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Spam, the bane of every office and personal email system, celebrated its 30th birthday on May 3 and as every CIO knows, age hasn't stopped the scourge from remaining ubiquitous. Microsoft founder Read more...

The Federal Trade Commission is taking a hard look at the next generation of spam and what companies can do to fight the impact of malicious emails and phishing. In a new report called "The Next Read more...

The FBI recently announced the arrest and prosecution of several cybercrime cases against individuals accused of defrauding banks, companies and consumers. It is part of an FBI probe called Read more...

You've likely heard about honey pots, fake sites that can lure the bad guys to the wrong place. There are other ways to test your site to make sure the door is bolted to keep intruders out. You can Read more...

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Spammers have plenty of tools in their arsenals to bypass anti-spam software by incorporating their sales pitches into images rather than sending them as plain text. Anti-spam vendors fought back, Read more...

The message that tech leaders have to send to users to thwart spam is that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually isn't true. Take, for example, a recent scam, in which spammers are Read more...

The latest worm assault to hit the enterprise comes with a surprise: a secondary attack that hits the network about six hours after the initial installation, say security vendors. According to Read more...

It seems that even spammers keep up with IT news. Taking a page from a recent incident where a big name retailer Read more...