Linux Today: Linux News On Internet Time.
Search Linux Today
Linux News Sections:  Blog -  Developer -  High Performance -  Infrastructure -  IT Management -  Security -  Storage -
Linux Today Navigation
LT Home
Preferences
Contribute
Link to Us
Search
Linux Jobs

Linux Today
Enterprise Linux Today
Apache Today
JustLinux.com
Linux Planet
PHPBuilder
All Linux Devices
Technology Jobs

JustTechJobs.com

LinuxToday Newsletters
Server Daily
IT Management Daily
Subscribe News
Subscribe PR
Subscribe Security

internet.com
Internet News
Small Business

Advertise
Newsletters
Tech Jobs
E-mail Offers

 






Current Newswire:

20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try

A Selection of the Very Best Open Source Tutorials and Tools

Android Ice Cream Sandwich ported to x86 tablets, netbooks and notebooks

SECURITY: Google Chrome 17 Improves Security

How to read a CSV file in Perl?

Red Hat Brings Gluster to Amazon Cloud

New Linux kernel fixes power-saving issues

Using Wii remote with Android Device- Taking Gaming to the Next Level

Commercial Support now available for the open-source NGINX Web server

Linux Top 5: Linux's New Fellow



Applications Management Engineer Sr (NYC)
Next Step Systems
US-NY-New York

Justtechjobs.com Post A Job | Post A Resume
:MSNBC Spam-O-Rama
MSNBC Spam-O-Rama
Aug 19, 2008, 18 :04 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5651 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"In early August, a flood of similar spam messages poured out. These pretended to be from CNN and also had over-the-top headlines with links to bogus sites. Once there, you'd get a message telling you that you had to upgrade your Adobe Flash Player. If you'd had gone that far your only choice was to either download the "Flash Player," which was actually one of several malware packages or quit your browser."

Complete Story

Related Stories:
Google Sees Massive Spam Spike(Aug 13, 2008)
Is Google's Knol Already Becoming a Den of Spam?(Aug 01, 2008)
Dog the Spammer Hunter(Jul 31, 2008)
Missing 'Spam King' Kills Self, Family(Jul 25, 2008)
‘Spam King’ Escapes From Federal Prison(Jul 24, 2008)
Trend Micro: Antivirus Industry Lied for 20 Years(Jul 16, 2008)
Do I Need an AntiVirus Program on Linux?(Feb 26, 2008)
Spam Reaches All-time High of 95% of All Email(Oct 18, 2007)


Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat  
  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
is capital punishment for spammers and m ...   All we need . . .   
Ken Jennings
Aug 19, 2008, 18:40:20
 
> is capital punishment for spammers and ...   Re: All we need . . .   
blackhole
Aug 20, 2008, 23:34:17
 
  Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page  



Enter your comments below:

* Your Name:

* Your Email Address:

* Subject:

CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address]

* Comments:

Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content.

Fields marked with * are required!

..............................




All times are recorded in UTC.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Powered by Linux, Apache and PHP