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Microsoft files lawsuits in malicious-ad crackdown
News Microsoft associate general counsel Tim Cranton said in a blog posting: "Our filings in King County Superior Court in Seattle outline how we believe the defendants operated, but in general, malvertising works by... [18 Sep 2009]
Microsoft takes aim at alleged IM spammers and phishers
News The software giant filed a civil lawsuit Thursday in King County Superior Court in Seattle against Funmobile, Mobilefunster, and several individuals, who Microsoft says is responsible for the intentional misuse of the... [17 Jul 2009]
Facebook spammer fined $873m
News In that case, MySpace was awarded $234m to be paid by 'Spam King Sanford Wallace' and another man. Facebook has been awarded $873m in damages against a Canadian man accused of sending... [25 Nov 2008]
Russia overtakes China as king of malware producers
News Russia is also known as a hotbed for junk email, known as spam. Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report set to be released tomorrow. [21 Feb 2008]
Where's the real web 2.0?
Comment Content is hailed a king but given the potential for anyone to produce anything in any digital media, whatever their artistic ability or quality, how will it be possible to sort wheat from chaff? So we may end up finding... [18 Oct 2007]
Retailer Improves Accuracy of Junk e-Mail Filtering With Fast, Flexible Security Solution
White Paper In fact, spam accounts for more than 90 per cent of e-mail messages received by King of Shaves. King of Shaves is a retail brand selling nearly 100 products. Because employees use e-mail... [28 Sep 2007]
Spam king slapped with MySpace suit
News MySpace.com has filed suit against Sanford Wallace, seeking to bar the "spam king" and his affiliated companies from the social-networking site. The MySpace action is only the latest legal claim against... [28 Mar 2007]
Spam King gets a MySpace suit
News MySpace.com has filed a lawsuit against Scott Richter, the so-called 'Spam King' who allegedly sent out millions of unsolicited "bulletins" to MySpace members. The News Corp-owned social-networking... [23 Jan 2007]
Spyware kingpin ordered to cough up $4m
News The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has wrapped up its first major spyware lawsuit with a $4m judgment against spam king-turned-spyware master Sanford Wallace. A judge in the US District Court for the... [05 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.08.05
Round-Up Microsoft has turned the legal screw on former spam king Scott Richter in a court case in New York. A spokesman for the brobdingnagian software company said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit against... [12 Aug 2005]
Microsoft to spend spam king cash on net crime
News Software giant Microsoft will invest the $7m it is expecting from a damages settlement with "spam king" Scott Richter into fighting internet crimes, paying its legal bills and "rewarding" the state of... [10 Aug 2005]
Spam King gives up spamming
News Anti-spam experts believe Scott Richter, the man dubbed the Spam King, has stopped sending junk email. According to anti-spam campaign group Spamhaus, Richter has been... [21 Jul 2005]
Spam King-cum-pant seller bankrupted by Microsoft
News Scott Richter, self-confessed Spam King and one-time peddler of ladies' underwear, has filed for bankruptcy, with Microsoft cited as the main reason. The suit alleges that Richter, the world's third most... [29 Mar 2005]
Spammer's back with spyware
Comment In what could prove to be one the great second acts in internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes center stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online... [12 Oct 2004]
'Spam King' escapes $20m fine - by $19.95m
News Last week, self-proclaimed Spam King and ladies underwear seller Scott Richter, was staring down the barrel of a $20m fine courtesy of New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer. Richter, proprietor of... [21 Jul 2004]
