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Apple to Introduce Report Junk Button to Tackle Calendar Spam
Dec 14, 2016Apple will soon introduce a new 'report junk' button to its calendar app following a big increase in spam notifications. Users of the Calendar app have been bombarded with notifications and invitations from spammers in recent weeks, with ...
Tags: Apple, Calendar Spam
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A Desktop Version of The Photo-sharing Application Instagram Is a Scam
Aug 21, 2013An advertisement circulating on Facebook and Twitter for a desktop version of the photo-sharing application Instagram is a scam, according to security vendor Symantec. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, is only available for mobile ...
Tags: PC, Computer Products
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The Amount of Cyber-Criminal Activity Related to The Zeus Family Has Increased
May 28, 2013The amount of cyber-criminal activity associated with the Zeus family of financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few months, according to security researchers from anti-virus vendor Trend Micro. “The notorious ...
Tags: anti-virus, banking, BitDefender, Bogdan Botezatu, Citadel, CNME
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Twitter Has Reached a Settlement with Skootle That Prohibits The Tennessee-Based Company
May 28, 2013Twitter has reached a settlement with Skootle that prohibits the Tennessee-based company from spamming Twitter users' feeds with marketing and other promotional content. The case, which dates back to a lawsuit that Twitter brought against ...
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Spammers Are Reverting to Old Tricks in Order to Avoid Detection From Spam Filters
May 17, 2013According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report, spammers are reverting to old tricks in order to avoid detection from spam filters. One such method being employed by spammers during Q1 2013, Kaspersky said, was the use of ...
Tags: Computer Products, Tricks, Spammers
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A Man Suspected of Participating in a Attack Was Extradited From Spain to The Netherlands
May 10, 2013A 35-year-old Dutch man suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherlands on Monday evening, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday. A judge in ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
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Microsoft Pulled The Plug on Its Hoary Webmail Service Hotmail
May 7, 2013This week was a week for email milestones.?Spam – that scourge of the Internet – turned 35 years old. And Microsoft pulled the plug on its hoary webmail service Hotmail. The first spam message sent on?what was to become the ...
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A Dutch Man Was Arrested, as Part of an Investigation Into a Large-Scale DDoS Attack
May 2, 2013A 35-year-old Dutch man was arrested Thursday in Spain, as part of an investigation into a large-scale DDoS attack that targeted a spam-fighting organization called the Spamhaus Project in March. The suspect was arrested by Spanish ...
Tags: Computer Products, DDoS Attack
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A 35-Year-Old Dutchman Was Arrested Thursday in Spain
May 2, 2013A 35-year-old Dutchman was arrested Thursday in Spain, as part of an investigation into a large-scale DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack that targeted a spam-fighting organisation called the Spamhaus Project in March. The suspect ...
Tags: Dutchman, Computer Products
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FTC to Block Illegal Robocalls From Reaching The Owners of Mobile and Wired Phones
Apr 2, 2013Two people will share a $50,000 prize from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for the best idea to block illegal robocalls from reaching the owners of mobile and wired phones. Serdar Danis and Aaron Foss will each receive $25,000 for their ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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DDoS Attacks This Week Are on The Rise,According to a Statement From Kaspersky Labs
Mar 29, 2013DDoS attacks like the one that resulted from an altercation between a Dutch company and Spamhaus this week are on the rise, according to a statement from Kaspersky Labs. The security vendor was responding to the huge DDoS attack that ...
Tags: Mega DDoS, cyber attack, cyber
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The Opposite View on "5 Reasons to Use Webmail"
Mar 7, 2013Web-based e-mail—webmail—is e-mail, such as Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo, that's implemented as a Web app and accessed through a browser. These services are usually free, and it's a rare computer user who doesn't have at least one ...
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Facebook's 76 Million of The 1.06 Billion User Accounts on Its Social Network Are Bogus
Feb 6, 2013All those pet cat profiles add up: Facebook has reported that roughly 76 million of the 1.06 billion user accounts on its social network are bogus in some way or other. The company identifies three types of accounts that don't represent ...
Tags: Facebook, Fake Accounts, computer news
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Spammers Have Built a Botnet That Sends SMS Spam Through Infected Android Phones
Dec 28, 2012In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. The trend, spotted by security vendor Cloudmark, poses a new challenge for ...
Tags: botnet, SMS spam, Android phones, victims
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Attackers Can Read Emails, Contacts and Other Private Data
Dec 28, 2012Attackers can read emails, contacts and other private data from the accounts of Yahoo users who visit a malicious page by abusing a feature present on Yahoo's Developer Network website, says an independent security researcher. A limited ...
Tags: Attackers, emails, private data, Yahoo users