Tagged: Spam & News
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India tops for spam, malicious spam increases - Sophos News
24.04.2012 India has overtaken the United States in one year to become the top global contributor of spam, and though basic marketing spam has decreased, the amount of phishing and... -
Weekend news roundup: Facebook chooses Nasdaq, Ireland's skills crisis News
10.04.2012 In a digest of some of the weekend newspapers' tech coverage, we note that spammers have shifted their attention from post and email to smartphones, the UK ads watchdog is...Categories: Wireless Communications, Upskilling, Social Media, Security, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Financial, Education, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Twitter tackles spammers with lawsuit News
06.04.2012 Twitter has filed a lawsuit against five of the ‘most aggressive’ spammers and spam tool providers in order to reduce the amount of spam across the social network. -
Irish infosecurity firms to raise profile at RSA conference News
23.02.2012 Five Irish companies will be showcasing their technologies at next week’s prestigious RSA Conference in San Francisco, taking a stand at the event under the banner of... -
Spammers taking advantage of holidays - Symantec report News
30.01.2012 Spammers are leveraging holidays and major events to make their emails more appealing, findings in the January Symantec Intelligence Report suggest. -
Global spam drops to lowest rate in three years - report News
06.12.2011 The rate of global spam has reached its lowest level in three years, Symantec Corp's November 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report reveals. -
Porn and violence flood Facebook news feeds News
15.11.2011 An influx of graphic images which depict pornography and extreme violence have flooded numerous Facebook users’ news feeds, reports suggest. -
Blogger alleges Facebook has re-activated tracker cookies News
04.10.2011 Nik Cubrilovic, the Australian blogger who sensationally revealed last week that Facebook cookies were tracking users even when they weren’t using the social network, has just... -
Anti-SMS spam app puts power in the hands of smartphone users News
23.08.2011 Dublin firm AdaptiveMobile has launched the world’s first smartphone app that lets users take direct action to protect themselves against SMS spam. The app lets them manage... -
Cisco report sheds light on advanced persistent threat trend News
10.08.2011 Data breaches during the first half of this year were “seemingly nonstop”, with advanced persistent threats playing a key role in many of the breaches, according to the latest... -
Weekend news roundup News
08.08.2011 A trawl through some of the technology news coverage in the weekend papers, including hackers releasing US police information, 'Spam King' facing 40 years in jail and the World...Tags: LulzSec, Anonymous, Hackers, US, Facebook, Spam, world wide web, Acer, Ultrabooks, Tablet Computers -
Microsoft issues US$250,000 bounty for information on Rustock News
20.07.2011 Microsoft has issued a reward of US$250,000 for new information that will lead to identifying, arresting and jailing the people behind the Rustock botnet, which in its prime was...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Hosting Services, Data Centre, CIO -
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Spammers target Google+ with fake invites News
04.07.2011 Spammers are taking advantage of the demand for Google+ invites and users need to be on their guard against fake invites that connect users to sites selling pills. -
Dublin mobile security firm in three-year deal with Oracle News
05.07.2011 AdaptiveMobile, a Dublin-based mobile security firm that protects more than 600m mobile subscribers worldwide, has entered into a major three-year software deal with Oracle. -
Targeted malicious attacks worth US$1.3bn to cyber criminals News
01.07.2011 Cyber criminals are shifting their stratagem away from mass spam attacks to more targeted, malicious-style attacks, such as spearphishing. Cisco estimates the overall cost of... -
AdaptiveMobile acquires Sentry Wireless News
22.06.2011 Dublin-headquartered mobile security player AdaptiveMobile has bought Digital Hub-based Sentry Wireless for an undisclosed sum. Sentry has developed handset security...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps -
Irish EU's fourth biggest users of social networking - research News
17.06.2011 Sixty-eight per cent of Irish internet users use social networking sites, the fourth highest figure in the EU, research from the European Commission suggests.Tags: EU, European Commission, Ireland, Data protection, Spam, Social Networking, Data Theft, Europe, -
Smartphone owners will blame mobile operators for data loss News
09.06.2011 Mobile operators risk serious reputational and financial damage if data is lost, a study of 1,000 smartphone users by AdaptiveMobile has revealed. -
Cyber security threats continue against Irish businesses News
24.05.2011 Ireland’s Computer Emergency Response Team is now receiving up to 10 alerts per day from Irish businesses coming under attack by having their systems compromised to host...