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Spam DDoS assault cuts off south Pacific state

(Un)happy Talking
25 Jun 17:02

Almost half of malicious sites tied to 10 networks

China mostly to blame, but so is Google
24 Jun 18:00

MySpace wins $6m judgment against Spam King

Junk mail menace canned
17 Jun 13:52

Phlashing attack thrashes embedded systems

Router bricking risk
21 May 16:16

Spammers open new front on social networking sites

Poked full of Viagra
14 May 18:10

MySpace wins record $230m judgement against spammers

'Spamford' Wallace hauled over the coals
14 May 10:40

30 years of Spam - and we ain't finished yet

Many unhappy returns
1 May 13:31

MySpace wins lawsuit against Spamford Wallace

Serial nuisance fails to defend case
29 Apr 11:12

Spam busters blacklist MessageLabs and chums

'Word on the street' says Hotmail downed too
11 Apr 01:15

Spam filtering services throttle Gmail to fight spammers

Junk mailers set up CAPTCHA-busting sweatshops in India
10 Apr 08:32

Link spammers go on social networking rampage

MySpamBook
2 Apr 12:25

Spyware 'scammer' sued over PC pop-up invasion

Washington state cracks down
Channel Register • 26 Mar 00:56

Enraged AT&T spam filter eats legitimate mail

Aims too high to please
24 Mar 19:30

Notorious spammer pleads guilty to tax evasion and fraud

Al Capone of junk mail heading for the big house
17 Mar 12:07

Russian serfs paid $3 a day to break CAPTCHAs

Semi-automated attack or chain-mail gang
14 Mar 17:54

Pitcairn Island relays most spam per person

South Sea junk mail mutiny
11 Mar 12:52

Google red cards Privila for gaming search engine

Articles of bad faith?
11 Mar 11:03

Smut peddlers and spammers invade Google Groups

Junk bazaar
3 Mar 16:12

Most spam comes from just six botnets

Diary of the Dead
29 Feb 15:16

Phishers clean up at online casinos

Poker faced fraud
28 Feb 11:38

Spammers crack Gmail Captcha

Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables
25 Feb 17:10

Québec cops bust massive botnet ring

17-strong hacking network clubbed
21 Feb 18:22

Japan brings down Godzilla of spam

Old skool spam suspect taken in
19 Feb 15:23

Spain cuffs Wi-Fi leeching lottery scammers

El Gordo ladrones
18 Feb 23:44

Automated crack for Windows Live captcha goes wild

Spammers'Holy Grail
8 Feb 01:59

Online advertiser pays $200,000 for deceptive claims

When 'free' isn't free
31 Jan 04:40

Spammers dive into Google's lucky dip

Feeling phished?
30 Jan 11:02

Spamford Wallace's MySpace riches come under attack

Analysis The FTC's quest for spam stopping balls
26 Jan 00:24

Anti-spammer fined $60K for DNS lookup 'hack'

Whois also ruled dodgy by North Dakota court
17 Jan 19:05

Spam King Ralsky indicted over stock spam scam

Pump and dump gang raked in millions
4 Jan 12:17

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