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July 17, 2012 |
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Traffic Sniffing, Not Botnet, May Have Led to Android Spam Run |
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It's not every day that you get a security story that involves Yahoo, Google and Microsoft, but that's what has happened with the claims from a Microsoft official that there was an Android-based botnet in existence sending spam from compromised devices. Now it seems that the spam emanating from Android phones may be the result of a bug the Yahoo Mail app that enables attackers to sniff traffic and compromise users' accounts. ... »
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July 17, 2012 |
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Loyalty schemes aren't a licence to spam |
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When you join a loyalty programme, you expect to receive certain kinds of marketing from the brand - requests to lobby government on its behalf aren’t among them. Yet that’s what Virgin Atlantic seems to think its Flying Club is for. ... »
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July 12, 2012 |
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Advanced Email Extractor v.3.5 |
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Advanced Email Extractor v.3.5.1178 has been released. Windows XP removed from system requirements. ... »
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July 10, 2012 |
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Spam Emails: Android Botnet or Not? |
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Reports emerged this week about a spam-producing Android botnet, but is this really an Android problem? ... »
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June 18, 2012 |
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LinkedIn user alerts mistakenly blocked as spam |
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Researcher says more than 4% of intended recipients blocked LinkedIn's email instructions on resetting breached passwords ... »
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June 15, 2012 |
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Floyd Don’t Want Spam and Tap Water, He Wants Filet Mignon and Fiji! |
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Attorneys have to do what their clients want them to do, even if though they know the likelihood of their request being granted is slim. Floyd Mayweather recently petitioned the State of Nevada to release him on house arrest or at the very least into the general population of the Las Vegas prison. ... »
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June 15, 2012 |
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Facebook yanks spammy 'Verify Your Account' app |
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Beyond spreading itself to your Facebook contacts, it's unclear what the spam app did before the social network disabled it. ... »
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June 13, 2012 |
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Reddit Bans The Atlantic, Businessweek In Anti-Spam Crusade |
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The news-sharing community has started banning websites whose articles are frequently posted to its forums in ways the site considers spam-like. On the preliminary list of banned domains are businessweek.com, theatlantic.com and sciencedaily.com. Users attempting to submit links to pages on those domains are denied. ... »
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June 7, 2012 |
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Spam Campaigns Abound on Tumblr According to GFI Software |
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FI Software today released its VIPRE® Report for May 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered last month. In May, GFI threat researchers observed a number of attacks focused on Tumblr® users including two spam campaigns centered around a fake "Tumblr Dating Game" which lead to surveys, fake advertising spam asking for personally identifiable information in exchange for ad revenue generated by the victim's tumblelog, and a phishing site posing as the Tumblr login page. Cybercrime campaigns were also seen targeting Google PlayTM users searching for AndroidTM apps. ... »
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December 2, 2011 |
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Advanced Email Extractor v.3.2.658 (critical update) |
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Update for Advanced Email Extractor v.3.2.658 is available for download. ... »
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