Blue Security’s plan to fight spam with spam has gotten me thinking. Blue Security is a startup security firm that’s taking the fight against spam to the spammers by enlisting end-users to create a Do ...

It's been 12 months since spam really burst into the public consciousness. Before then it had certainly been a well-publicized problem, but often only with the more tech-savvy while the wider public ...

Though the FCC has tried to crack down on spam calls and texts for years, and federal and state lawmakers have passed legislation to address the problem, spam calls persist for many people. I ...

Question of the day: Why do spammers spam? Question two: What is the psychology of spamming? Spammers are more often than not wily opportunists posing as legitimate businesspeople. They distribute a ...

Spammers' prime motivation for engaging in spam campaigns is financial, according to a report by Vircom, a Montreal-based email security provider. The report offers a portrait of a spammer who said he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting to the bottom of your spam folder is not as scary as it sounds. (Photo: Getty) "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've ...