Phishing spam tops three billion in April

Grok Headline matches for Phishing spam tops three billion in April

Don't Let April 1 Be April "Phools" Day:
Federal Trade Commission, National
Consumers League and Microsoft Warn
Internet Users of Phishing Scams

Don't Let April 1 Be April "Phools" Day:
Federal Trade Commission, National
Consumers League and Microsoft Warn
Internet Users of Phishing Scams 03/31/2005 07:01 PM
In sharp contrast to the harmless pranks that will be played on April Fools' Day, deceptive phishing schemes are no laughing matter. To strike a blow against criminals who prey on Internet users, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), National Consumers League and Microsoft Corp. today urged consumers to beware of phishing schemes aimed at stealing their identities.

Reports of phishing scams skyrocket in
April

Reports of phishing scams skyrocket in
April 05/20/2004 05:42 AM
Computer Weekly May 20 2004 10:15AM GMT

Phishing scam reports skyrocket in April

Phishing scam reports skyrocket in April 05/18/2004 01:14 PM
Reports of a type of online crime known as "phishing" surged by almost 200 percent in April, according to figures from a computer security industry group.

Phishing Costs Nearly $1 Billion

Phishing Costs Nearly $1 Billion 06/24/2005 09:28 PM
Information Week Jun 25 2005 1:16AM GMT

The Cost of Phishing Hits $1.2 Billion

The Cost of Phishing Hits $1.2 Billion 05/06/2004 07:11 PM
Internet News May 6 2004 11:35PM GMT

Study: AMD tops Intel in retail desktops
in late April

Study: AMD tops Intel in retail desktops
in late April 05/03/2004 04:45 PM
BOSTON - Desktop PCs with processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) outsold desktops based on processors from Intel Corp. for the week ending April 24, according to research released late last week from Current Analysis Inc.

Microsoft Quarterly Revenue Tops $10
Billion

Microsoft Quarterly Revenue Tops $10
Billion 01/22/2004 04:55 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced record revenue of $10.15 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2003, a 19% increase over $8.54 billion in the prior year. Operating income for the second quarter was $1.48 billion, compared to $2.23 billion in the prior year. Net income and diluted earnings per share for the second quarter were $1.55 billion and $0.14 per share. These results include stock based compensation expense of $2.17 billion (after-tax) or $0.20 per share, of which $1.48 billion (after-tax) or $0.14 per share related to the completion of the employee Stock Option Transfer Program. For the previous year, net income and earnings per share for the second quarter were $1.87 billion and $0.17 per share, including stock based compensation expense of $709 million (after-tax) or $0.07 per share, a $282 million (after-tax) or $0.03 per share charge for investment impairments, a $126 million or $0.01 per share tax benefit from the reversal of previously accrued taxes, and $141 million (after-tax) or $0.01 per share legal charge related to the state antitrust and unfair competition class action lawsuits.

Citigroup Tops Expections With $5.27
Billion in Earnings

Citigroup Tops Expections With $5.27
Billion in Earnings 04/15/2004 11:46 AM
The better-than-expected results included an after-tax gain of $180 million from the sale of part of Citi's electronic funds services business, the bank said.

Global CD Piracy Trade Tops $4.5 Billion

Global CD Piracy Trade Tops $4.5 Billion 07/22/2004 02:44 PM

Microsoft profit down, revenue tops
$US10 billion

Microsoft profit down, revenue tops
$US10 billion 01/25/2004 09:29 AM
stuff.co.nz Jan 25 2004 2:08PM GMT

Study: Global CD Piracy Trade Tops
$4.5 Billion (Reuters)

Study: Global CD Piracy Trade Tops
$4.5 Billion (Reuters) 07/22/2004 06:12 AM
Reuters - Street-corner peddlers of pirated compact discs sold more than 1 billion illegally copied CDs last year, turning a shady black-market trade into an estimated $4.5 billion industry, a new study said Thursday.

China's Internet advertising revenue
tops one billion yuan

China's Internet advertising revenue
tops one billion yuan 07/05/2004 01:23 AM
Peoples Daily Online Jul 5 2004 5:39AM GMT

Infosys net profit up 28 percent, tops
billion dollars in sales (AFP)

Infosys net profit up 28 percent, tops
billion dollars in sales (AFP) 04/13/2004 01:48 AM
AFP - Infosys, India's second-largest software exporter, net profit rose 28 percent for the year to March as it became the first domestically-listed IT company to breach the one-billion-dollar revenue mark.

