Spam

YouTube Update to Crack Down on Spam Comments & Account Impersonators

For several years now, YouTube has had a pretty big problem when it has come to spam. No, I'm not…

2 years ago

Spam Phone Calls Have Increased 300% Worldwide

Spam Phone Calls Your phone rings and upon inspection, you are met with the dreaded 'Unknown caller'. What do you…

6 years ago

Facebook Removes 500 Political Pages Ahead Of US Mid-Terms

Facebook Removes 800 Political Pages Ahead Of US Mid-Terms Next month will see the mid-term elections in the US. For…

6 years ago

YouTube Plan To Get Rid of In-Video Pop Up Links

YouTube plans to stop mid-video pop-up links based on it feeling more like spam advertising Sometimes it's nice to have…

7 years ago

IBM Says The State of Network Security is Abysmal

The state of online security is at a new low according to IBM Security's 2017 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index.…

8 years ago

Anti-Telemarketing Bot Strikes Back at Phone Scammers

Telemarketing scams such as the fake IRS phone scam and fake Windows Tech Support phone scam cost Americans hundreds of…

8 years ago

Predictable Passwords Remain Popular Despite Increased Security Breaches

Despite the increase of publicized data breaches and hacking, security researchers have found that most people's online security habits remain…

8 years ago

PewDiePie to Delete YouTube Channel over Sabotage Claims

Squeaky video game noisemaker Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, more commonly known as PewDiePie, is set to quit YouTube after accusing…

8 years ago

Spammer Luring Internet Users to Fake Google Domain

A fake Google URL has been fooling people into visiting malicious domains by proliferating pro-Donald Trump spam. The domain, ɢoogle.com,…

8 years ago

Spam King Sentenced to Two-and-a-Half Years in Prison

Self-proclaimed “Spam King” Sanford Wallace has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and paying $310,628.55 in restitution after being…

8 years ago

Text Spamming Lands Yahoo in Class Action Lawsuit

In an unexpected declaration from a Chicago federal judge on Monday, web giant Yahoo have found themselves faced with a…

9 years ago

Virgin Media Spam Filter is Blocking Legitimate E-Mails

Not so long ago, Google stopped providing their e-mail service to ISPs which forced them to look elsewhere for an alternative.…

9 years ago

FCC To Post List Of Robo Callers

A thousand a day may seem like an exaggeration but when you pick up the phone to the robotic voice…

9 years ago

Gmail Now Integrates Useful ‘Block’ Button

Gmail has finally implemented a long-overdue feature which allows you to block "disruptive" senders and automatically divert their message into…

9 years ago

Spam E-Mails Drop to a 12 Year Low

Security specialist Symantec have conducted an extensive research programme into the amount of spam plaguing email inboxes. The results are fascinating…

9 years ago