2010
Facebook Rolls Out New Login Security Features
(via)Facebook is now one of the most popular targets for phishers, hackers and scammers.
Man Indicted for ‘Cyber-Extortion’ Threat Against Insurance Firm
(via)A California man was hit with an extortion charge this week for allegedly threatening to send out millions of e-mails criticizing his insurance company, if the firm didn’t pay him as much as $3 million.
2009
Microsoft: 3% of e-mail is stuff we want; the rest is spam
(via)Spam makes up close to 100 percent of all e-mail traffic on the Internet, according to Microsoft. In a new security report, Microsoft said that 97 percent
2006
Fight spammers - Sign up at Blue Frog
by 1 otherBlue Security’s Blue Frog has an interesting defense against spammers. If you constantly receive spam from a specific merchant, Blue Frog will bombard that spammer with email asking him to desist.
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