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China's State Council vows to fight mobile phone spam

A scandal which has seen half China's mobile phone users spammed with unwanted text messages has drawn the ire of the government, which has vowed to fight against the spam texters and promises to expose more of them in the future.


Robert Solowa King of Spam To Be Accountable

Robert Soloway, from Seattle Washington, also known as the "King of Spam", pleads guilty to charges of fraud and tax evasion and faces up to 26 years in prison and a $625,000 fine.


Porn Spammers Get Jail Time

The first two men charged under the new anti-spam act for sending out millions of pornographic emails were sentenced to five years in federal prison.


McAfee SiteAdvisor Reaches 75 Million Download Milestone

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the achievement of a significant milestone in consumer protection: McAfee® SiteAdvisor™, the world's leading safe search and surf technology, has been downloaded more than 75 million times by Internet users.


Latest SonicWALL Email Security Statistics Show Rising Threat from PDF and ZIP Spam

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Data collected by SonicWALL, Inc. from its Smart Network database of over 1.3 million e-mail users shows ongoing growth in the volume of spam, virus and phishing attacks, increased use of PDF spam and the emergence of a new wave of Excel and ZIP spam. The results were based on aggregated results from the SonicWALL Smart Network from April to July, 2007.


Teacher Gets Trials On Classroom Porn Case

Judge gave a retrial time to the teacher who was claimed for showing porn to her pupils. A team of internet specialist supported her, declaring she was innocent, that it was a result of spam pop-ups.


World's Biggest Spammer Arrested

Robert Alan Soloway, 27 year old, the world's biggest e-mail spammer is arrested. He was arrested for mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, identity theft and money laundering.


VASCO aXs GUARD Survey: Swift Rise of Spam and Malware Threats for SMEs

VASCO Investigated Internet Threats of 400 Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) With 5 to 250 Internet Users


Dutch spammer fined $97,000 for sending 9 billion unwanted emails

Once he was a spammer who e-mailed more than 9 billion unwanted advertisements for products like erection pills. Now he's facing a hefty fine if he needs headache medication or debt relief there's probably an unsolicited ad in his own inbox.



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