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"Spam King" Soloway to be sentenced July 22

Dan Kaplan July 15, 2008

The sentencing for "Spam King" Robert Soloway, who faces up to nine years in prison, has been delayed until next week.

Online auction site goes to war on spam

Chuck Miller July 10, 2008

Google and eBay have joined forces to protect users from spam and malicious emails by leveraging an authentication technology called DomainKeys.

Fake Storm Worm blast claims World War III is here

Dan Kaplan July 09, 2008

The U.S. Army has just invaded Iran, sparking World War III -- or at least that is what the latest Storm Worm spam campaign wants you to believe.

Fake Microsoft patch spam makes rounds

Sue Marquette Poremba July 02, 2008

A new spam attack falsely alerts users to download a Microsoft patch, but when responded to, the user is directed to a page that installs malware on the user's computer.

Szirbi botnet causes spam to triple in a week

Sue Marquette Poremba June 25, 2008

Malicious spam has tripled in volume in a week, most of it caused by the Srizbi botnet.

Yahoo Mail cross-site scripting flaw targets IM users

Dan Kaplan June 25, 2008

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Yahoo Mail could leave instant messenger users open to attack.

Proofpoint acquires email archiving firm Fortiva

Dan Kaplan June 24, 2008

Email security provider Proofpoint has acquired an on-demand email archiving vendor to boost its offerings.

Two in-the-wild trojans target Mac OS X

Dan Kaplan June 20, 2008

A pair of in-the-wild trojans is simultaneously impacting the Mac OS X platforms, according to two security firms.

Stolen data found on international crimeservers

Chuck Miller June 18, 2008

Two crimeservers containing 500 megabytes of stolen data have been discovered in Argentina and Malaysia. The data was likely being made available online to the highest bidder.

Malware to blame for porn on state worker's laptop

Sue Marquette Poremba June 17, 2008

Child porn possession charges were dropped against a Massachusetts man after forensic experts proved his state-issued computer had been infected with malware.

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