PayPal Invoicing System Used to Deliver Spam
The fight against spam has been going on for many years now and recent advances in the quality of anti-spam software employed by ISPs and businesses across the globe have …
Bespoke Spam Reaching Its Target
In an effort to avoid having their emails detected and blocked by spam filters, some spammers have taken to focusing on smaller groups of recipients and sending them handcrafted emails. …
Marketing Emails Being Reported as Spam
More and more businesses are finding their email marketing campaigns stymied by spam reports, according to industry insiders. The number of companies experiencing delivery problems is growing as ISPs and …
Festive Spam Not Full of Good Cheer
At a time of year when many people all over the world are expecting packages to arrive from courier firms such as UPS, FedEx and DHL, spammers are sending fake …
Dating Ads Disguised as Google+ and Dropbox Notifications
Users of Google’s social network and Dropbox’s popular free cloud storage service should be aware of attempts by adult dating sites to lure them into joining up, using seemingly legitimate …
Virgin Media Spam Filters Malfunctioning
In an ongoing saga that first reared its head back in July of this year, Virgin Media mail subscribers continue to experience problems with legitimate emails falling foul of malfunctioning …
Twitter, Cats, Phone Numbers, Spam and Edward Snowden?
Something very strange in the world of social media happened recently. Twitter users careless enough to tweet their telephone numbers have been targeted in a rather bizarre spam attack, an …
It’s Still Spam … But No One’s Complaining This Time
Ask anyone what they think of spam and chances are they’ll tell you that it isn’t something they’d like to deal with, with most of the opinion that spam isn’t …
1.4 Billion Android Users Suffer from ‘Stagefright’
The bug recently revealed as ‘Stagefright’ has affected over 1 billion Android users so far and it’s believed that everyone with an Android device is at risk. This is a …
Google Targets Hacked Spam in Search Results
Google is well-known for its algorithm changes that have a tendency to shake things up where its search results are concerned, and its next series of changes to its search …