Spam and Phishing

The amount of spam in mail traffic averaged 84% in June. A low of 78.3% was recorded on 12 June, while there was a high of 88.9% on 28 June.

There’ve been quite a few reports over the last few days about how Erin Andrew’s ‘naked’ video is being used to spread malware, with links to infected sites being sent in spam.

The moon – a spam-free zone?

If you got unsolicited email asking for your employees’ personal details, would you respond? Hopefully, you’d have enough sense not to.

We are currently witnessing a new wave of Koobface messages flooding twitter.

Spammers were out in force for the USA’s Independence Day, celebrating the country’s diversity in all its glory, and illustrating Jefferson’s thesis that “all men…are endowed…with certain unalienable rights…Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably not a cat, so curiosity won’t kill you. But it can result in someone getting hold of your confidential data.

We love social networking sites, and phishers are no exception

Not surprisingly, the death of Michael Jackson whipped up a frenzy of activity, with every new “fact” and comment from fans and the media adding to the storm of rumour

The amount of spam in mail traffic averaged 82.7% in April. A low of 72.8% was recorded on 26 April, while there was a high of 88.2% on 20 April

At various times over the last few years, we’ve posted comments on different aspects of UK computer crime legislation, and the policing of cybercrime, on our weblog.

It’s already May and almost half a year since Christmas. There’s more than six months until next Christmas

Last week there was a lot of media attention devoted to a phishing attack on Facebook

And the winner is…

It’s no surprise that spammers have jumped on the swine flu bandwagon