Neowin News Feed for: Spammers

March update for Xbox One will tackle spammers

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 08:42:01 +0000

A Microsoft official took to Twitter to explain that new UI elements are coming to the Xbox One specifically meant to help when dealing with spammers and fakes messages on Xbox Live. Read more...

Facebook charges $100 to send a message, apparently

Paul Ferson — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:32:26 +0000

Talent agent Micah Johnson was able to screencap some very unusual activity from Facebook. The social network wanted to charge $100 to deliver a message as part of a new counter-spam initiative. Read more...

Twitter sues major spammers and tool providers

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:11:08 +0000

Twitter announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against what it claims are "five of the most aggressive tool providers and spammers" on the social networking service. Read more...

Microsoft helps smash massive botnet

Tom Warren — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:26:02 +0000

Microsoft announced this week, that together with industry partners, it has executed a major botnet takedown of Waledac, a large and well-known “spambot.” Botnets are networks of compromised computers controlled by "bot herders" or "bot masters"... Read more...

Spammers Hit YouTube's E-Mail Servers

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:29:45 +0000

According to security firm Marshal, spammers are using YouTube's servers and the service@youtube.com address to send massive quantities of unsolicited email, which appear to derive from the video-sharing site's 'Invite Your Friends' feature. The emails... Read more...

Microsoft sues more alleged Hotmail spammers

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:14:54 +0000

Microsoft has recently filed two "John Doe" lawsuits looking to crack down on spam (specifically advertising debt relief and adult Web sites) on its Windows Live Hotmail network. The first was filed on June 13... Read more...

Spammers plunder Plusnet e-mail

Tue, 22 May 2007 17:39:16 +0000

Customers of UK net provider Plusnet have been told to change the password for their account following a break-in earlier this month where malicious hackers gained control of a Plusnet's mail server and stole a... Read more...

Spammers Are Due For A Surprise

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:29:09 +0000

Unspam Technologies has taken the first steps in tracking down spammers in the United States, with help from the ISPs. The company has filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking the identities... Read more...

Spammers go island hopping to bypass filter

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:42:29 +0000

Anti-spam researchers at security company McAfee have discovered a new spamming trend nicknamed 'spam island-hopping'. The new trend involves spammers using the domain names of small islands as website links in spam campaigns. McAfee has... Read more...

Blog Spammers Take Aim at Google

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:40:01 +0000

Google Inc.'s free BlogSpot service has become a happy hunting ground for spammers cashing in on the easy integration of AdSense advertisements into the 'push-button' publishing tool. Over the past few days, the situation has... Read more...

Alabama Spammers Settle Case

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:21:00 +0000

Two men, part of an alleged spamming ring, have settled a case brought by internet giant Earthlink over their activities. Damon DeCrescenzo and David Burstyn, two of the so-called Alabama Spammers, paid an undisclosed amount... Read more...

Spammers Straining DNS Servers

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:44:23 +0000

eWeek reports that spammers' latest tactics are causing problems for the very backbone of the internet. They're sending out e-mails pretending to be from non-existent domain names, in an attempt to disguise their true identities.... Read more...

Microsoft sues more spammers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:45:58 +0000

US SOFTWARE monolith Microsoft has unleashed its mighty briefs on another group of spammers. In a lawsuit filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles, Vole is seeking financial damages from an unidentified number of unnamed spammers.... Read more...

Leading ISPs Sue More Spammers

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:33:12 +0000

AOL, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo file seven spam lawsuits, the companies' second round this year using the federal CAN-SPAM law. A coalition of the country's leading ISPs on Thursday announced another round... Read more...

Spammers love Sender ID

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:44:35 +0000

ALTHOUGH Microsoft's anti-spam sender-ID is disliked by Open Sources, it is providing popular with the very people it is targeted against. According to E-mail security outfit MX Logic, spammers are taking to sender-id faster than... Read more...

Savvis deals a big blow to spammers

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:58:34 +0000

With little in the way of good news for users affected by spam (junk email) currently, it's good to hear that Savvis, a ISP for major companies ("the network that carries wall street") and the... Read more...

