http://www.itworld.com/spam xx http://www.itworld.com/business/82605/new-spam-your-bank-has-failed-download-trojan Spam that tells victims their bank has failed urges them to on a link that will tell if their accounts are insured but that really tries to trick them into downloading a Trojan that will turn their machine into a bot. http://www.itworld.com/business/82605/new-spam-your-bank-has-failed-download-trojan#comments Security News botnet spam Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:36:50 -0400 ITworld staff 82605 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/80982/help-twitter-fight-spam Twitter has had its share of problems with spam. Fraudulent IDs, worms, you name it ... and it's just getting worse. Before now, users could fight back using a few helpful steps or reporting profiles to an @spam mailbox. Now Twitter has introduced a handy tool to combat the raging army of spam. http://www.itworld.com/internet/80982/help-twitter-fight-spam#comments Internet Security News spam Twitter Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:51:44 -0400 ITworld staff 80982 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/80224/scammers-exploit-public-lists-hijacked-hotmail-passwords Scammers have grabbed the Hotmail passwords that leaked to the Web and are using them in a plot involving a fake Chinese electronics seller to bilk users out of cash and credit card information, a security researcher said today. http://www.itworld.com/security/80224/scammers-exploit-public-lists-hijacked-hotmail-passwords#comments Internet Security News hotmail spam Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:12:16 -0400 ITworld staff 80224 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/78619/can-you-trust-hallmark-e-card It seems like a day doesn't go by that I get a Hallmark e-card in my e-mail, and every last one of them has been spam message bearing malware or an attempt to get me to link to a malicious Website. Here's how to tell the real cards from the bad ones. http://www.itworld.com/security/78619/can-you-trust-hallmark-e-card#comments Endpoint security Internet Security Analysis Hallmark malware spam Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:06:35 -0400 sjvn 78619 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/77989/spam-malware-dominate-online-user-comments-websense-reports A staggering 95% of all "user-generated comments" for blogs, chat rooms and message boards online are spam or malicious, according to a new Websense report on security threat trends. http://www.itworld.com/security/77989/spam-malware-dominate-online-user-comments-websense-reports#comments Security News malware spam Websense Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:35:53 -0400 ITworld staff 77989 at http://www.itworld.com