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InternetNews May 14, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, April 2004 The spam volume is rising, e-mail trust is eroding, and viruses are rampant, but Internet users are sending more legitimate messages and CAN-SPAM is making a positive impact.
InternetNews February 2, 2010	Spammers Pedaling Haiti, World Cup Scams Latest analysis finds spike in malware hidden in messages about major world news events.
InternetNews July 15, 2010	Spammers Stalk Smaller States, Businesses Latest spam report from Symantec finds that large spamming syndicates send a larger percentage of malware missives to SMBs and consumers in states with smaller populations.
InternetNews March 25, 2010	Symantec: China Is Tops in Targeted Malware Symantec's latest report pinpoints China as the leading source of malware tailored to hoodwink execs in specific industries.
InternetNews December 29, 2004 Tim Gray	Viruses Crowd Internet in 2004 A banner year for virus writers meant a bad year for Internet users, but much of the damage was preventable.
InternetNews April 8, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, March 2004 The spam ratio only grew by 1 percentage point, but the economic damage from malware was staggering.
InternetNews June 7, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, May 2004 The spam volume remains unchanged over the month, but Internet users don't have reason to celebrate, as the plateau is not indicative of an imminent decline in unwanted messages.
InternetNews December 2, 2010	Targeted Malware, Spam Will Surge in '11 Security software vendor predicts more malware campaigns will use social media to target mobile devices, apps and industry-specific systems.
InternetNews November 8, 2010	Spam Surges 28 Percent in October: AppRiver Hundreds of millions of spam emails were distributed every day in October and most of them originated in the United States.
InternetNews November 17, 2010	Stuxnet, Mobile Threats Top 3Q Malware Report Security software vendor McAfee's 3Q Threats Report takes note of some older malware scams from the past and some new and discouraging new ones.
InternetNews March 31, 2010	Black Market Spawns Cyber Crime for Dummies New study from PandaLabs pins the escalating severity of attacks carried out by relatively unskilled hackers on a thriving black market offering ready-made tools.
InternetNews January 6, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, December 2003 High growth rates and record-breakers are usually celebrated, but not when it comes to spam and viruses. The spam volume rose from 42 percent of e-mail to 58 percent during 2003, and the year fell just short of being the worst on record for malware variants.
InternetNews September 13, 2010	Enterprises Recover From 'Here You Have' Virus One of the most potent email-based viruses in years had enterprise IT managers scrambling over the weekend to get their email servers back in top form.
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Alex Goldman	Small Businesses Under Siege by Spammers Real-world data compiled shows that money scams are growing as the recession continues - and small firms aren't exempt.
InternetNews September 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Presidential Elections will Stuff Inboxes Is the amount of junk e-mail you receive daily driving you crazy? Wait until the hackers begin leveraging interest in the elections.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004	Spam Sleuth Enterprise Helping keep e-mail inboxes spam-free is the goal of this Blue Squirre offering, which is an anti-spam server solution that resides on an e-mail server or as a separate server to screen out spam before it reaches the internal mail server.
InternetNews April 27, 2006 David Miller	Bouncebacks: The Hidden Cost of Spam A nasty side effect of spam and e-mailed viruses is costing companies an estimated $5 billion per year in IT resources, according to security services company IronPort.
InternetNews July 29, 2009	Spam Learns a New Language While spam levels are at their highest levels in years, much of it is the same - just translated for different countries.
InternetNews January 15, 2009 Richard Adhikari	The Web's Latest Threat: Smarter 'Zombies' Hacker-controlled PCs are outwitting security software - and are growing in number.
T.H.E. Journal April 2004	NetCleanse, Spam Sleuth Protect From Viruses and Spam Solutions for protection from viruses and spam that promise to eliminate computer vulnerabilities.
InternetNews October 22, 2009	Balloon Boy, Windows 7 Latest Malware Draws Spammers, phishers continue to capitalize on popular search subjects to spread their malware.
Wall Street & Technology March 2, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	IT Challenge: Spam The Challenge: Junk e-mail is becoming a big problem, as spammers clog inboxes with dubious offerings from weight-loss remedies to cheap Viagra. How to filter the spam without filtering important e-mails is a problem.
InternetNews September 8, 2010	Apple Spruces Up Ping Social Net New social network on iTunes attracts more than 1 million users and more than its fair share of spam.
InternetNews August 4, 2010	Spam Looking More Like Legitimate Email With spam levels surging, it's also becoming harder for users to identify it, according to a new survey.
InternetNews May 26, 2009 Alex Goldman	Spam Now More Than 90% of All E-Mail Spammers are increasingly directing users to compromised social networks while botnets' influence grows, according to MessageLabs.
