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Google Mail Servers Allowing Backscatter

According to Slashdot, Google’s mail servers appear to be responsible for sending large amounts of backscatter.

| Feature | Security | 10/07/08 at 7:02 am |


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Fighting SPAM: Messenger Spam still going strong

Messenger spam started off with windows alerts being pushed to the surprised users desktops. Pop-ups would appear on user’s desktops with the advertisement information. Users would have no control and no ability to block or opt out, since they had not given permission in the first place.

| Feature | Security | 10/07/08 at 6:59 am |


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Flaw Turns GMail Into Massive Open Relay System

According to a report by the Information Security Research Team, Google’s GMail service could potentially be turned into a giant spam machine thanks to a flaw that essentially renders it an open relay server.

| Feature | Security | 10/07/08 at 6:53 am |


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Google’s Spam Filter Blocks Anti-Obama Blogs

Google is back in the news. This time it’s because it shut down several anti-Obama blogs on its Blogger service, labeling them “splogs” or spam blogs. The bloggers involved, all ardent supporters of Hillary Clinton, received emails that said their blogs had been shut down.

| News | Security | 10/07/08 at 6:49 am |


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