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Barack Obama Could Abandon Blackberry and Email Altogether

After he gave up smoking for joining the presidential race, the US President-elect Barack Obama may now be forced to quit using his favourite Blackberry device, after he enters the White House

Tue, 18 Nov., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

Spammers Choose Obama For Their Email Campaigns

It seems that US President elect Barack Obama has become a favourite subject for spammers to indulge in their malicious activity as they are shooting out numerous Barack Obama themed emails to deceive internet users

Mon, 10 Nov., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Security

Student Charged For Hacking Sarah "Bulldog" Palin's Yahoo Mail

A court in Knoxville USA has indicated David Kernell, a twenty year old student at the University of Tennessee for hacking into Alaska Governor and US Vice President nominee Sara Palin’s email account.

Thu, 09 Oct., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

Comment : Email Fraudsters Target Worried Halifax And Bradford & Bingley Customers

A leading UK based anti-spam company has found that the number of Halifax and Bradford & Bingley related spam and phishing emails increased by 246% over the weekend

Thu, 02 Oct., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Security

Student Behind Sarah "Lipstick" Palin Yahoo Inbox Hack Cleared Without Charge

After hearing the evidences against David Kernell, who allegedly hacked Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo Mail account, the federal jury in Chattanooga ended its hearing without indicting the accused

Thu, 25 Sept., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

Comment : BBC email list leak highlights dangers of mailing lists

Security consultancy Global Secure Systems (GSS) says this week’s revelations that a BBC mailing list had been hacked and the users on the list spammed with scams and/or computer viruses, highlights the dangers that spam poses modern companies

Tue, 23 Sept., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Security

Hackers Infiltrate Yahoo Mail Box of US Vice President Candidate, Sarah Palin

Alaska's Lipstick bulldog, as she likes to call herself, Sarah Palin has had a nasty surprise to find that someone apparently hacked into her personal email account on Yahoo and published some emails and photos online

Thu, 18 Sept., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Technology

More than 90% of Organizations Perceive Cybercrime as a Major Business Risk, Says Survey

A survey of nearly 1400 IT/Security professionals by Security Outfit Finjan revealed that an overwhelming number of respondents perceive cybercrime as a major business risk

Wed, 10 Sept., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Security

Spam Increase By 400 percent in Q2 2008, UK Spammers to blame

Research unveiled by anti-spam software company Clearmymail shows a significant increase in the number of spam blocked per customer, quadrupling to nearly 31,000 compared to just over 8100 in Q1 2008

Fri, 08 Aug., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Security

Spanish Hacker Imprisoned For Illegally Accessing Colleague’s Mail

A Spanish hacker has been put behind the bars for two years, for illicitly hacking his colleague’s emails, containing details about his sex life, and then forwarding them to other individuals

Thu, 07 Aug., 2008| Posted in News| Section: Security

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