Reminded of these obnoxious Vikings, early internet users in the '90s started using the words "spam" and "spamming" to refer ...

After a decline in the capabilities of spam-catching software, it's heartening to see that the good guys are getting better A year ago, the state of the spam-catching art was in dire straits. As I ...

Spammers' prime motivation for engaging in spam campaigns is financial, according to a report by Vircom, a Montreal-based email security provider. The report offers a portrait of a spammer who said he ...

Blue Security’s plan to fight spam with spam has gotten me thinking. Blue Security is a startup security firm that’s taking the fight against spam to the spammers by enlisting end-users to create a Do ...

Though the FCC has tried to crack down on spam calls and texts for years, and federal and state lawmakers have passed legislation to address the problem, spam calls persist for many people. I ...

If you're a frequent WhatsApp user, you have probably noticed that the volume of spam messages has been on the rise. Like the epidemic of traditional spam phone calls and emails that started to plague ...

Spammers are nothing if not clever. Realizing that the increased sensitivity threshold of filters was thwarting their attempts, they turned to a different, more elusive, spamming method: image spam.