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Conroy pledges to stop spams infecting Aussies' portals

SaaS - Wed, 06/09/2010 - 14:00
It's enough to make you sic

Stephen Conroy has pledged to protect Australians from the threat of spam through their portals.…

ISP slapped with $807,000 fee for 'groundless' spam case

SaaS - Tue, 05/25/2010 - 00:20
CAN-SPAM cuts both ways

An internet service provider that has brought more than 20 lawsuits alleging spam abuses has been ordered to pay one of the defendants almost $807,000 for filing "groundless claims" that mired the company in years of costly litigation.…

Eset slips on Comdom to stop spam emissions

SaaS - Mon, 05/24/2010 - 10:15
Suited and booted

Slovak anti-virus firm Eset has acquired local anti-spam firm Comdom Software for an undisclosed amount.…