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Spammers Use Small Island Internet Domains to Host and Send Spam: (Source: McAfee)
McAfee® anti-spam researchers have been tracking a new trend nicknamed "spam island-hopping.” To disguise themselves, spammers use the domain names of small islands as Web site links in spam campaigns so spam filters that traditionally catch more well-known domains can't find them. McAfee traced spam activity from the Isle of Man to the tiny tropical island of Tokelau in the South Pacific.
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Spam diet becoming more sophisticated: (Source: Vnunet)
Clever spammers dodging filters and using scams to find email addresses
Spammers are becoming more sophisticated in the way they present their messages to avoid spam filters, and how they harvest email addresses, according to security specialists.
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Zotob worm gang jailed in Morocco: (Source: Vnunet)
Lengthy sentences for malware writers
Authorities in Morocco have handed out jail sentences to the two authors of the Zotob worm.
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Kama Sutra worm seduces PC users: (Source: ZDNet)
A new e-mail worm that spreads under the guise of pornographic content has jumped to the top of the worldwide virus charts.
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