Porn spammers sneak images into Outlook

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:50:16 +0000

Spammers have found a way to bypass Outlook 2003's anti-spam security by embedding pornographic images into their emails. Spammers who send pornographic pictures in the hope of enticing the recipient to signing... Read more...

Microsoft sues eight alleged spammers

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:06:27 +0000

Microsoft is adding more lawsuits towards spammers thanks to the CAN-SPAM act. A total of eight new lawsuits have been filed. Now if only other companies would help out more with the CAN-SPAM... Read more...

FTC Settles With Alleged Spammers

Fri, 07 May 2004 20:22:32 +0000

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled charges against two alleged spammers who used what the FTC called "deceptively bland subject lines," false return addresses, and other methods to lure unsuspecting consumers, including children, to... Read more...

Spammers get ready for April Fool's Day

Mon, 29 Mar 2004 04:57:36 +0000

As if the flow of spam isn't problematic enough, here comes another wave. Barracuda Networks, a maker of spam firewalls, says email users should prepare for a spike in spam activity leading up... Read more...

Microsoft Plans to Sue Spammers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:46:17 +0000

Microsoft, along with other Internet industry players, is due to announce Wednesday lawsuits against spammers under the CAN-SPAM Act. The software giant also will detail a technical initiative aimed at stopping the onslaught of unsolicited... Read more...

Virus writers flog infected IP addresses to spammers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:39:32 +0000

GERMAN MAG c't said it has evidence to suggest that virus writers are selling the addresses of computers infected with trojans to spammers. The magazine says it managed to track down the authors of a... Read more...

AOL puts heat on Sunshine State spammers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:19:46 +0000

America Online reported Wednesday that it has filed a civil suit against four Florida-based individuals who the company believes are responsible for sending massive amounts of spam e-mail to its members. The giant Internet service... Read more...

Microsoft Project Aims to Make Spammers Pay for Spam

Fri, 06 Feb 2004 01:24:42 +0000

Microsoft which has declared war on spam and those responsible for floods of unsolicited electronic mail, is aiming to raise the cost of spam for spammers with a new technology targeting the low barrier to... Read more...

Bill Gates Says Make Spammers Pay

Sat, 24 Jan 2004 06:39:39 +0000

A spam-free world by 2006? That's what Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates is promising. "Two years from now, spam will be solved," he told a select group of World Economic Forum participants at this... Read more...

Microsoft aims to make spammers pay

Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:20:41 +0000

Despite efforts to stem the billions of spam e-mails flooding inboxes, unwanted messages are still turning e-mail into a quagmire of misery. Spammers send out tens of millions of e-mails to unsuspecting... Read more...

Microsoft Takes Spammers to Court

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:07:21 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has taken legal action against spammers in the company's home state of Washington and in the United Kingdom. Microsoft said it filed 13 civil suits against U.S.... Read more...

Hotmail Vulnerability Being Exploited by Spammers

Sun, 08 Jun 2003 09:36:15 +0000

Thanks to fdiaz2day for posting this in the BPN. A new--but not well known--Microsoft vulnerability is being exploited by spammers, creating even more junk mail in your inbox. Microsoft has... Read more...

AOL sues spammers

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 15:52:19 +0000

In an escalation in its fight against junk e-mail, America Online has filed five federal lawsuits against more than a dozen companies and individuals accused of being major distributors of spam, according to reports. ... Read more...

FTC Tackles Spammers Selling Drivers' Permits

Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:23:08 +0000

At least they are doing someting about spam... Naming a new target in its assault on spam, the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on companies and individuals that market fake international driving... Read more...

University Diploma Spammers Busted?

Sat, 11 Jan 2003 02:39:31 +0000

We have just received an interesting tale from one Phillip Skeen. Are you tired of receiving those "University Diploma" emails in your inbox? Of course you are! Phillip has been doing a spot of... Read more...

Lending spammers a helping hand?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:27:26 +0000

According to operators of spam-filtering lists, an alarming number of people are unwittingly helping junk mailers shuttle spam, or unsolicited bulk e-mail. Those unassuming victims are running software meant to allow multiple connections over a... Read more...