Source: IDG NZ
Auckland ISP Orcon Internet is in the firing line of anti-spammers after a bulk email with a reference to one of its customers went out to recipients worldwide.
The email was sent last Friday from an account at UK ISP BT Internet, falsely claiming to be "opt-in" -- that is, solicited by the recipient -- and asking them to go to a site on Orcon-hosted Cashevolution.com's web server.
Source: info sysec
Users of Microsoft Corp.'s Hotmail program are getting a new weapon in their fight against unsolicited commercial e-mail, commonly known as spam.
McAfee.com Corp. (NasdaqNM:MCAF - News) , a Sunnyvale, Calif., antivirus-software maker, plans to sell a version of its SpamKiller program for Hotmail users starting Wednesday. The program blocks e-mails by using preset lists and filters, which can be modified by users for better protection against spam.
Source: ZDNET
An anti-spam group has put Yahoo's storefronts on its list of suspected junk e-mailers, snarling attempts by some customers to access the storefronts.
The Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) put the IP address for Yahoo's stores in its database Tuesday. The action came in response to a notice that an alleged spam mail that has been circulating since at least February was directing recipients to a storefront on Yahoo.
Source: ZDNet UK
Sending out unsolicited text messages that misled mobile users to believe they had won a £500 prize proves to be rather expensive
A company that sent large numbers of unsolicited text messages to mobile phone users telling them they had won a mystery prize worth £500 has been fined £50,000 by the premium rate services regulator.
Source: Arab News
reaper: I have ben sent several of these scam letters and am tired of getting them are you?
RIYADH, 13 August — The Nigerian Embassy has cautioned Saudis and expatriates not to fall prey to the sham schemes floated on the Internet by some Nigerian crime syndicates.
Source: INFORMATION WEEK
Spam, once the scourge strictly of consumer E-mail accounts, continues to be a growing problem for corporate E-mail administrators, but a Canadian vendor says it has the answer.
An admin of an eastern european server in the USA which serves primarily to the 'illegals' claims no one can hack his/her server. Some anti-american contents on the pages is also evident. Care to prove them wrong? The server address is www.chicago-cz.com. Check the pages yourself, even though czech/polich translation might be required, but after reading their 'nastenka'/forum the above statements will become prudently evident...
The pook.
Source: The Register
L33tdawg: If I was him, I would have called the A-Team! *grin*
A British man has been threatened by a gang of spammers after reporting its activity to his ISP.
The man, who asked to remain anonymous, is so concerned he fears for this own safety.
"These people are nasty," he told The Register.
"They said they were going to make my life 'not worth living'. If you complain then they retaliate in a very vicious way.
Source: SiliconValley.com
A new e-mail scam from a purported American ``Special Forces Commando'' in Afghanistan who needs help getting terrorist drug money out of the country is making the rounds on the Internet.
The Secret Service says it is the latest incarnation of a fraud scheme that targets hundreds of people each day.
