Marketing Group Warns of Spam Scam, yahoo.com, 22 Apr 2005

“Pharming attacks are wreaking havoc among Internet users who are subjected to spam scams that use increasingly sophisticated methods to collect personal information to conduct online fraud. The NCFTA has identified its top-five spam scams, which also include Google hacking and fraudulent e-mail purporting to come from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.�

Full Story at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&ncid=75&e=2&u=/nf/20050422/tc_nf/33336

Monthly Report: March 2005, MessageLab.com

“The global ratio of spam to email traffic was 68.8% (1 in 1.5), reflecting an 8.3% improvement delivered by Traffic Management and Connection Management.�

Full report at http://www.messagelabs.com/emailthreats/intelligence/reports/monthlies/march05/default.asp

Two men arrested in Tucson for phishing ID theft, Sophos reports, Sophos.com, 21 Apr 2005

“The men, 24-year-old Robbin Shea Brown and 19-year-old Joshua T. Breshears, are accused of having supported their expensive lifestyle by sending out emails asking recipients to confirm their credit card details.�

Full story at http://www.sophos.com/spaminfo/articles/tucson.html

Email destroys the mind faster than marijuana – study, the register.com, 22 Apr 2005

“Email users suffered a 10 per cent drop in IQ scores, more than twice the fall recorded by marijuana users. Email addicts were bombarded by context switches and developed an inability to distinguish between trivial and significant messages.�

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/22/email_destroys_iq/

.eu names debut next year, SCMP.com, 22 Apr 2005

“Starting in the final quarter of this year, public institutions and trademark holders such as companies can start registering their .eu address. At the beginning of next year, other companies and individuals can then lay claim to .eu internet addresses.�

Full story at http://technology.scmp.com/techinternet/ZZZ7X6HNT7E.html

.eu internet domain names to hit the web starting 2006, yahoo.com, 21 Apr 2005

“Starting in the final quarter of this year, public institutions and trademark holders such as companies can start registering their .eu address. At the beginning of next year, other companies and individuals can then lay claim to .eu internet addresses.�

Full story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050421/tc_afp/euinternet_050421162029