Stories Tagged as
Spam
Worldwide Internet slows after massive spammer cyberattack
by
Molly Wood
Mar 27, 2013
Internet users around the world have been noticing sluggish responses from even sophisticated computer systems such as Netflix after what's being called the 'world's largest cyberattack.'
Online world anxious over new U.N. regulations
Dec 3, 2012
Heavy hitters in the online world worry that U.N. regulation could stifle the Internet's future.
The surprising economics of spam
by
Molly Wood
Aug 13, 2012
A look at the screwy economic model of that pesky inbox filler.
Spam texts, and how to avoid them
by
Molly Wood
May 15, 2012
Millions of spam texts are sent each day. Here's what to do when you get one.
Spamming the 2012 election; tablets for bonobos!
by
Molly Wood
Apr 2, 2012
Web security firm Impermium is charting the role of social media spam in the 2012 race for president. And researchers in Iowa are about to find out what happens when you give apes tablet computers. (Planet of the Apes, anyone?)
Big email companies and online bankers fight phishing
Jan 30, 2012
Tech companies Google, Yahoo, Microsoft are teaming up with financial institutions to launch a project to stem the tide of email phishing or malicious spam offers flooding inboxes and destroying trust in email.
For public good, not for profit.
Can the Constitution handle modern technology's issues?
by
Molly Wood
Dec 28, 2011
Legal issues loom over privacy and what a person actually is.
Facebook may get extremely yucky a lot more often in the future
by
Molly Wood
Nov 18, 2011
A new type of scam fills Facebook feeds with images of porn, gore and violence.