Category: Spam world

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

LinkedIn, the professional networking site, has agreed to pay a $13 million out of court settlement in a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit, which originated in California in 2013, was …

Investors across Canada have been warned by regulators that fraudulent stock promotions are being sent via smartphone messaging apps like WhatsApp. A spike in the number of cases involving smartphone …

According to Cloudmark and Spamhaus, SoftLayer, IBM’s new $2 billion acquisition, is the world’s largest source of spam with more than 85 spam block list issues. SoftLayer said that it’s …

Prominent UK call centre, Help Direct UK, was fined £200,000 for sending thousands of spam texts which led to 6,758 complaints being filed in the month of April alone. Despite …

In news from the USA, we hear that LinkedIn, the social media networking site for professionals, has made a settlement offer following complaints that it sent unsolicited marketing messages to …