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Watch out for gas spam scams 12 May 08, 19:14 ET by Josh Smith May 12th 2008 @ 7:00PM Just when you finished setting up the final Viagra and ED related keyword filters on your inbox, the scamming spammers ... more FTC Approves New CAN-SPAM Act Provisions 12 May 08, 19:08 ET The Federal Trade Commission has approved four new rule provisions under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 ... more Gasoline spam hits inboxes 12 May 08, 17:43 ET A new type of spam focuses on consumers' frustrations with high gas prices, according to a McAfee Avert Labs blog. The emails begin by complaining about the ... more Researchers See Gmail "Spam And Phishing Threat" 12 May 08, 16:03 ET By Doug Caverly - Mon, 05/12/2008 - 3:10pm. So long as it winds up in the trashcan, spam isn't too much of a problem for end users. ... more Back-scatter spam tacked by Astaro 12 May 08, 15:46 ET The problem of back-scatter spam - the bounced messages generated when some fiendish spammer has spoofed your email address in the `from' email field of ... more Marshal claims one botnet accounts for half of all spam 12 May 08, 15:45 ET Interesting to read the latest stats from IT security vendor Marshal, which claims that the Srizbi botnet is now accounting for around half of all spam ... more Marshal Says Srizbi Botnet Accounts for Half of All Spam 12 May 08, 15:01 ET A single botnet has grown so dramatically in the last two months that it now accounts for half of all the spam, according to new research from Marshal's TRACE team. The Srizbi botnet has steadily increased its network since the beginning of 2008 and is now the world's largest spam botnet. more FTC Approves New Rule Provision Under The CAN-SPAM Act 12 May 08, 13:21 ET The Federal Trade Commission has approved four new rule provisions under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 ... more Serious Gmail Flaw: Security Group Demonstrates Sending Unlimited Spam Using Google’s Own Servers 12 May 08, 13:07 ET Researchers at Information Security Research Team (INSERT) have dissevered a serious flaw in Google's Gmail service. The group demonstrates how anyone with no special Internet access privileges other than being able to connect to SMTP (TCP port 25) and HTTP (TCP port 80) servers is able to exploit a single Gmail account in order to be granted nearly unrestricted access to Google's massive ... more Re-create the thrill of in-box spam with FwdItOn 12 May 08, 12:36 ET By Josh Lowensohn – May 12, 2008, 9:32 AM PDT Got a friend or family member who just loves to send you chain e-mails? The kind that have been forwarded a ... more

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