Facebook may get extremely yucky a lot more often in the futureBy John MoeNovember 18, 2011Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesA new type of scam fills Facebook feeds with images of porn, gore and violence.POSTED IN: Facebook scams spam hoax ListenreadDownloadDownload
Hotmail? Yes, Hotmail.By John MoeOctober 04, 2011Microsoft announced that everyone's favorite first email program is coming out with new filtering options. In the era of daily deals and having to...POSTED IN: hotmail Microsoft spam Tech Report read
Facebook spammer turns himself in. Like!By John MoeAugust 08, 2011This is the guy who allegedly hacked into 500,000 Facebook accounts. Sanford Wallace surrendered to the FBI in California. He developed a program...POSTED IN: Facebook FBI phishing spam read
Washington Post jobs site hackedBy John MoeJuly 08, 2011The paper says that an "unauthorized third party" hacked into its jobs database and absconded with 1.27 million user ids and email addresses. No...POSTED IN: hacking phishing scams spam spear phishing washington post read
Beware the Google + scam hoax By John MoeJuly 05, 2011If you see an invite to the still-exclusive service in your inbox, proceed with caution. POSTED IN: google + google plus hoax scams spam read
Blekko releases Zorro to go after Spam-oBy John MoeJune 22, 2011It's hard carving a niche for yourself in the search world. Everybody is so busy googling, it's hard to get them to notice you. But, Blekko has a...POSTED IN: blekko spam read
Spammers Ruin Everything, chapter 3,876,924: e-booksBy John MoeJune 17, 2011Amazon.com's Kindle e-book store lets you sell your own self-published books. That's very nice for authors who can't land a book deal or just want...POSTED IN: Amazon Kindle spam read
Google getting busted for drugsBy John MoeMay 23, 2011The search giant has been warned repeatedly by state and federal authorities about running ads for illicit pharmacies. Google makes a ton of money...POSTED IN: Google spam read
Demand Media attacked by Panda?By John MoeApril 18, 2011Panda is the code name for Google's recent big algorithm change aimed at wiping search spam off its search results. The idea is that when you...POSTED IN: demand media Google search spam read