A judge gave law enforcement operatives permission to swap command-and-control servers controlling the botnet.

botnet · Coreflood · malware · spam · usernames

Campaigns against botnets were largely responsible for fall in spam levels.

botnet · Bredolab · Cutwail · Cutwail botnet · malware · Pushdo · spam · spammers

The new legislation will come into full effect in September 2024.

anti-spam bill · anti-spam law · FISA · malware · phishing · spam · spammers

A new Internet security report warns that most attack programs are now embedded in genuine websites.

cybercriminals · facebook · Flash media · Google · malware · spam · spammer · YouTube

Microsoft has been given provisional ownership of 276 domain names.

botnet · botnets · malware · Microsoft · Microsoft legal victory · Operation b49 · spam · spam prevention · Waledac · Waledac botnet

EU cyber security agency ENISA published its third annual “spam report” earlier this year, which painted a gloomy picture for European computer users.

ENISA · fraud · fraud preventention · spam · spam emails · spam filtering

Nigel Roberts from Alderney in the Channel Islands recently took action against Media Logistics UK over junk e-mails in his personal account.   The Stirlingshire-based firm has agreed to pay £270 compensation to Mr Roberts who runs an internet business.

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UK spammer Peter Francis-Macrae (aka Weaselboy) has been sentenced to six years in prison for fraud.

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Back in May Christopher William Smith (Rizler) was raided, a federal grand jury have recently laid charges.

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Microsoft won a $7m settlement yesterday from Scott Richter, a man once described as one of the world’s most prolific spammers.

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