As if the scam of global warming isn’t enough, the mythical manmade malady is now being used as part of an e-mail spam campaign likely to free concerned environmentalists of their hard-earned dollars. via Free Republic
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“Earlier, spammers used embedded images in mails to circumvent spam filters that work by checking for specific words and phrases in message content”

Large numbers of PDF spam have been doing rounds in the last two months, but their volumes surged dramatically since the beginning of July. via SecurityPark.net
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Drug spammer Christopher William Smith, also known as “Rizler” was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his illegal online drug-selling business. The long sentence was partly in response to Smith’s flagrant defiance of judicial orders, and the death threats he made against a witness.

These details, and many more, are covered in today’s Mineapolis Star Tribune.
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A few more tidbits from the front-lines in the war against spam.
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“Why do you need a botnet that big?”

The swifly spiking onslaught of the Storm Worm may signal an upcoming change in how its creators intend to wield their weapon. via PC World
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Every e-mail marketer knows about the existence of the dreaded blocklist or blacklist. via Target Marketing Magazine
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JP/J. Adiguna I love this kind of stuff, and wish these kinds of initiatives got better support from government, NGOs and companies: Harun checks the blood pressure and weight of a customer in a park in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on…
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Secure your damn WiFi

The U.K. Register and other sources are covering the case of Nicholas Tombros who was convicted of hijacking WiFi connections in order to send porn spam. His method was to drive around the Venice, California area looking for open wireless internet connections, logging on, and sending spam through the network connections of unsuspecting home owners.

The sentence is little more than a slap on the wrist he was given a $10,000 fine and sentenced to six months of home detention. No word on how much he made from the porn spam, but if it was more than $10,000, and it probably was, this is a joke of a sentence.
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When independent blogger Mary Jo Foley, who knows more about Microsoft than Microsoft does, interviewed the company’s new Corporate VP of its Searching and Advertising Grouprecently, shewas toldthat Microsoft had recently launched an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works, the application…
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IBM today unveiled a virtual e-mail security solution based on the existing Proventia Network Mail Security System from its Internet Security Systems division. via Monitor Today
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