Search The Directory The Web for Home > Computers > Internet > Abuse > Spam > News > 2000 New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Spam Warfare - Blacklists, lawsuits, hate sites. Bulk e-mail is never a dull business. [Forbes]   Spam Wars Escalate in Round Two - Attorney Pete Wellborn obtains Global Restraining Order against spammer Benchmark Print Supply, and seeks contempt sanctions. If successful this case will close down one of the most prolific US spammers. [PR Newswire]   Spam mailer jailed for Nasdaq share trading scam - The Rentech stock spammer jailed for making false statements about securities and unlawful use of an ISP's computers when sending the email; this shows unauthorized relaying can be a criminal act in Australia. [Sydney Morning Herald]   Spam? Not us, says 24/7 - A US District Court in Denver has issued a temporary restraining order on behalf of online marketing gurus, 24/7, against the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS). [The Register]   Spammer Pays Up at EBay - ReverseAuction has agreed to pay $1.2 million and to quit harvesting emails from eBay's site as part of a settlement agreement. [Wired]   Spammers Forced to Tell the Truth - A Colorado legislative committee has passed a bill that would require spammers to tag unsolicited email with a special subject line. [Wired]   Spammers Hijack ISPs To Send Bogus Campaign Ads - Palo Alto, Calif. based e-mail marketer ClickAction Inc. today said it was working with the FBI and several Internet service providers to determine the source of a series of "spam" attacks, wherein millions of bogus political campaign e-mail messages were sent via hijacked third party servers. [Yahoo]   Spamming Out the Vote - As the tightest presidential campaign in 40 years enters its final weeks, both the Democratic and Republican national committees are using any and all means to drum up support -- including mass email campaigns. [Wired]   Study finds filters catch only a fraction of spam - Spam filters used by some popular Internet email providers weed out only a fraction of the junk they're supposed to but almost never bounce legitimate messages, according to a new study. [CNET.com]   Study finds filters catch only a fraction of spam - Spam filters used by some popular Internet email providers weed out only a fraction of the junk they're supposed to but almost never bounce legitimate messages, according to a new study. [CNET.com]   The Basics - 5 biggest threats to your privacy online - Here's how to beat the hackers, snoops and spammers who want to damage your computer, steal your personal data or send you another batch of junk e-mail. [MSN MoneyCentral]   The Congressman Who Loves Spam - H.R. 3113, which would fine spammers $500 for each piece of unsolicited junk email they send, would have passed unanimously were it not for the representative known throughout the House as "Dr. No." [Wired]   U.S. House Approves Anti-Spam Bill - The U.S. House of Representatives voted almost unanimously Tuesday that spam should be unlawful. [E-Commerce Times]   Verio's Alleged Spam is Temporarily Canned - In a case where a U.S. District Court is upholding a registrar's right to protect people listed in its database, register.com Inc. won a preliminary injunction against Verio Inc. preventing the Web hosting company from mercilessly spamming its customers. [InternetNews]   Verizon Online Users' E-Mail Problems Persist - More than a week after its network buckled under a torrent of junk e-mail, and two days after the company vowed to fully restore service, customers of Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday continued to suffer severe problems exchanging messages over the Internet. [Washington Post]   Verizon digs out from spam blizzard - Major American ISP and Gargantuan telecomms generalist Verizon was deluged with so much spam last week that its servers were unable to function at times, and left customers with something like a 24-hour e-mail delivery delay. [The Register]   Viral marketing goes one step too far - Article about the "viral marketing" technique used by AllAdvantage.com. [InfoWorld]   When You Send Spam to Yourself - Carl Toups usually doesn't blink at unsolicited junk mail in his Hotmail account, but a piece of spam recently caught his eye. [Wired]   eBay To Get $1.2M in Spam Settlement - eBay, Inc. said it will get $1.2 million (US$) under a lawsuit settlement with ReverseAuction.com, Inc., which had been accused of illegally obtaining eBay user IDs and addresses in order to send them unwanted and misleading e-mail. [E-Commerce Times]     [ 1 2 3 4 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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