As with the other high profile deaths of Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gadahafi, and Osama bin Laden, the death of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il has inspired spammers to take full advantage of the curious nature of humans. How are they doing this?

A new service was launched recently which protects Facebook users from unwanted spam, malware, and viruses posted on their wall. The Using Protection service scans for various harmful items whenever you view Facebook pages. According to the site, this makes it almost impossible for the virus / spam to be spread through your account. Using [...]

The Rustock botnet, which was taken down in March, had been sending as many as 13.82 billion spam emails daily, accounting for an average of 28.5 percent of global spam sent from all botnets during the month, according to a new report from Symantec.

During the first half of 2010 Europe saw the most spam growth, bypassing North America, South America, and Asia-Pacific to earn the “Top Producer of Spam” title, according to a new report from Trend Micro.

Spam sent from service providers’ own networks is a serious issue, according to a new report by Osterman Research and Commtouch.