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Newer posts →Phishing: Legal Responses
March 2, 2007On January 26, 2004, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed the first lawsuit against a suspected phisher. The defendant, a Californian teenager, allegedly created and used a webpage designed to look like the America Online website, so that he could…
What is Spam?
January 29, 2007Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages, which are generally undesired. While the most widely recognized form of spam is email spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging…
Email “Spamming” and Email “Spoofing”
December 20, 2006Within these days of massive communication via e-mail, it comes to be quite important for anyone to be familiar with the following two terms: email “spamming” and email “spoofing”. Email spamming refers to sending email to thousands and thousands of…
Phishing: General Information
November 12, 2006In computing, phishing is a criminal activity using social engineering techniques. Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
Posted in Phishing | 1 Comment Newer posts →You can use the Multi-RBL Check to see whether your IP address is listed in any of the most popular and commonly used email blacklists.
