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Spam definitely comes in all shapes and sizes. We asked you to submit your best subject lines and after much deliberation we came up with the top ten list (and it was no easy feat!) 10) a stone for making tortillas, a mortar for grinding red pepper. 9)  cell phone glitch accidentally making millionaires 8)Read more

Symantec announced earlier this week that it is launching a new subscription business whereby it is renting out its security expertise to corporations that need constant vigilance in the war against cybercrime. That’s right – they’re renting out an employee. It doesn’t sound that novel. Oh wait, there’s more: it’s one of Symantec’s finest, aRead more

So how does a celebritys death result in more spam? Spammers take advantage of our thirst for information and know that we will be Googling for the latest news and gossip. Using SEO , spammers create pages with references to the actors name, with the idea of reaching higher ranking in search engine results. AlongRead more

The White House has emailed thousands of messages to Americans detailing its stance on the contentious issue of healthcare reform, but some recipients say the messages were unsolicited. Critics are questioning whether the White House used address-gathering tactics similar to those employed by spammers. For the complete article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Critics-Smell-Spam-in-White-House-Healthcare-Email-Effort-67882.htmlRead more

SC Magazine reports that scientists working in U.S. Department of energy have been able to create a simulated botnet consisting of more than one million machines. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California, headed by Ron Minnich and Don Rudish, were able to boot more than one million kernels, or the central component of mostRead more