Tag: Spam

Matt Cutts Talks Referer Spam In Latest Video
Google's Matt Cutts is back online, and cranking ou...
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Congrats Everyone, We’re Winning the Battle Against Spam
Have you noticed that you've been receiving less emails about cheap, offshore financial opportunities and penis pills? No, spammers haven't just decided to leave you alone. What yo...
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Facebook Puts $100 Price on Messaging Zuckerberg
What would you be willing to pay to ensure that a message you sent someone on Facebook reached their inbox? I mean their real inbox - not that "other" message folder that houses al...
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Facebook Tests Paid Messages That Are Guaranteed to Reach Users’ Inboxes
Facebook has been doing a lot as of late to improve their Messages product and to encourage more people to use it. Back in August, Facebook...
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Instagram Knows It’s Spammy, Says It’s Working on It
If you are a frequent Instagram user, you've probably run into your fair share of spam. Any popular photo on the service is routinely inundated with spammy comments - something th...
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Pinterest Begins Site-Wide Spammer Purge
Pinterest is saying goodbye to spam with a site-wide purge of what they called "suspicious, fake or spammy accounts." The social network says that their spam team has been hard...
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Matt Cutts Talks About Fighting Webspam Around The World
Google put out a new Webmaster Help video today. This time Matt Cutts talks about the company's efforts to fight webspam on a global scale, as opposed to just in the U.S. and in En...
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No, You Don’t Have a New Facebook Profile; It’s a Scam
Another day, another email scam that uses Facebook to trick unsuspecting users into visiting a shady pharmaceutical site. If the word "another" is confusing you, let's just say th...
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No, Facebook Black Isn’t a Real Thing; You’re Being Scammed
As more and more people join social networks like Facebook and Twitter, it only gets easier for scam artists to pick off a few non-discerning users. The latest scam that's making...
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Facebook Donates $250,000 to UAB Cybercrime Researchers
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month, and in light of that Facebook has...
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Malware-Carrying Twitter DMs Push Fake Facebook Links
Twitter users need to be on the lookout for a new round of malware-carrying spam messages that are coming from compromised accounts, possibly even from Twitter profiles they trust....
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Facebook Goes After Fraudulent Likes
In order to cut down on fraudulent "likes" across the network, Facebook has announced that they have upped their automated efforts to remove likes that have been "gained by means t...
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Facebook Page Admins Lose Option To Mark Comments As Spam
Facebook page admins have lost the ability to mark comments on their pages as spam, as they now only have options to remove is entirely and deal with the user from there. Now, w...
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Spam’s 75th Birthday: Deep Down, You Know You Love It
Spam's 75th birthday is a cause for celebration. Seriously! Anyone who has a complete and utter disregard for the edible substances they stuff into their gaping maws can attest to...
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Android Spam Botnet Could Be the First of Its Kind
Android users, take note: There's a malicious botnet currently in operation that could be using your device to...
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