Spamming

Spammer uses innocent hacked blogs to punt NAKED PICS of JLaw, McKayla Maroney

Gran's knitting site etc sucked up into pr0n spam botnet

Security29 Sep 2014 | 27

Ten years on, TEN PER CENT of retailers aren't obeying CAN-SPAM

Unscrupulous marketers are, guess what, still being gits

Legal18 Sep 2014 | 26

Not pro Bono: Apple's audio junk mail made spammers' lives easier

Comment The U in U2 stands for Unwanted

Security13 Sep 2014 | 43

spɹɐʍʞɔɐB writing is spammers' new mail filter avoidance trick

Sexe.doc? More like Scod.exe

Channel12 Sep 2014 | 71

‪‪Email list hack flap at 'sleep with a stranger' site Couchsurfing‬

Hospitality exchange firm says 'member data was not exposed'

Security26 Aug 2014 | 1

6 Obvious Reasons Why Facebook Will Ban This Article (Thank God)

Clampdown on clickbait ... and El Reg is OK with this

Legal25 Aug 2014 | 72

New voting rules leave innocent Brits at risk of SPAM TSUNAMI

Read the paperwork very carefully - or fall victim to marketing shysters

Legal15 Aug 2014 | 92

One in 12 Tweeps are bots

But only 5 per cent of accounts are spammers, says Twitter

Legal13 Aug 2014 | 20

Beware of Greeks bearing spammy small omicrons, says Google

Anti-spam plan will ensure dodgy domains like VultureS૦uth.com don't stand

Security13 Aug 2014 | 10

Ancient pager tech SMS: It works, it's fab, but wow, get a load of that incoming SPAM

Networks' main issue: they don't know how it works, says expert

Networks11 Aug 2014 | 52

This is your chance to help Blighty beat off moneymen's spambots

#cheaploan? FCA wants input on financiers' social media ads

On-Prem07 Aug 2014 |

FTC to mobile carriers: If you could stop text scammers being jerks that'd be just great

Here's a hint: let customers dispute slippery premium fees

Networks28 Jul 2014 | 7

Orange spent weekend spamming customers with TXTs

Zero, not infinity, is the Magic Number customers want

Networks21 Jul 2014 | 28

Redmond reinstates infosec mailing list after Canadian law panic

Canada Day legalese proves no match for Microsoft

Security01 Jul 2014 | 2

Microsoft to shutter security email feed on July 1

Gov 'automated electronic messaging' bans force RSS feeds down infosec pros' maws

Security29 Jun 2014 | 5

Fed-up bloke takes email spammers to court – and wins piles of cash

He did it without hiring a lawyer - and so can you

Legal05 Jun 2014 | 83

Spammer sprung to run Russian national payment system

Payments kingpin walks after 2.5 year sentenced slashed

Security04 Jun 2014 | 15

How do I escape this damned email blacklist?

Readers' corner Help your fellow Reg reader with your recommendations

Networks24 May 2014 |

Boffins pen 'Guide to better spamming'

Small, widely-dispersed botnets ought to do the trick

Security02 May 2014 | 8

AOL confirms security breach from spam attack

Email addresses, passwords and home addresses among swiped data

Security28 Apr 2014 | 18

AOL Mail locks down email servers to deal with spam tsunami

Security problems like it's 1995

Security23 Apr 2014 | 38

Virgin Media so, so sorry for turning spam fire-hose on its punters

Hundreds of emails flood inboxes thanks to gaffe

Networks17 Apr 2014 | 33

Chinese cops cuff 1,500 in fake base station spam raid

Thousands of devices, hundreds of millions of unwanted texts

Security26 Mar 2014 | 3

ICO decides against probe of Santander email spam scammers

Not enough 'evidence' ... while readers insist unique-to-bank addresses used

Security21 Mar 2014 | 30

Scam emails tell people they have cancer to trick them into installing a money-stealing Trojan

Particularly unpleasant even by online scumbag standards

Channel14 Mar 2014 | 50

Spam, a lot of it: Bubble tea is the Seoul of wit

Something for the Weekend, Sir? South Korea’s Hall of Shame

Security14 Feb 2014 | 42

Google views, reviews YouTube viewers' views with view to killing off spam shams

Video site reportedly gets new boss

On-Prem05 Feb 2014 | 11

NatWest 'spam' email cockup got me slapped with late payment fee, says angry Reg reader

