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Twitter hauls spammers into court

Apr

2012

Twitter has taken its fight against on-line spam to the courthouse.The instant messaging powerhouse filed documents last Thursday in the US District Court in San Francisco. This brings civil action against a raft of defendants who, says Twitter:* Distribute software tools [which are] designed to faciliate abuse of the Twitter platform and [are] marketed to […]

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Intuit payroll free trial email launches malware attack

Nov

2011

Have you received an unsolicited email from – what appears to be – Intuit Supplies Group? Be on your guard.. Malware is being spammed out to internet email users, posing as a message from the payroll software company Intuit. The emails have the subject line “Your Intuit Online Payroll Free Trial”, but attached to the […]

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Spam outbreak makes large-scale use of compromised Yahoo, Hotmail, and AOL accounts as well as WordPress sites

Oct

2011

An ongoing outbreak is making extensive use of stolen accounts from Yahoo, Hotmail (Live) and AOL accounts. Sample emails sent from these accounts are shown below. A wide range of accounts have been tracked by Commtouch Labs – several thousand for each provider. The emails do not have a subject and simply feature a link […]

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