Archive for March 2024
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Twitter Faces Latest Spam Challenge
No comments · Posted by Tom Murray in News, Scams & Fraud
![twitter1 twitter1](../wp-content/uploads/2011/03/twitter1-150x150.jpg)
The micro-blogging platform was retweeting spam messages from sexually explicit sites.
F-Secure · malware · spam · spammers · Twitter spam
28
Rustock May Have Been Controlled by Just 2 People
1 Comment · Posted by Warren McGraw in Latest News, News
![botnet botnet](../wp-content/uploads/2011/03/botnet-150x150.jpg)
Investigators believe the botnet’s command and control system was highly centralised.
botnet · malware · rustock · rustock botnet · spam · spammers
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Mysterious Demise of Rustock Baffles Spam Experts
No comments · Posted by Mitsuko Funaki in Latest News, News, Scams & Fraud
![spam mail spam mail](../wp-content/uploads/2011/03/spam-mail-150x150.jpg)
The huge and prolific botnet ground to a halt yesterday afternoon.
anti-spam · botnet · rustock · rustock botnet · spam · spammers
11
German and Welsh 419 Spam Snatched by Symantec
No comments · Posted by Suzy Broadbent in News, Scams & Fraud
![German Spam German Spam](../wp-content/uploads/2011/03/German-Spam-150x150.jpg)
Spammers have been trying to lure speakers of other languages into their financial spam scams.
419 spam · advanced fee scam · advanced fee scams · spam · spam email · spam emails · spammers
11
Hackers Subvert Facebook JavaScript for Spam
No comments · Posted by Tammy Parker in News, Software
![Facebook logo2 Facebook logo2](../wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Facebook-logo2-150x150.jpg)
The social network is battling a new wave of internally generated spam messages.
facebook · Franebook · JavaScript · spam
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Spam Activities Turn to Social Networks
No comments · Posted by Tom Murray in Latest News, News