A spam filter is a program that automatically processes incoming messages to sift out spam and potentially dangerous computer viruses. There are many types of spam filters, thanks to the ever growing ...

Conservatives are split over whether Google email filters are flagging Republican lawmakers’ emails as spam and thereby unfairly censoring them. A recent study found that Google has disproportionately ...

This week in Security Levity, I’m digging further into the topic of spam filtering technology. Today, I want to talk about why spam filtering seems to be such a continual challenge for filter vendors.

This week has not been good for Outlook users as the renowned service has been struggling with high spam levels. Reports have been coming from all regions, suggesting a major issue with the company's ...

The spam problem goes far beyond annoying solicitations for questionable products. These days, it's a frequent vector for identity theft, ransomware and more. Photo by scanrail/stock.adobe.com The ...

“Are @gmail's spam filters broken? I've had a sudden influx of some crazy #NSFW spam in my inbox! What's going on #Gmail?” - source “It is a strangely comforting thing that I can just search for ...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there were no graphical e-mail clients. So what you had to do to get your mail was to connect a server with telnet over the network, or directly over a modem ...

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 probably heard this question before. But perhaps you weren't quite ...

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has rejected a Republican National Committee (RNC) complaint claiming that Google violated US law by using Gmail’s spam filter on Republican campaign emails.

A meeting reminder from the boss, a lascivious letter from a lover, or the daily tally from a fantasy football league: Which e-mail would you read first? Programmers at a small software company say ...