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Colorado penny stock spammer gets jail time

2008-04-30 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
A federal judge has ordered convicted spammer Eddie Davidson to just under two years in prison for sending out a large volume of spam promoting watches, perfume and penny stocks
 
Tags: spammer eddie davidson, federal judge, penny stocks, spam, volume, perfume, prison, watches
 
 
 
 
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Fugitive spammer dead in apparent murder-suicide

2008-07-25 11:29:26 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Spammer and escaped convict Eddie Davidson shot his wife and three-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself Thursday night in Bennet, Colorado
 
Tags: spammer, thursday night, three-year-old daughter, wife, bennet, gun, colorado
 
 
 
 
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Spamhaus litigation: Will spammers get a second wind?

2006-10-16 01:38:55 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...spammers will get a second wind. Knowing that Spamhaus is no longer blocking their messages, spammers could start firing off spam with increased urgency, in the hope that their messages might now reach a greater audience. I just hope that Spamhaus and e360 are able to sort out their differences, since the community at large only stands to...
 
Tags: spamhaus, spamhaus litigation events, spamhaus claims, spamhaus website, spamhaus registrar, spam, billion spam messages, e360insight, e360insight claims
 
 
 
 
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The top 10 spam characteristics (#1-5)

2006-10-03 04:13:56 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...spammers include an image in their message that cannot be filtered for words. In addition, upon opening the email message the image is downloaded from the spammers website. Since each message contains a unique ID, the spammer will know exactly which recipient has viewed the mail. This indicates which email addresses are live and can be sent...
 
Tags: spam, spam characteristics, top spam characteristics, spam characteristic, spam mails, avoid spam messages, html comment tags, comment tags, flag spam correctly
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...spammer is far more likely to sit in a warm room with a cup of coffee and a scone than in a cold car outside my house. And yes, if someone did commit a crime using my network the police might visit, but what better defense is there than the fact that I have an open wireless network? If I enabled wireless security on my network and someone...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...spammer is far more likely to sit in a warm room with a cup of coffee and a scone than in a cold car outside my house. And yes, if someone did commit a crime using my network the police might visit, but what better defense is there than the fact that I have an open wireless network? If I enabled wireless security on my network and someone...
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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Okay to Spam, Bad to Fight it in South Dakota

2008-01-17 21:19:46 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...spammer, using the normal tactics to find out who was running the server that youd expect, like looking at whois info, traceroute etc. Oh no, not in North Dakota you dont! Hes facing possible jail time for attempting to fight spam. Now theres a twist for you! Isnt there some sort of oversight for technically challenged judges? Or maybe a I...
 
Tags: north dakota, judge, judge bob, giant leap backwards, district judge, cynthia rothe-seeger, zone transfer, public information, legal impunity
 
 
 
 
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Catch not-so-smart hackers to send message to smart hackers

2007-05-10 07:00:33 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...spammer's using encrypted zip files to tunnel thro' filters demonstrates the brilliance of smart hackers. It is well known truth that HTTP is known as UFBP (Universal Firewall Bypass Protocol). What if a hacker tunnels encrypted data thro' a SOAP container which uses HTTP? It would be extremely hard to catch those extreme cases with technical...
 
Tags: not-so-smart hackers, hackers, not-so-smart, smart, smart hackers, employee, smart-deviant employee, hackers interact, smart hacker
 
 
 
 
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Spam King trial set to start next month

2008-02-29 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Notorious spammer Robert Soloway will get his day in court next month when his criminal trial kicks off in Seattle
 
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King of Spam pleads guilty; faces 26 years in prison

2008-03-15 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
The notorious spammer authorities dubbed "the King of Spam" is facing a possible 26-year jail sentence after pleading guilty in Seattle on Friday to charges of fraud and tax evasion Sign up for a FREE NETWORK RISK ASSESSMENT Advertisement MORE THAN 70% of networks are infected with hidden Malware. Find out if your network is infected now
 
Tags: notorious spammer authorities, 26-year jail sentence, spam, guilty, tax evasion, advertisement, fraud, network, malware