Giving The Phone Book Spammers What For - Consumerist.com
How can you tell the number of vacant houses on a block? Easy. Just look for the houses with phone books piling up on the porch . The phone book spammers count those property-value killers into their circulation numbers, which is how they sucker ...

Twitter Finally Draws Attention from the Spammer Community - MarketingVOX
Perhaps as a tribute to its mainstream legitimacy, Twitter's turf has been invaded by at least two spammer-orchestrated scams. In the widespread of the two, users receive a direct message from a follower, bearing this or similar bait: "hey! check out ...

Spammers turn to texting - NorthJersey.com
Barred from using the phone by the do-not-call rules, spammers are increasingly turning to text messages. What's a consumer to do? That's a question we discuss in our blog (address below), after receiving the e-mail below from a frustrated reader. I ...

Twitter hit with phishing scam - Computerworld Australia
As has happened with virtually every other popular Web site over the past decade, it seems that Twitter is being used in a phishing scam. Twitter, the social networking and "micro-blogging" site that lets users receive regular updates about their ...

Twitter's celebrities fall victim to coordinated phishing attack - Daily Telegraph
When Barack Obama's followers on Twitter.com, the short-form blogging service, received the president-elect's latest update, they were probably expecting more thanks for their support. Instead they were asked "What is your opinion on Barack Obama ...

Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs? - Tech.slashdot.org
While in your example that's probably true, I personally like it because it's a quick and brainless way to communicate with friends. It's just fun. Organizations find it's useful as a good way to update people, but past that it's not a serious ...

Twitter Has Security Meltdown - TechWeb
The microblogging site recommends users reset their passwords and verify their e-mail addresses because of a phishing campaign directed at its users and the hacking of its support software. Twitter's security melted down on Monday in the face of a ...

Phishing: now Twitter is under attack - Daily Telegraph
Twitter, the short-form blogging service beloved by technophiles and celebrities, has succumbed to a phishing attack, and comedian Stephen Fry is one of those who is believed to have been taken in . Spammers sent out emails resembling those sent out ...

The State of Spam: What to Expect in 2009 - Infoworld
Spam, oh spam -- can we ever get rid of you? 2008 saw a promising blow to the endless sea of junk mail, but the relief didn't last for long . Now, spam experts say new forms of annoyances are on the way for the new year. "Some battles have been won ...

Patrick Butler, 54: devoted husband, father, civic leader - Cape Cod Today
He was the son of the late William F. and Dawn Butler of Rochester, N.Y., and Cape Cod. Patrick's love of Cape Cod began while summering in Hyannis Port throughout his youth. In 1968, he moved to the Cape full-time with his family. In 1985, he ...