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  • Google sued over 'unwanted ads'

    A lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the US Federal court accuses Google of deceiving its customers into paying for ads they didn't expressly request.

  • Yahoo settles class-action lawsuit on click fraud

    Yahoo will consider refunding money to thousands of advertisers dating back to January 2004 and pay $US4.95 million (AU$6.8 million) in lawyers' fees to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the Internet powerhouse has been profiting from bogus sales referrals generated through a sham known as "click fraud".

  • Crypto research under fire in lawsuit

    A lawsuit over possibly fraudulent withdrawals from cash machines in London could gag academic research into the vulnerabilities of banks' cryptographic systems.

  • AU$1.32 billion award in spam lawsuit

    A federal judge has awarded an internet service provider more than $US1 billion(AU$1.32 billion) in what is believed to be the largest judgement ever against spammers.

  • Palm faces suit on m130 colour claims

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    In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.

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    A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.

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    Like a lot spam, phishing is a form of unsolicited commercial e-mail. Whereas all spam is not a scam, all attempts at phishing are scams, and the potential losses to corporations and consumers alike are stunning. Find out what you can do to protect yourself.

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