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• US lawmakers debate antispam plan

  The Bush administration on Tuesday urged Congress to enact a new law criminalising pornographic and fraudulent spam.

• Serial AU spammer kicked off BigPond

  Telstra has kicked another BigPond user off its network after a two day spam campaign by the customer caught the attention of ISPs.

• Top 10 security threats for 2008

  In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.

• Aust spam enforcers turn to forensics for 'dobbing' campaign

  The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is stepping up its anti-spam campaign by deploying forensic technology allowing it to closely examine e-mails and act against spammers.

• E-mail takes a nastier turn

  The federal government is anxious to congratulate itself on the success of its anti-spam legislation to date. But the threat to users from unsolicited e-mail is only getting worse.

• What do you do to combat spam?

  There's a fine line between viruses and spam, they are both common nuisances and tie up your inbox with unwanted mail. With systems in place to deal with viruses, how does one opt out of receiving spam.

• Spam wars: Can they be won?

  Two Amercian men could be the first to face criminal charges related to spam after they allegedly crashed a company's computer system by re-routing tens of thousands of unsolicited emails through its servers.

• Most spam still coming from the US

  Almost a quarter of the world's spam in the last three months of 2005 was sent from computers in the United States, according to UK antivirus company Sophos.

• Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'

  As hardcore criminals step up their spamming, experts believe that nine out of 10 of all emails may soon be unsolicited junk.

• From spam king to spymaster

  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.

• US lawmakers: It's open season on spam

  Proposals to control the digital deluge in the US include a national "do not e-mail" list and criminal penalties for repeat offenders.

• AU small business defends Yellow Pages "spam"

  A small Australian ISP has defended its practice of sending unsolicited commercial e-mails to addresses listed in the Yellow Pages.

• US House passes antispam bill

  The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve antispam legislation that could end more than six years of failed attempts to create a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail.

• The fight to ban wireless spam

  In our wireless world, can advertisers find you anywhere within cell range if you have a data-ready wireless phone turned on?

• Happy spamiversary

  On April 12, 1994, a pair of attorneys in Arizona launched a homemade marketing software program that forever changed the Internet.

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