'DNA analysis' spots e-mail spam
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Computational biologists at IBM develop an anti-spam filter that works in the same way scientists analyse DNA.
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Duo arrested for 1.6b e-mails   Two computer programmers have been arrested on suspicion of sending out 1.6 billion spam e-mail messages, violating commerce laws, police said yesterday.
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New round of 'family member' greeting-card spam tricks recipients into visiting malicious Web sites.
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Check to see whether an e-mail that appears to be from your bank is actually an attempt to defraud you.
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bulk messages clogging instant-messaging accounts. AOL and its Anti-Spam Alliance partners -- EarthLink, Microsoft, and Yahoo
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Spammers have turned to the use of PDF-based e-mail messages to try to slip under the security radar and get their messages through to unsuspecting recipients.
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By Kyung M. Song and Jennifer Sullivan, Seattle Times  May 31--With the arrest Wednesday of a Seattle man accused of sending out tens of millions of spam e-mails, federal prosecutors say that computer users across the globe should see a significant drop in spam messages.
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Sodom and Gomorrah for the information age Mother Nature may be hitting back at the scourge of spam-filled inboxes, according to IE Internet.â¦
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A recent flood of fake Citibank e-mail messages demonstrates the growing arsenal of tricks used by online "phishers."
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Spam mail has become one of the biggest problems on the Internet; it consumes precious bandwidth, wastes computer resources, and causes huge financial losses to corporations.
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Users should be wary of pressing the 'click here to remove' link on spam messages because it serves to confirm to spammers that junk mail messages are being read.
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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has made a series of arrests against purveyors of e-mail "spam" as part of a nationwide crackdown against Internet scam artists, a marketing group said Wednesday.    The Direct Marketing Association, which has put up $500,000 to help the FBI and Justice Department with the probe, said in a statement that the arrests stem from a yearlong investigation intended to "engender greater trust and comfort in legitimate e-mail communications."   Details of "Operation Slam Spam" were expected to be announced Thursday, according to the marketing group and a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity...
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An advanced spamming technique could push the volume of unwanted e-mail to new heights in coming months, straining the integrity of the online communication system, according to several top experts who monitor the activity of spam gangs around the world.
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The US is responsible for most of the spam e-mails that fill up computer inboxes, says a report.
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Program developed by "ethical hacking" group takes advantage of cross-site scripting vulnerability to steal contacts, forward e-mail.
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Internet spammers launched a widespread attack on e-mail inboxes this month. But instead of trying to lure users into opening a corrupted attachment, they're concealing a computer virus in a link to an online greeting card.
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Blog: A Trojan packed e-mail is targeting businesses under the guise of a Better Business Bureau complaint.