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Spammers Turn to Oil Spill, Paul the Octopus and Phishing Live Chat

by Jago Maniscalchi  //  August 12, 2010  //  News  //  No comments

Over nine in ten of all email messages in July were spam. Meanwhile, phishers find a new target with interactive customer support services, according to Symantec’s August State of Spam and Phishing report.

The report found spammers changed focus from the World Cup and shifted back to current events like the …

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Jago Maniscalchi is a Cyber security consultant, though he tries to avoid the word "Cyber" at all costs. He has spent 15 years working with Information Systems and has experience in website hosting, software engineering, infrastructure management, data analysis and security assessment. Jago lives in London with his family, enough pets to start a small zooalogical society, and a Samsung NaviBot Robotic Vacuum Cleaner. Despite an aptitude for learning computer languages, his repeated attempts to learn Italian have resulted in spectacular failure.

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