InternetNews April 13, 2007 Andy Patrizio	IDC: Spam To Rocket Past Legit E-Mail This Year A new report by IDC says that spam could surpass legitimate e-mail in terms of volume this year as unsolicited e-mail continues to explode and e-mail falls out of favor as a means of communication.
InternetNews January 27, 2005 Jim Wagner	Postini: Spam Building Muscle Trends in e-mail security threats in 2004 point to more difficulties in 2005.
InternetNews October 1, 2009	Internet Never More Dangerous: Study Report finds a 585 percent spike in fake anti-malware and security software programs in the first half of 2009.
PC Magazine March 2, 2005 Larry Seltzer	Who's Winning the Spam War? AOL says its users are getting less spam. Can this be true? Is this because of its technology, or the effective legal action it takes against spammers?
PC World April 2006 Tom Spring	Spam Mutates Junk ads are migrating to blogs, instant messages, and cell phones... Interview with a man who makes a living from sending spam mail.
InternetNews June 4, 2010	Hackers Zero In On Execs With World Cup Scam A flurry of malware scams are using e-mails related to the upcoming World Cup to target executives at companies and organizations around the world.
InternetNews October 10, 2007 Andy Patrizio	YouTube's Not so Friendly Spam Bringing new meaning to the term "viral video," spammers are trying to sucker people by pretending to be legitimate YouTube messages.
InternetNews February 4, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, January 2004 E-mail inboxes groaned under the 60 percent spam volume, along with the most financially destructive worm the Internet has known.
InternetNews April 29, 2010	China Slides Out of Spam Top 12 While China is widely regarded as the unofficial headquarters for hacking and digital espionage, the country doesn't even crack Sophos' Top 12 for spam production.
InternetNews July 21, 2006 Brian Livingston	Phishing Filter Prevents E-Mail Identity Theft Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have figured out a way to almost entirely detect and filter out phishing e-mails.
InternetNews December 29, 2005 Roy Mark	AOL: Spam Down, Sophisticated Methods Up 'Spam mafia gangs' continue to mislead and deceive e-mail users.
InternetNews August 10, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Stopping Spammers at The Point of Sale New research suggests going after the commerce sites listed in spam mail, but some have already been doing just that.
InternetNews June 29, 2009 Alex Goldman	Botnet Blight: Hacked PCs Create 83.2% of Spam A MessageLabs report finds spammers are hard at work with increasingly sophisticated, attack-resistant botnets.
InternetNews October 27, 2005 Jim Wagner	A Private, Public Approach to Internet Safety Tech companies and government agencies continue their efforts to make computing safe.
PC Magazine July 9, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	Antispam Tools: Can They Keep Up? Antispam products have to get tougher to stay ahead of the game.
InternetNews September 30, 2010	'Here You Have' Worm Takes Toll In September The new version of an old malware trick was the single largest security threat to enterprise IT departments last month.
InternetNews December 8, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Phish Fighters Form Alliance Latest digital crime-fighting initiative unites ISPs, software vendors and financial institutions.
InternetNews November 26, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Named in Top 5 Spam-Friendly Hosts Non-profit that tracks global spam says the software giant's Live services let spammers run wild.
InternetNews April 11, 2005 Tim Gray	Americans Learning to Live With Spam Agita E-mail users say they are more accepting of spam. Doesn't make it less painful though.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	A Sobering Report on Viruses According to an analysis by Postini of 150 billion e-mail messages sent in 2005, e-mail-borne viruses represented 2.5 percent of all inbound e-mail messages.
PC World June 2004 Logan G. Harbaugh	Spam-Proof Your In-Box Yes, you can turn the tide against junk e-mail. Ratings of nine antispam tools reveal a surprising Best Buy.
InternetNews January 26, 2011	Spam Volume Tumbles in January New report from security software vendor Symantec reveals that worldwide spam traffic fell to a two-year low in January, largely due to a sharp decline in pharmaceutical spam.
InternetNews March 18, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	More Unwanted Messages Since CAN-SPAM While Pew Internet & American Life Project found that e-mail users have seen an increase in spam, the survey reports a decrease in pornographic messages.
InternetNews December 15, 2010	Hacktivism, Mobile Threats Will Surge in 2011 New report from Panda Security suggests there's plenty for everyone to worry about on the malware front in the coming year - especially if you own a smartphone.
InternetNews February 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Are Legitimate Sites the Next Malware Threat? Businesses may be exposing their customers to malware by leaving their sites unpatched, IBM warns in a new study.