Tag archive: email fraud

A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark. Kevin Trenberth, of the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Colorado, said he believes the hackers who stole a

A new survey (PDF) conducted by the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) surveyed some 800 Internet users (400 online and 400 by phone) about how they protect themselves from spam, bots, and malware. Surprisingly, the survey found that some 12 percent of respondents admit to having replied to a spam message or clicked a link in a spam message because they were interested in a product or service the message promoted—a figure that… Read More