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IT Pro web comments round-up
News Find out what IT Pro readers make of the Universal Credit IT debacle and Three's decision to abolish international roaming charges...
By Caroline Donnelly Published
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SMS spam aimed at people with bad credit ratings on rise
News CloudMark claims educating users not to respond to messages can only do so much.
By Caroline Donnelly Published
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Phishing, spam and porn are the biggest threats to your
News Prominent names such as PayPal and Angry Birds are being used to trick users into installing malware, research has found.
By JoVona Taylor Published
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Tumblr spammers blast blog site over slow response to
News Blogging platform falls victim to spammers.
By Caroline Donnelly Published
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Symantec detects rise in file extension spam
News Security vendor claims spammers are increasingly using rogue file extensions to lure unsuspecting users to online pharmacy sites.
By Rene Millman Published
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Dropbox in password reuse security breach
News Same password used on multiple sites results in Dropbox account compromisation.
By Rene Millman Published
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World's third largest botnet taken down
News Grum, the botnet credited with sending out around 18 billion spam emails a day, has been shutdown.
By Caroline Donnelly Published
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The truth about spam
In-depth It's very easy these days to think that spam has been filtered out of existence and is no longer a problem for your business. Davey Winder argues it's more of a problem than ever.
By Davey Winder Published
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Researchers see security improve
News Firms are improving security performance but threats continue to grow, says IBM.
By Kellan Howell Published
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Malware trying to trick anti-Putin protesters
News Spam messages claim to include details on anti-Putin protests but only lead to nasty malware being installed on user machines.
By Tom Brewster Published
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ICO claims 'significant progress' in war on spam texts
News The watchdog thinks it is close to catching those guilty of spam texting in the UK, after raiding an office in the north of England.
By Tom Brewster Published
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Malicous spam hits ‘epic’ levels
News This month has seen a serious rise in malicious spam, according to M86 data.
By Tom Brewster Published
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