Telecom NZ says 22,500 Xtra email accounts hacked 

Telecom NZ says 22,500 Xtra email accounts hacked

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 13 February 2013 11:33 PM
Yahoo! 'assures' password changes kill spam.
Spammers stole Yahoo Xtra contact lists: exec 

Spammers stole Yahoo Xtra contact lists: exec

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 11 February 2013 5:47 PM
Users smashed.
Facebook in-house programming language squashes spam 

Facebook in-house programming language squashes spam

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 25 January 2013 10:00 AM
Language is lightweight and extremely efficient, coder says.
Presidential election spurs malware-laden CNN spam 

Presidential election spurs malware-laden CNN spam

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 15 October 2012 11:40 AM
Online fraudsters smell opportunity.
Dropbox gets two factor authentication 

Dropbox gets two factor authentication

In Cloud - 28 August 2012 11:27 AM
With optional two-factor authentication.
Spammers send more malicious attachments 

Spammers send more malicious attachments

In Messaging - By SC Staff, 27 August 2012 8:49 AM
But overall spam levels fall.
Police disable world's third-largest spammer botnet 

Police disable world's third-largest spammer botnet

In Networks - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 19 July 2012 7:03 AM
Bots still active.
Dropbox calls pros to investigate spam outbreak 

Dropbox calls pros to investigate spam outbreak

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 18 July 2012 3:29 PM
Says no evidence of hack.
Security boffins dissect iCode's future 

Security boffins dissect iCode's future

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 13 June 2012 1:51 PM
Metrics and malware on the agenda for Sydney review.
Perth man faces spam action in NZ 

Perth man faces spam action in NZ

In Messaging - By Juha Saarinen, 23 May 2012 12:13 PM
Government files High Court case.
Twitter sues five for hawking spam bots 

Twitter sues five for hawking spam bots

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 8 April 2012 7:33 PM
Spam tools tweeted dodgy links.
Spam filters less effective, report says 

Spam filters less effective, report says

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 21 March 2012 12:10 PM
Italian anti-spam product trumps giants.
Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts  

Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 1 March 2012 6:00 AM
Delinquent banks scared, shutter spammer bank accounts.
Accused Kelihos botmaster denies allegations 

Accused Kelihos botmaster denies allegations

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 31 January 2012 2:26 PM
Returns to Russia.
11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day 

11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day

In Web/client - By SC Staff, 20 January 2012 7:53 AM
More than 11,000 email addresses were published on Twitter over a 24-hour period.
Spam now using QR codes 

Spam now using QR codes

In Messaging - By Greg Masters, 12 January 2012 9:24 AM
Targets mobile users.
Kim Jong-il malware circulating 

Kim Jong-il malware circulating

In Applications - By SC Staff, 21 December 2011 7:22 AM
Spammers capitalise on leaders' death.
Google app store ban worth the cost 

Google app store ban worth the cost

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 13 December 2011 1:26 PM
Google dev fee the cheapest around.
Innocent: Microsoft drops botnet suit 

Innocent: Microsoft drops botnet suit

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 27 October 2011 12:42 PM
Asks former defendant for help.
Microsoft kills botnet, names mastermind 

Microsoft kills botnet, names mastermind

In Networks - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 September 2011 10:16 AM
41,000 computers freed in botnet take-down.
Certificate phishing sucks bank customers into Blackhole 

Certificate phishing sucks bank customers into Blackhole

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 19 September 2011 12:50 PM
Bank business customers warned of invalid certificates.
August heralds 500% surge in spam 

August heralds 500% surge in spam

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 18 August 2011 12:57 PM
Cutwail botnet blamed.
Google+ spams users due to dearth of disk space 

Google+ spams users due to dearth of disk space

In Cloud - By Nicole Kobie, 12 July 2011 10:31 AM
Some Gmail accounts hit.
TrendLabs swipes Google freehost ban 

TrendLabs swipes Google freehost ban

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 11 July 2011 11:19 AM
Blacklisting effort is a "paper tiger".
Call for banks to blacklist spammers 

Call for banks to blacklist spammers

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 31 May 2011 9:27 AM
Experts argue that industry should take point on anti-spam efforts.
Google kills 11 bad Android apps 

Google kills 11 bad Android apps

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 13 May 2011 9:20 AM
Apps ping premium SMS when victims enter China.
US spy agency talks network security 

US spy agency talks network security

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 5 May 2011 5:41 PM
Don't forget the little things.
Osama's doom a scammer boon 

Osama's doom a scammer boon

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 2 May 2011 5:51 PM
Be careful what you click for.
Microsoft to crack open Rustock's servers 

Microsoft to crack open Rustock's servers

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 11 April 2011 8:42 AM
1.7 million IP addresses still calling home.
Bagle to succeed Rustock as spam king? 

