Earlier this week, I reported that James Gordon had lost his lawsuit against Virtumundo on summary judgement and that Virtumundo had been awarded approximately $111,000 in legal costs from Gordon. To nobody’s great surprise, Gordon has appealed [SpamSuite] the summary judgement, which presumably will put the award of legal fees on hold.

The legal document shown at SpamSuite does nothing more than notify the court of Gordon’s intent to appeal. No grounds for the appeal are given yet.
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And on Friday, 13th July a S61-A4 Sikorsky Nuri helicopter crashed in Genting Sempah, Pahang, killing all six crew members aboard. via Harakahdaily
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Football (OK, soccer) is pushing to the forefront of adopting interesting technologies. Here’s one I hadn’t heard from Bolton Wanderers, where players enter a chamber at minus 120 degrees Celsius to enhance muscle recovery after training. It’s called cryotherapy, according…
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Australian victim bilked of $1.5mSix men with ties to a West African crime network have been arrested in the Netherlands over an internet scam that bilked a man of $1.5m, according to police.Original post by Dougal and plugin by Elliott Back
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“She’s tried to do that, but she’s just looked like someone spinning out of control”

Roseanne’s ‘Drunk’ MySpace Rant Holds Lessons for Others By JONANN BRADY, ABCNews.com Posted: 2007-08-08 07:37:19 - Some recent posts on actress Roseanne Barr’s MySpace page created a minor stir in the world of … via AOL News
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Australian victim bilked of $1.5m

Six men with ties to a West African crime network have been arrested in the Netherlands over an internet scam that bilked a man of $1.5m, according to police.
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Storm worm’s a brewin’

Security researchers are reporting a sharp increase in the number of machines infected by the Storm Worm, prompting speculation that its authors, who so far have limited their activities to spam, intend to use it for more destructive purposes, such as launching massive denial of service attacks.
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Over the years, spam blocking has become more sophisticated and the role of blacklists has been reduced. via Clickz
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I wondered what would happen when I reached the limit of my Gmail account, and now I know: I can buy more space. When I checked my account just now I found the message above and this one at the…
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“The addition of this new Sunbelt spam detection engine is part of our continued focus on providing our customers with the most comprehensive protection for both inbound and outbound email security”

Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software , today announced the addition of a new antispam filtering engine to Ninja Email Security, version 2.1 for Microsoft Exchange. via Market Wire
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Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, August 9, 2007 Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page D3 Cybercrime may consist of mostly ones and zeros, but it’s costing Americans plenty of dollars and cents. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
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This post has been withdrawn due to objections from Virtumundo’s lawyers.Other comments on this order:

• Mickey Chandler’s Spam Suite
• Al Iverson’s Spam Resource

You can find a copy of the judge’s order at:http://www.spamsuite.com/webfm_send/126
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“It is important for organizations to establish policies and controls that meet their stated business and regulatory risk-profile”

Sendmail, Inc., the leading provider of policy-centric solutions for securing and managing business communications, today announced the availability of Sentrion Message Processor , a next-generation messaging … via M2.com
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EMAIL spam has hit an all-time high and is expected to increase thanks to a volatile virus that uses infected computers to spread the unsolicited emails, an internet security management company says. via News.com.au
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Stock spammers pumping Prime Time Group Inc have released a flood of PDF spam, which some security vendors claim as the largest ever such flood. It’s certainly intense — we’re seeing hundreds of messages a day, spread across a wide range of addresses. Addresses targeted include a large number of ‘non-existent’ addresses, including addresses that were created by other spammers for use in ‘From:’ lines and have now been picked up and are getting spam in their own right.
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“Hurry, we see this stock starting to make the turn NOW. Big watch in effect for August 8, 2007!”. Prime Time Stores was not immediately available for comment. Sophos said that “pump-and-dump”

Spammers have unleashed one of the biggest online stock manipulation campaigns in history in the last 24 hours, increasing global spam levels by 30 percent, a leading IT security company claimed Wednesday. via The Tocqueville Connection
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I’m a big fan of mainstream media — course I am, I work for them — but I’m also a big fan of the other stuff. Like Wikipedia. It’s usually the first placeI start if I’m trying to familiarize myself…
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