Like most bloggers I have an aversion to comment spam. … [Read more...] about Irish Comment Spam
Spam Filtering
Irish Spammers to face jail
According to an article in today's Sunday Times the government maybe taking a hardline on spammers in the future. Although any such move should be welcomed do not take it at face value. Under the current legislation email and sms spam may be deemed illegal when data privacy legislation is breached. Although this may seem relatively straigtforward the reporting mechanisms and … [Read more...] about Irish Spammers to face jail
Hurricane Katrina Scams
As has happened on previous occasions the spammers and phishers are seeing the aftermath of Katrina as a boon. The email below is an example of the kind of scam email currently "in the wild". You can click on the image to see a larget version: As you can see from the screenshot the email failed the SPF check and shows a return path to a Polish hosting company on the Gnax.net … [Read more...] about Hurricane Katrina Scams
Email Scams, phishing and Weckler
I've mentioned phishing scams in the past. Some of them are very well crafted, whereas others are pretty amateurish. Today being the first Sunday of the month you can get Computers in Business with the Sunday Business Post. If you are involved in the Irish ICT industry you may find this publication to be worthy of reading. You may want to reassess that view if you read this … [Read more...] about Email Scams, phishing and Weckler
Irish 419 scam
I suppose it was inevitable that 419 scams would eventually start using Ireland as a source for their scams: … [Read more...] about Irish 419 scam