Tag: spam
Beware as COVID-19 is bringing out spammers and scammers
Beware as COVID-19 is bringing out spammers and scammers
I was going through one of my email accounts the other day and I noticed a bunch of 1990s-style spam emails. There was the promise of sharing some uncollected inheritance with me from some deceased African royalty if I only...
Google continues fighting search engine manipulation
Google continues fighting search engine manipulation
When you have a system like Google Search, the most popular search engine out there, it’s going to lead to manipulation. People want to be at the top of the search results because not being there is akin to not...
Tech Time Warp: Microsoft takes down the Waladec botnet
Tech Time Warp: Microsoft takes down the Waladec botnet
Waladec would be just another botnet that churned out spam if it weren’t for Microsoft’s groundbreaking approach to stop it. The botnet — which first began noticeably proliferating in January 2009 — was sending 1.5 billion spam messages daily. Microsoft’s...