Bagle to succeed Rustock as spam king?

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 30 March 2011 9:45 AM
There may be a new botnet spamming king in town in the form of Bagle.
Analysis: Life after Rustock 

Analysis: Life after Rustock

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 28 March 2011 9:51 AM
Is this the end of spam as we know it?
Shares pump-and-dump alleged scammer arrested 

Shares pump-and-dump alleged scammer arrested

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 March 2011 10:28 AM
Beware emails touting stocks that seem too good to be true.
Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown 

Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 21 March 2011 12:08 PM
A million bots at a loose end, still infected.
Mega-botnet Rustock stops spamming 

Mega-botnet Rustock stops spamming

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 18 March 2011 10:55 AM
Rustock, the once dominant spam botnet, seems to have been taken out of contention.
Researchers mine emails for criminal characteristics 

Researchers mine emails for criminal characteristics

In Hackers - By Liz Tay, 9 March 2011 4:35 PM
Spammer identities to be exposed.
Spam wanes, while web attacks surge 

Spam wanes, while web attacks surge

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 8 March 2011 9:08 AM
Social Trojans trump spam malware in latest Barracuda report.
US-China spam report due next month  

US-China spam report due next month

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 1 March 2011 11:22 AM
ISPs urged to do more to curb spam.
ZeuS circulates in ATO spam 

ZeuS circulates in ATO spam

In Messaging - By Liz Tay, 28 February 2011 1:39 PM
Tax Office warns of Trojan virus.
Spam drops but exploits kits are on the rise 

Spam drops but exploits kits are on the rise

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 15 February 2011 10:26 AM
Malware and phishing to rise this year.
Spammers steal 400k user identities from recruiter 

Spammers steal 400k user identities from recruiter

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 14 February 2011 8:24 AM
Job seekers' identities compromised in massive data breach.
Hotmail spam claims slammed 

Hotmail spam claims slammed

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 11 February 2011 9:32 AM
Microsoft ignores important security fixes: critic.
Beware 'I heart U' spam 

Beware 'I heart U' spam

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 February 2011 11:31 AM
Valentine's Day attacks may steal your identity or install malware on your PC.
Major downturn in spam output in 2011 

Major downturn in spam output in 2011

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 27 January 2011 1:51 PM
Lowest since March 2009.
Waledac botnet wakes up in 2011 with new run of pharmaceutical spam 

Waledac botnet wakes up in 2011 with new run of pharmaceutical spam

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 17 January 2011 12:33 PM
Cybercriminals return from break.
US sends out most spam at end of 2010 

US sends out most spam at end of 2010

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 13 January 2011 1:57 PM
Europe tops continental ranks.
Human error poor excuse for Telstra email leak 

Human error poor excuse for Telstra email leak

In Messaging - 9 December 2010 9:53 AM
Telco must work harder to ensure it doesn't leak details again.
FBI arrests man for Mega-D botnet 

FBI arrests man for Mega-D botnet

In Hackers - By Liz Tay, 6 December 2010 3:52 PM
ACMA investigation contributes to man's arrest.
ACMA: 30,000 Australian PCs infected every day 

ACMA: 30,000 Australian PCs infected every day

In Applications - By Mahesh Sharma, 25 November 2010 9:15 AM
Regulator working on new zombie-tracking portal for ISPs.
Google quick to fix Gmail spam exploit 

Google quick to fix Gmail spam exploit

In Messaging - By Tom Brewster, 23 November 2010 9:32 AM
Google has addressed an exploit which tried to send spam to Gmail users.
Facebook to kill spam with messaging 

Facebook to kill spam with messaging

In Messaging - By Nicole Kobie, 16 November 2010 9:31 AM
Social-networking giant launches webmail service with a twist.
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