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• Fat Facebook Fine Won't Ward Off Spam, Analysts Say Analysts expect that this week's federal court decision to fine a spammer $711 million for attacking Facebook will prompt cybercriminals to develop more...
• Facebook Dethrones Spam King Facebook wins a $711 million lawsuit against chronic spammer Sanford Wallace.
• Will Facebook's $711 Million Antispam Win Matter? The "Spam King" is ordered to pay up for spamming Facebook customers -- but the battle against junk e-mail is never-ending.
• Spam Strangles YouTube Antivirus vendor Kaspersky A prediction of a spam-filled YouTube is coming dangerously close to reality.
• Spam Dominates E-Mail Traffic Worldwide spam now accounts for 86% of all e-mail, Symantec reports.
• Hackers Paid to Hijack Macs A network of Russian malware authors and spammers paid hackers 43 cents for every Mac they infected with a bot.
• Can You Catch Spam from Chat Rooms? Spam and malware dominate comment sections of blogs and message boards, study shows.
• Straight to the Spam Folder: Astonishing E-Mail Messages You'll Never Open Pickup lines, business opportunities, mysterious advice--they're all waiting patiently for you in your junk mail filter.
• Where in the World do Viruses Come From? Two countries produce a third of global spam, study finds.
• Twitter is 40% “Pointless Babble.” Wait, that’s it? In a new study conducted by Pear Analytics of San Antonio Texas, approximately 40% of posts on Twitter can be described as “pointless babble.”
• Spam: Still A Shopper’s Paradise New study shows that an astonishing amount of people are still clicking through to sites advertised in unsolicited e-mail messages.
• New Spam Trick: Shortened URLs The practice, common on microblogging sites, is also a way for spammers to trick recipients into following a link.
• Twitter Updates Make Photos, Squashing Spammers Easier The new Flickr2Twitter function lets users tweet their photos directly from Flickr.
• Michael Jackson Death Spurs Spam, Viruses Spammers and scammers are wasting no time taking advantage of Michael Jackson's death. Here are some of the Jackson-related hoaxes already moving through the Net.
• Accused Facebook Spammer Could Face Jail Time Alleged spammer Sanford Wallace accessed Facebook again despite an injunction, and now could land in jail.
• Fed Up With Twitter Spam? It’s Going to Get Worse The Twitter spam pitches are already coming fast and furious, but it's just the beginning of "Twitter spam 2.0."
• Gmail Users Complain of Spam Avalanche Analysis: After weeks of excess spam clogging their in-boxes, Gmail users report the problem has been getting even worse in the past few days.
• Hong Kong Gets the Most Spam Report also reveals that geographic location determines the time of day when people receive spam.
• Banish Twitter Spam by Following Three Simple Rules The more followers you have on Twitter, the more Twitter spam you are likely to get. Here's how to cut it back down to size.
• Image Spam Makes a Comeback Security experts warn of a resurgence of spam embedded in images, a tactic not widespread for several years.
• Spam Volumes Drop, McAfee Says Security firm measures 20 percent less spam this year so far, but what's out is still annoying.
• Beware Swine Flu Spam Spammers seize on the timely topic to peddle meds, push money-making schemes, and even plant viruses of their own.
• Spammers Trying To Cash In on Swine Flu Frenzy Spammers are again taking advantage of a hot news topic to push their products and malware.
• Spammers Peddle Snake Oil for Swine Flu Piggybacking on growing health fears, spammers launch efforts to take advantage of global concern about swine flu.
• A Single Infected PC Spawns Spam by the Millions Just one bot-infected PC can send 600,000 spam messages daily, when powered by top spam-generators Rustock and Xarvester.