E-sales extend billion-dollar weeks
through April 18

E-sales extend billion-dollar weeks
through April 18 05/03/2004 06:14 PM
InternetRetailer.com May 3 2004 9:25PM GMT

Best news in the war on spam: phishing

Best news in the war on spam: phishing 05/24/2004 03:10 AM
Boston Globe May 24 2004 6:25AM GMT

Email Spam and Phishing

Email Spam and Phishing 05/12/2004 05:18 PM
WebDevInfo May 12 2004 8:18PM GMT

Phishing Scams, Vioxx Top Spam List

Phishing Scams, Vioxx Top Spam List 12/29/2004 04:32 PM
For the second year in a row, America Online has released a "Top 10" list of most common junk e-mail subject lines. Topping the list: prescription medication offers for Vioxx and "phishing," or identity theft scams. Falling out of favor this year were Viagra, teens and Oprah.

AOL: 'Viagra' tops spam subjects

AOL: 'Viagra' tops spam subjects 01/01/2004 11:04 AM
CNN Jan 1 2004 10:52AM ET

Phishing, VoIP and spam top 2005
messaging agenda

Phishing, VoIP and spam top 2005
messaging agenda 01/05/2005 06:46 AM
vnunet.com Jan 5 2005 11:22AM GMT

Netriplex Adds Phishing Detection to its
Anti-Spam Solution

Netriplex Adds Phishing Detection to its
Anti-Spam Solution 06/18/2004 03:10 AM
Netriplex announced today that as a result of the exponential increase in phishing and spoofing via email, it has implemented anti-fraud technology into its spam filtering service. The addition of this technology effectively stops fraudulent attempts at grabbing user names, passwords and other sensitive information from recipients of this type of email. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004]

Australia's Spam Act to become law in
April

Australia's Spam Act to become law in
April 12/19/2003 11:45 AM
Australia's Spam Act will come into effect 120 days after receiving Royal Assent, the federal government announces.

Q&A: Microsoft Hosts Industry Sender ID
Summit in Fight Against Spam and
Phishing

Q&A: Microsoft Hosts Industry Sender ID
Summit in Fight Against Spam and
Phishing 08/12/2004 11:11 AM
Over 80 members of the E-mail Service Provider Coalition (ESPC) -- which provides e-mail delivery services to over 250,000 clients in North America -- will gather at the Microsoft campus today for a summit on the Sender ID Framework, demonstrating strong consensus toward authenticated e-mail solutions to the problems of spam, domain spoofing and phishing.

Judge Awards $1 billion in Spam Lawsuit

Judge Awards $1 billion in Spam Lawsuit 12/19/2004 02:56 PM
Techzonez Dec 19 2004 5:32PM GMT

Judge awards ISP $1 billion in spam
damages

Judge awards ISP $1 billion in spam
damages 12/22/2004 01:26 AM
InfoWorld Dec 21 2004 3:51PM GMT

ISP Awarded $1 Billion in Anti-Spam
Suit (AP)

ISP Awarded $1 Billion in Anti-Spam
Suit (AP) 12/19/2004 02:58 PM
AP - A federal judge has awarded an Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever against spammers.

This Decades $100 Billion Internet Wave
Trend Fully Launched in Panama City
Panama April 2005

This Decades $100 Billion Internet Wave
Trend Fully Launched in Panama City
Panama April 2005 04/14/2005 02:11 AM
Patricia Winston, CEO of Time And Resources INC, and Emerald Passport Publishing celebrated the launch of the Phase I and Phase II product line at the inaugural Emerald Conference in Panama City, Panama April 3-6, 2005 [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]

AOL blocked more than 500 billion spam
messages for its users in 2003

AOL blocked more than 500 billion spam
messages for its users in 2003 01/04/2004 06:13 AM
Yahoo! .. Yahoo

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Internet Service Provider Awarded $1
Billion in Anti-Spam Suit

Internet Service Provider Awarded $1
Billion in Anti-Spam Suit 12/19/2004 03:54 PM
Nytimes.com - Sun Dec 19, 07:43 am GMT

Anti-Phishing Toolbar Available. How to
Avoid Bank and Ebay Phishing Scams

Anti-Phishing Toolbar Available. How to
Avoid Bank and Ebay Phishing Scams 12/30/2004 07:54 PM
Tech-Recipes Dec 30 2004 11:09PM GMT

