http://www.spamdailynews.com/ Latest news about fighting spam, spim, phishing attacks, exploits, threats to corporate confidential information. en-us Mon, 15 May 2006 16:21:14 GMT 1440 http://pics.spamdailynews.com/images/spam_daily.gif http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/index.asp http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Government_intervenes_in_warrantless_wiretapping_lawsuit.asp Mon, 15 May 2006 11:29:00 GMT Early Saturday morning, the Department of Justice made good its threat to file a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by EFF against ATT over its collaboration with the NSA's massive program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Commtouch_unveils_image-based_spam_defense.asp Mon, 15 May 2006 11:20:00 GMT Commtouch unveiled its new defense against spam containing pictures but no text or Web hyperlinks. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Verizon_sued_over_NSA_surveillance.asp Sat, 13 May 2006 23:39:00 GMT Attorneys Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer claim the carrier violated privacy laws by turning over phone records to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for a secret government surveillance program. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/US_spy_agency_building_database_of_every_call_ever_made.asp Thu, 11 May 2006 17:18:00 GMT After report says millions of Americans' phone records have been given to the National Security Agency (NSA), Bush says privacy is ''fiercely protected.'' news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Email_bomber_heads_back_to_court.asp Thu, 11 May 2006 17:07:00 GMT David Lennon, 18, used an e-mail-bombing program called Avalanche to send approximately 5 million messages to his former employer in 2004. The flood crashed the company's e-mail server. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Zombie_master_Jeanson_Ancheta_sentenced_to_5_years_in_prison.asp Tue, 09 May 2006 05:51:00 GMT Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for using malicious software to seize control of 400,000 computers and then selling access to the zombie machines to spammers and hackers. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/New_York_man_to_settle_in_Washington_s_first_spyware_case.asp Mon, 08 May 2006 22:42:00 GMT Gary T. Preston, of Jamaica, N.Y., will pay $7,200 in legal costs and attorneys' fees. Investigators allege that Preston permitted Secure Computer's Web domains to be registered in his name and provided his credit card to make company purchases. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/US_demand_for_college_wiretaps_questioned.asp Sat, 06 May 2006 21:25:00 GMT ''This is totally ridiculous. I can't believe you're making this argument,'' Judge Harry T. Edwards told Jacob Lewis, an associate general counsel with the Federal Communications Commission. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Russian_virus_distributor_convicted.asp Fri, 05 May 2006 08:05:00 GMT Sergey Kazachkov, of Voronezh in central Russia, former lead guitarist for Kazakhstan heavy metal band DLM turned science student, escaped jail after been convicted of running websites that distributed an estimated 4,000 different computer viruses. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Corporate_instant_messaging_on_the_rise.asp Fri, 05 May 2006 07:50:00 GMT Postini filtered 7.6 million instant messaging (IM)conversations in April, an increase of more than 15% from March's 6.5 million, underscoring the continued growth of corporate IM. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Court_slams_former_spam_king_over_spyware.asp Thu, 04 May 2006 15:16:00 GMT A default judgment against Sanford ''Spamford'' Wallace and his company, SmartBOT.Net, orders them to give up $4,089,500 in ill-gotten gains. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Hacker_charged_with_stealing_information_from_military.asp Thu, 04 May 2006 14:26:00 GMT Matthew R. Decker, 21, was indicted Tuesday in Wichita, Kansas, with ''accessing without authorization'' U.S. Army computers and with ''unlawfully possessing, with intent to defraud,'' 531 credit card numbers and account information. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/MPAA_releases_new_piracy_loss_data.asp Wed, 03 May 2006 21:26:00 GMT The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) today released new information about piracy from a comprehensive study done by LEK Consulting that the association is using as a roadmap to help fight piracy worldwide. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Spam_King_Alan_Ralsky_not_jailed.asp Tue, 02 May 2006 22:00:00 GMT The FBI's Detroit field office told one journalist that Spam King Alan Ralsky was not arrested or held, is not in custody, and has not been indicted. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Consumers_in_the_dark_about_latest_tech_buzzwords.asp Tue, 02 May 2006 17:17:00 GMT According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Windows Live, 71% of respondents have never heard of RSS, 46% indicated they aren't clear on the definition of Internet tagging and 32% indicated they are not sure how best to describe VoIP -- three common services that are quickly gaining acceptance and popularity with Americans who use the Internet. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Spam_King_Alan_Ralsky_rumored_to_be_in_jail.asp Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:52:00 GMT The spamming underworld is freaking out on the rumor that Ralsky is going to cough up some sort of plea bargain that involves ratting just about everyone out. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Bush_administration_to_intervene_in_ATT_surveillance_case.asp Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:54:00 GMT The United States government filed a Statement of Interest Friday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) class-action lawsuit against ATT, announcing that the government would assert the military and state secrets privilege and intervene to seek dismissal of the case. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Spam_zombies_from_outer_space.asp Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:58:00 GMT Spammers could soon use zombie computers in a totally new way. Infected computers could run programs that spy into a person's email, mine it for information, and generate realistic-looking replies. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/US_Army_sergeant_pleads_guilty_in_child_predator_case.asp Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:20:00 GMT Sgt. Joseph J. Wunderler, 29, of Ft. Belvoir, Va., engaged in numerous sexually oriented chat sessions on the Internet with a person he believed to be a fourteen year-old girl. news technology computers security http://www.spamdailynews.com/publish/Top_US_universities_failing_in_online_privacy.asp Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:43:00 GMT A national survey of online privacy practices in higher education, conducted by Bentley College and Watchfire, found that only 65 of the top 236 doctoral universities and liberal arts colleges in the U.S. have privacy notices linked to their home page, yet nearly all these schools engage in practices that potentially pose a privacy risk. news technology computers security