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US — Worst. Spammer. Ever.
Published on 12 Jan, 2011 at 12:47 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 101 times | No Comments
A new report by Sophos has revealed the top 12 spam-producing countries, and once again, the United States was tagged with the dubious distinction of placing first.
“Many members of the public still don’t understand the vital role that they can play in fighting spam – preventing their home PC from becoming infected,”…
Spammers Use ‘Disposable’ Domains to Prevent Shutdowns
Spammers and botnet operators have been reported as using disposable domains for their activities to evade security technologies.
According to research by security firm M86 Security Labs, spammers are buying dozens of domains at a time and moving from one to another as often as several times a day to avoid getting shut down. For years, spammers have been buying domains in bulk and using…
Spammers to Pay $2.6 million
Published on 7 May, 2010 at 10:09 in Cloud | Viewed 46 times | No Comments
An Internet service provider (ISP) was recently awarded $2.6 million in restitution as the result of a lawsuit filed against a company that sent out 25,000 spam messages.
Asis Internet Services, a small ISP, filed the lawsuit against the principles of Find a Quote. Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte of the US District Court in Northern California awarded Asis $2.56 million saying that the spammers used automatic script to send…
