http://www.itworld.com/antispam xx http://www.itworld.com/legal/69241/accused-facebook-spammer-could-face-jail-time An alleged spammer could face jail time in connection with a Facebook lawsuit after a judge referred him to the U.S. Attorney General's Office for criminal proceedings. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69241/accused-facebook-spammer-could-face-jail-time#comments Legal News antispam Facebook Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:58:28 -0400 ITworld staff 69241 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/63671/security-vendor-dr-web-combines-mobile-desktop-av Russian security company Dr. Web is offering its latest security product for Windows Mobile free to subscribers of its Enterprise Suite 4.4 product. http://www.itworld.com/security/63671/security-vendor-dr-web-combines-mobile-desktop-av#comments Mobile & wireless Security News anitvirus antispam CeBIT Windows Mobile Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:07:08 -0500 ITworld staff 63671 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/62898/bot-busts-newest-hotmail-captcha Spammers have cracked Microsoft's latest defense against abuse of its Live Hotmail e-mail service using a sophisticated network of hacked computers that receive encrypted instructions from a central server, a security company has reported. http://www.itworld.com/security/62898/bot-busts-newest-hotmail-captcha#comments Security News antispam CAPTCHA Microsoft Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:19 -0500 ITworld staff 62898 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/61126/yahoo-mail-gets-antispam-boost Yahoo has taken new steps to sharpen its Webmail service's antispam capabilities, including the adoption of two commercial technologies and the testing of an open-source system, the company said Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/internet/61126/yahoo-mail-gets-antispam-boost#comments Internet Open Source Security News Yahoo antispam Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:04:00 -0500 ITworld staff 61126 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/60928/att-accused-spamming-its-own-customers AT&T appears to have made a monumental blunder. Over the past week they sent text messages to most of their customers. The messages were ads for American Idol, and urged customers to watch the season premiere. The backlash has been considerable as angry users accused the company of spamming them. Many used Twitter to express their annoyance. http://www.itworld.com/security/60928/att-accused-spamming-its-own-customers#comments Security News antispam AT&T phishing scam spam spammers Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:33:36 -0500 gzammit 60928 at http://www.itworld.com