Recent Forum Discussions (April 10 -
April 17, 2005)

Recent Forum Discussions (April 10 -
April 17, 2005) 04/17/2005 03:52 AM
The MacMerc Forums are an excellent place to ask questions about something you're trying to do with your Mac or post comments about the news floating around the Mac web. Here are a few threads that are looking for input:

• d avepark questions the possibility of seeing wide-screen iBooks in the near future.
• l ux shares with us a new site dedicated to Dashboard widget development.
• garmp is looking for a wireless mouse.
• Alec wants to know if you're happy with 10.3.9. ... And, if you aren't happy with it, did you remember to follow the recommended routine maintenance procedures?
• RickMacM erc wants you to describe MacMerc.com. ... Please use more than one word.

As always, you can subscribe to the MacMerc Forums in your RSS reader and keep track of just the new thread titles or verbose coverage of all activity. Of course if you want to do more than just lurk, you're going to have to regi ster with the forums and post!

Recent Forum Discussions (April 2 -
April 9, 2005)

Recent Forum Discussions (April 2 -
April 9, 2005) 04/09/2005 06:15 PM
The MacMerc Forums are an excellent place to ask questions about something you're trying to do with your Mac or post comments about the news floating around the Mac web. Here are a few threads that are looking for input:

• s ooty is looking for "electrical circuit design software for Macs."
• m artini is looking for an experience Flash user.
• pandamout h is looking for a good and inexpensive monitor.
• RickMacMe rc wants us to share our transparent desktops. ... Show me yours, and I'll show you mine.
• graydog is looking for a good scroll mouse. ... I caught one in the traps last week.
• cdemilio< /strong> is having troubles with disappearing text in Quark 4/Classic. ... If you know the whereabouts of cdemilio's text, please respond.
• F lyByKnight may have discovered a major Quark bug. ... no comment.
• m kennedy's boss has a problem with colos looking different after waking up. ... "What and how much is your Art Director drinking when he's out at lunch?"
• g raydog is looking for testimonials on any of the Biometric fingerprint readers.

As always, you can subscribe to the MacMerc Forums in your RSS reader and keep track of just the new thread titles or verbose coverage of all activity. Of course if you want to do more than just lurk, you're going to have to regi ster with the forums and post!

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP) 05/12/2004 04:17 AM
AFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs Internet traffic worldwide.

Research and Markets: Worldwide
Telecommunications Market Set to Double
from $123 Billion in 2004 to $282
Billion by 2010

Research and Markets: Worldwide
Telecommunications Market Set to Double
from $123 Billion in 2004 to $282
Billion by 2010 03/31/2005 08:57 AM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14700) has announced the addition of Worldwide Telecommunications and Communications Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2005 To 2010 to their offering. [PRWEB Mar 31, 2005]

Research And Markets - The Telecoms
Market Is Expected To Grow By 5% From
$8.1 Billion In 2004 To $8.5 Billion In
New Zealand In 2005

Research And Markets - The Telecoms
Market Is Expected To Grow By 5% From
$8.1 Billion In 2004 To $8.5 Billion In
New Zealand In 2005 12/19/2004 03:09 PM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c11215) has announced the addition of 2005 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in New Zealand. to their offering. [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]

NHS wants extra GBP2 billion for IT
funding, taking it to GBP4.2 billion

NHS wants extra GBP2 billion for IT
funding, taking it to GBP4.2 billion 12/02/2003 05:28 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 2 2003 4:11AM ET

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 04, 2004 - April 10,
2004 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 04, 2004 - April 10,
2004 Archives 04/10/2004 08:47 AM
Disgusting. More than 40% of Bush Presidency Spent at Ranch, Camp David or Kennebunkport. 4/10 .. Josh Micah Marshall: .. put it

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Marshall: April 04, 2004 - April 10,
2004 Archives"

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Marshall: April 04, 2004 - April 10,
2004 Archives" 04/12/2004 03:24 PM

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 10, 2005 - April 16,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 10, 2005 - April 16,
2005 Archives 04/11/2005 03:49 AM
Republican Shays jumps ship and calls DeLay an "embarrassment." 4/11 .. one to jump ship

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 03, 2005 - April 09,
2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: April 03, 2005 - April 09,
2005 Archives 04/09/2005 11:21 PM
The headline in .. Josh Marshall

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Grok Description matches for Phishing spam tops three billion in April
GrokA matches for Phishing spam tops three billion in April

Phishing spam tops three billion in April