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Scott Denne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 12 at 1:15 pm PT
Spam is still a nuisance, but controlling unwanted email messages represents one of the few success stories in the security industry these days. A more sophisticated form of that threat has been gaining ground on mobile phones, however.
News Byte
Lauren Goode in News on April 25 at 10:23 am PT
Facebook
has partnered with a handful of antivirus software vendors to add their security services to
its URL blacklist system, meant to protect users against spam and malware. Six-month antivirus software licenses from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos and Symantec will also be available to Facebook’s 900 million users for free.
Ina Fried in News on April 5 at 3:59 pm PT
The microblogging service has filed suit against five entities that are either mass spammers or providing the tools for such unwanted messages.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 26, 2011 at 7:47 am PT
Forget analyzing your Facebook status updates and Foursquare check-ins. The really interesting data lies in your email exchanges from the past year.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 23, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
The satellite TV service has a whole lot on its plate. So why is it wasting time placing bogus comments on Web sites?
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Tom Loftus, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social on November 15, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT
Facebook said today that a “coordinated spam attack” was to blame for the posting of pornographic and violent images on the news feeds of unsuspecting Facebook users.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 11, 2011 at 7:29 pm PT
Facebook has launched a major redesign for games, bringing back some viral components that were turned off after users complained that random alerts were cluttering their news feeds.
Kara Swisher in News on August 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm PT
Rachael Ray might dole out spam recipes on Demand Media, but the company said on its Q2 conference call that its business was not hurt by the spam-killers of Google.
