Spam stories
Any time you use a social media service, it provides an additional opportunity for spammers, scammers and malicious masterminds to take advantage.
Unsolicited email or spam may be a mere nuisance for most emails users, but for a system administrator spam is a headache and a major security threat.
Snapchat users are experiencing an influx of spam snaps featuring topless women, according to security experts.
Kiwis heading to the FIFA World Cup warned by Microsoft to guard against cyber scams in cybercrime hotspot Brazil.
Spammers are capitalizing on the iPhone 5S and 5C hype to launch a stock scam campaign convincing people to buy shares of Apple.
Sophos unveils the US and Belarus lead in global spam production, with trends showing shifts in the spamming landscape.
Ah, holidays. They inevitably mean you get spammed with malware and we get spammed with press releases from antivirus companies.
Symantec's December intelligence report shows the sex/dating category made up a whopping 82.6% of all spam traffic.
Spam declines by 32%, but cyberattacks surge as scammers exploit social networks and mobile phones, says Symantec's 2011 report.
Facebook's new 'Sponsored Stories' feature turns your likes and check-ins into ads, spamming your friends' feeds without any option to opt out.
Symantec reports a festive decline in spam, with volumes dropping to a record low on 27th December, showing even spammers took a holiday break.
Symantec's June report reveals a 9% drop in phishing attacks despite spam comprising nearly 90% of all messages last month. EMEA remains a spam hotspot.
A Websense report reveals a surge in job search-related malware targeting HR departments, with over 230,000 samples detected in just four hours last week.
The man was found to have sent 2,230 commercial electronic messages following an online argument. The emails were mainly abusive in nature.
An Auckland marketing firm has been stung with a record $120,000 fine, after inundating Kiwis with over half a million spam messages.
A staggering 88% of all email sent is either unwanted spam, or malicious communication, according to M86 Security. Are we fighting a losing security battle?.
NetSafe launches The ORB, a new online reporting tool for New Zealanders to report cyber offences such as spam, fraud, and child exploitation easily.
Reports are resurfacing that Hell Pizza's online customer database has been compromised, with those on the list subsequently subjected to spam attacks.
More than half of Australia's small businesses have been affected by cyber threats, according to a new survey.
New Zealand businesses must comply with the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 to avoid legal action and protect their reputations from deteriorating.