SPF update fail junks critical bank communications

Software28 Jan 2014 | 89

Spam drops as legit biz dumps mass email ads: Only the dodgy remain

Small problem: it still makes up two-thirds of email traffic

Security24 Jan 2014 | 19

Cybercrooks slide fingers into TELLIES+FRIDGES, spam splurge ensues

DON'T OPEN THAT - your media centre has become a FRAUDSTER

Security17 Jan 2014 | 39

ANYONE on Google+ can now email you, with or without your Gmail addy

'Feature'+ links+ webmail+ and+ social+ network+ for+ unsolicited+ mail+ joy+

Networks10 Jan 2014 | 63

JAILBREAK! US smut spam king Kilbride flees minimum security prison

Updated Cops scouring California for convicted email fraudster

Legal29 Dec 2013 | 77

Oi, bank manager. Only you've got my email address - where're these TROJANS coming from?

Santander scratches head over mystery malware barrage

Security19 Dec 2013 | 79

Marketing told us: 'Justin Bieber is a fad. He’s not going to last.' – Company formerly known as RIM

Quotw Plus: 'There is no way to make your Xbox One backwards-compatible'

Networks13 Dec 2013 | 18

Guess which major US telco ISN'T cracking down on premium SMS spam?

Well, not right now, anyway...

Networks23 Nov 2013 | 25

Fake X-rated Facebook scam vids of Selena Gomez: Man sued

Bloke tricked people into viewing ads, alleges ad-backed social network

Networks22 Nov 2013 | 6

Mavericks Mail's spam-spewing 'flaw' was scripted by red-faced user

FastMail says sorry for crying wolf, is still grumpy Mavericks Mail don't speak no good IMAP

Security31 Oct 2013 | 10

DON'T BREW THAT CUPPA! Your kettle could be a SPAMBOT

Russian report says Chinese appliances hide Wifi slurping spam-spreaders

Security29 Oct 2013 | 79

America: Land of the free, still home of the BIGGEST spammers on the planet

USA! USA! USA!

Security18 Oct 2013 | 31

Coming soon to Twitter: Inboxes BULGING with DMs from world+dog

I just followed you, and this is crazy, but here's a DM. So tweet me, maybe?

Software15 Oct 2013 | 34

Obamacare goes LIVE, and so do the survey-spewing spambots

Enough to make a Tea Party activist boil over

Legal03 Oct 2013 | 7

LinkedIn fires back against 'hack-and-spam' US class-action sue bomb

Plaintiffs allege Facebook-for-suits violated federal wiretap law, California privacy rules

Legal24 Sep 2013 | 43

Facebook scammers raking in $200 MEEELLION in illicit profits

And Google's getting a slice of the action

Security30 Aug 2013 | 11

Twee...THUD: Boffins build 'The Classifier' to seek out, kill millions of Twitter fakes

Actually paid for 100k of them in spam-canner blitz

Security15 Aug 2013 | 17

Deadly Spanish train disaster exploited by malware mail scumbags

Some people will click on anything

Security26 Jul 2013 | 12

Think you're streaming Superman? Think again, punk

Slideshare hit by Man of Steel Spam sign-up scams

Security27 Jun 2013 | 15

BBC-featured call centre slapped with hefty fine for unwanted calls

PPI pests: Swansea-based firm stung for £225k by ICO

On-Prem18 Jun 2013 | 74

Belarus becomes world's top country ... for SPAM

White Russia dons black hat, becomes junkmail conduit

Security30 May 2013 | 9

Rotten spam causing more infections than ever – study

Indian and Vietnamese kinds are the worst

Security11 Apr 2013 | 15

FTC splits $50,000 robocall killing tech prize

Mobile apps and cloud checks to silence spammers

Software03 Apr 2013 | 10

Merde! Dummkopf! Google Translate used as spam cloak

Cock-doc pillmongers use tech out of Inception movie

Security02 Apr 2013 | 39

BIGGEST DDoS ATTACK IN HISTORY hammers Spamhaus

Plucky mail scrubbers battle internet carpet bombers

Security27 Mar 2013 | 124

Groupon deal spam slapped by Australian regulator

When 'unsubscribe' means 'we'll still send you email'

Legal14 Mar 2013 | 18

USA is the best country in the WORLD... for sending spam

Floats to top of Dirty Dozen - the junkmail conduit sh*t list

Security07 Mar 2013 | 14

Clarkson: 'I WILL find and KILL the spammers who hacked me'

Telly bloke promises to 'visit' Twitter hijackers

Legal20 Feb 2013 | 170

Psst, wanna block nuisance calls? BT'll do it... for a price

The phone that's not at home to spammers

Networks08 Feb 2013 | 131