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Bahrain ‘facing major Internet disruption’Internet users in Bahrain are facing weeks of disruption following what experts are saying is the biggest cyber attack in history by saboteurs, a report said. Millions of people worldwide have already suffered days of slow speeds, More… |
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Internet slowed by attack on spam blockerOne of the largest ever cyber attacks is slowing global internet services and the disruption could get worse, experts said on Wednesday, after an organisation blocking "spam" content became a target. &nbs More… |
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Batelco reveals new anti-spam solutionBahrain-based Batelco has announced the implementation of a highly sophisticated system with advanced features, designed to enhance customers’ broadband experience and protect their accounts as well as internet networks from email spam. More… |
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Saudi ‘highest spam-relaying country in ME’Saudi Arabia tops as the Middle East region’s highest spam-relaying country, according to IT security and data protection firm Sophos’ latest 'Dirty Dozen' report of spam-relaying countries for the third quarter of 2012. More… |
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Saudi tops GCC spam list in Q3Saudi Arabia emerged out as the leader in the entire GCC region as the source of spam during the third quarter followed by the UAE, said Kaspersky Lab, a top developer of secure content management solution. Releasing the Q3 report More… |
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Global spam volumes fall 74pc in Q2The proportion of spam in global mail traffic continued to fall in the second quarter of 2012, averaging 74.3 per cent, marking a decrease of 2.3 percentage points compared to the previous quarter. In addition to seasonal factors More… |
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Cyber criminals exploit top social eventsTop socially visible events of the first quarter of 2012 gave cyber criminals new social-engineering campaign material, equipping them to penetrate and infect users and networks in order to access victim’s data, a report said. Li More… |
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Twitter goes to court to fight spammersTwitter has filed a lawsuit in a US court against five websites that it accuses of creating tools for spamming, as the social media firm battles a wave of automated tweets barraging real users with anything from Viagra ads to virus-ridden links. More… |
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Twitter goes to court to fight spammersTwitter has filed a lawsuit in a US court against five websites that it accuses of creating tools for spamming, as the social media firm battles a wave of automated tweets barraging real users with anything from Viagra ads to virus-ridden links. More… |
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Email spam numbers drop in FebOver the month of February, 2.8 per cent of all e-mails contained malicious files, which is 1.5 per cent lower than the previous month. For the second month in a row, the US topped the list of countries with most mail antivirus detections, More… |
