The Spam Report Archive

Spammer's bail set at $1m

Convicted junk emailer awaits sentencing... [10 Nov 2004]

Spammers have no sense of humour: Official

Choice of jokes is very 80s and very unfunny... [05 Nov 2004]

Spam filters: Users still fearful over false positives

Users want their spam filtered but still want to see all emails - how does that work...? [03 Nov 2004]

Spam: 'It's a meat' insists Hormel

Spiced ham maker plans to take the power back... [02 Nov 2004]

Phishing victims learn an expensive lesson

'Learn about finance...and then give us all your money' [01 Nov 2004]

ISPs take more spammers to court

Forty down, how many thousand to go? [29 Oct 2004]

UK spam fighter urges 'let's play Aussie rules'

Steve Linford to the rescue... Will Europe's laws end up as tough as Australia's? [26 Oct 2004]

'Rolex' spam taps into bling-bling culture

And threatens to rubbish reputation of fancy watchmaker in the process... [25 Oct 2004]

IronPort secures $45m funding

And announces strong sales to boot... [25 Oct 2004]

CIO Jury: Spam drives UK bosses to despair

CIO Jury: Spam drives UK bosses to despair

And there's no end in sight, say two-thirds of CIOs... [13 Oct 2004]

Spam crackdown signs up 15 countries

Spam crackdown signs up 15 countries

Finland, Norway, Sweden and Ireland are ready to show they mean business. China and Russia sadly absent... [12 Oct 2004]

EU and US team up on spam fight

"The time for talking is over, today we need action." [11 Oct 2004]

Email from 'George W Bush' confesses all

Email from 'George W Bush' confesses all

Spammer with a political conscience is still a spammer, as less scrupulous mailers move in on the election angle... [08 Oct 2004]

Florida and Texas hit with anti-spam backlash

Time for change in the laws... or the White House... or preferably both, says anti-spam industry... [04 Oct 2004]

'Wardriving' spam conviction exposes Wi-Fi security

'Wardriving' spam conviction exposes Wi-Fi security

Man hijacked hotspots to send pornographic junk email… [01 Oct 2004]

5 years ago... Hotmail continues to suffer security scares

No such thing as a (decent) free lunch? [23 Sep 2004]

Does your PC help send 70 per cent of spam?

Zombie machines are the most common source... [23 Sep 2004]

Linux group raises spam warning over piracy charge

Linux group raises spam warning over piracy charge

Blind keyword searches leading the blind? [21 Sep 2004]

Spam museums to save junk email

Spam museums to save junk email

Just in case someone really does stop the spammers [20 Sep 2004]

Will 'bounty' scheme stop spammers?

Will 'bounty' scheme stop spammers?

FTC considers putting a price on their head... [17 Sep 2004]

Bush v Kerry sparks spam deluge

Bush v Kerry sparks spam deluge

Never mind the war records... look at the server log... [14 Sep 2004]

Microsoft email 'caller ID' questioned

Not exactly what industry wants, says standards group [14 Sep 2004]

Spammers get the boot from web host

See, it can be done... ISPs take note... [09 Sep 2004]

August is the worst month for spam

The month that gets you indoors and out... [02 Sep 2004]


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