Years ago, email spam was a huge problem. There was an escalating war between spammers and spam filters. Eventually, spam filter technology won. Although email spam is still a thing, the vast majority ...

The falling cost of text messaging is making mobile-phone users a more attractive target for spammers, according to the GSM Association. To counter this, it wants its mobile-network-operator members ...

In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. The trend, spotted by security vendor ...

As mobile users are more frequently pestered by SMS spam, one security vendor is applying its experience in stopping e-mail spam for mobile networks. Cloudmark released on Tuesday a suite of services ...

The Register is reporting a new trojan for Windows that infects PCs only to send out SMS messages via free web-based text message services in Russia. Fortunately (for us), it’s confined to only Russia ...

The GSMA will recommend that operators join a program that allows mobile subscribers to report SMS spam using short codes in an effort to gather more data on a growing annoyance. The GSMA along with ...

Every few days I get SMS spam on my Virgin Mobile phone, and it always has the option to opt out. Should I do this or would it just confirm that I'm actively reading the messages and open me up to ...

SMS spam detection and filtering is a crucial area of research addressing both the nuisance and potential harm posed by unsolicited messages on mobile networks. As SMS remains a fundamental channel ...

A sophisticated tool named Xeon Sender is being exploited by cybercriminals to launch large-scale SMS phishing (smishing) and spam campaigns. By leveraging legitimate cloud services, attackers can ...

The volume of mobile spam messages touting free gift cards sharply fell after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed complaints in early March against eight companies, according to antispam ...

Security vendor Cloudmark says this is the first time it has detected a botnet that abuses other people's phones to send spam In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through ...