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Tag Archives: Spam
Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace guilty of sending 27 million messages
“Spam King” Sanford Wallace admitted sending 27 million emails through 500,000 compromised Facebook accounts. Now he faces three years behind bars.
Ashley Madison data breach leads to extortion attempts
“Send me 1.00000001 bitcoins or I’ll tell your spouse you were cheating” seems to be how it goes down…
Hacker pleads guilty in Facebook malware and spam scheme
The cybercrook allegedly used a “Facebook Spreader” malware to infect victims via booby-trapped links in Facebook chat messages.
Don’t bother signing up for the giant water slide Facebook events
The photo for the huge water slide was stolen from a US company and used on 50 event pages for UK towns and cities, none of which report knowing anything about it.
Fed up with losing email to your spam folder? Gmail’s artificial intelligence wants to help
Google is arming bulk email senders with spam smarts so that you get more of the emails you want and spend less time dumpster-diving for missing email.
How 153 robocalls cost one company $229,500
Araceli King has been awarded $229,500 after Time Warner Cable kept on calling, even after she sued.
Surely not the “Virus DESTROYS Computer” story again? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our weekly fun-but-serious one-minute security video. Malware hype, FTC action and some ancient history (well, the LOVE BUG)… enjoy.
Spamming diet pill pusher Sale Slash has assets frozen by FTC
The company allegedly used illegal spam emails and fake celebrity endorsements to trick people into handing over cash for their suspect weight loss miracle pills.
The worst spam senders in the whole wide world? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
From carder busts to App Store bans – the computer security week in one swift video minute! Enjoy…