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01/30/2012 11:10 AM
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! to fight email spam - AFP

AFP

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! to fight email spam
AFP
WASHINGTON — Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL and Facebook are setting aside their online rivalry to fight a common enemy: email spam and "phishing" attacks. The Web giants said Monday they have teamed up with Bank of America, PayPal and others to ...
Internet giants form DMARC to battle email spam, phishing attacksDigitalJournal.com
Banks, Internet companies team up to fight spamReuters
Google, Microsoft, Facebook and more team up to tackle email spam and phishingThe Next Web

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02/03/2012 03:19 AM
Officials say spam emails caused ASU to block access to petition site - Downtown Devil

Downtown Devil

Officials say spam emails caused ASU to block access to petition site
Downtown Devil
(Cydney McFarland/DD) Unsolicited spam emails from petition website change.org forced ASU to block access as well as outbound emails to the site, university officials said. A statement released by ASU spokeswoman Julie Newberg said ASU began blocking ...
Arizona State University Censoring Online Petition SiteIn These Times
Arizona State University Blocks Popular Online Organizing SiteThe Latest | Free Press

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02/01/2012 06:06 PM
Will DMARC Stop Spam and Improve Email Security? - Windows IT Pro (blog)

Windows IT Pro (blog)

Will DMARC Stop Spam and Improve Email Security?
Windows IT Pro (blog)
While we can all agree that email spam is a troublesome problem, the real threat lies in the risk that email spam presents when combined with more nefarious elements, such as malware distribution and phishing attempts. Stemming the flood of potentially ...
DMARC: An End to Spam and Phishing... AgainPC Magazine
New Industry Alliance Targets Phishing And SpamInformationWeek
Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo team up for anti-phishing standardsGMA News
ITWorld Canada
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02/05/2012 10:30 AM
Phish of the day: Beware tax-season email scams - ConsumerSearch Productopia (blog)

Phish of the day: Beware tax-season email scams
ConsumerSearch Productopia (blog)
By Christine Frietchen on February 5, 2012 in If you've noticed an uptick of spam in your junk mail folder lately, you're not alone. Scammers go into overtime around the holidays and into tax season, aiming to trick you into forking over personal ...


01/30/2012 12:16 PM
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! to fight email spam - Yahoo!7 News

Digitaltrends.com

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! to fight email spam
Yahoo!7 News
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL and Facebook are setting aside their online rivalry to fight a common enemy: email spam and "phishing" attacks. The Web giants said Monday they have teamed up with Bank of America, PayPal and others to ...
New DMARC email authentication aims to stop phishingDigitaltrends.com
Banks, Internet companies team up to fight spamMoneycontrol.com
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, PayPal Go After Phishers With New E-Mail ...Wired News
Business Insider -USA TODAY -Wall Street Journal
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01/31/2012 07:35 AM
'Spam' meat tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans, study finds - Fox News

'Spam' meat tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans, study finds
Fox News
Reuters Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Native Americans who often ate processed meat in a can, generically known as "spam" and a common food on reservations, one subsidized by the government -- had a two-fold increased risk of developing ...

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02/04/2012 03:18 AM
Tech companies team up to combat email scams - Foster's Daily Democrat

CBS Local

Tech companies team up to combat email scams
Foster's Daily Democrat
DMARC builds upon existing techniques used to combat spam. Those techniques are designed to verify that an email actually came from the sender in question. The problem is there are multiple approaches for doing that and no standard way of dealing with ...
Free Email Providers Launch DMARC.org To Prevent Phishing ScamsCBS Local
DMARC: Microsoft, Facebook and Google unite to fight phishing - but will it work?Naked Security

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02/02/2012 11:00 PM
College, Wharton students target of 'phishing' emails - The Daily Pennsylvanian

College, Wharton students target of 'phishing' emails
The Daily Pennsylvanian
By Matthew Kim · February 2, 2012, 8:50 pm Last Monday night, Shostek was sent an email from a supposedly Penn-affiliated source. However, he soon realized that the message wasn't what it appeared to be. “I checked my spam folder to delete any unwanted ...

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01/31/2012 08:03 AM
Email spam loads malware from JavaScript when opened - TechJournal South

Email spam loads malware from JavaScript when opened
TechJournal South
Once the email is opened and the HTML is displayed, the malware attempts to scan the user's computer and download malware while displaying a “Loading…please wait,” message. The easiest way to avoid this malware spam attack is to deactivate display of ...


02/03/2012 08:27 PM
Oregon legislator surveys employees; opponents call him 'spam king' - OregonLive.com

OregonLive.com

Oregon legislator surveys employees; opponents call him 'spam king'
OregonLive.com
Dennis Richardson "Oregon's newest Spam King" after he blanketed public workers and others with an email survey on government spending. The group called it a "clear abuse and exploitation" of government sunshine laws and urged supporters to email ...


 
 
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