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Tag Archives: Spam
The “Dirty Dozen” SPAMPIONSHIP: Who needs to kill the most zombies?
Here it is: the latest “Dirty Dozen”. Our SPAMPIONSHIP tables detail the globe’s most dastardly distributors of delinquent data during the first quarter of 2015.![]()
Practical IT: What you need to know about email encryption
When email was invented over 40 years ago, no one thought about how to ensure the integrity of messages. Here’s what you need to know about securing email with the right kind of encryption.![]()
SSCC 193 – Pick a YouTube security token, any token! [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the latest computer security stories in their inimitable style. Turn news into advice with the Sophos Security Chet Chat!![]()
April Fools! The day’s weirdest spams revealed…
Today, we just couldn’t resist sifting through our Spam Stash. Here’s some comment spam from Naked Security that we thought would amuse you…![]()
Three charged over largest email hack “in the history of the internet”
Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been indicted over a series of breaches that netted more than $2 million, and over a billion email addresses.![]()
Canada’s anti-spam law gets first success with $1.1m fine
Canada’s fledgling anti-spam laws have brought their first success, with a $1.1 million fine levied against a Canadian business training firm.![]()
Robocall spotting contest launched by FTC
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a pair of competitions to stimulate research into technological approaches to the problem of robocalls.![]()
Is this the ultimate spam fail?
We’re not sure whether we ought to laugh at cybercrime. But sometimes you just have to smile at the antics of would-be cybercriminals.![]()
More iCloud phishing: don’t get sucked in
It’s easy to justify checking out spams and scams, on the “better safe than sorry” principle. Don’t do it! You just end up one click closer to catastrophe.![]()
