Apparently it could - at least according to research by Richard Clayton, a security expert from Cambridge University’s computer lab.

Captcha systems to stop automated posting have been “completely broken” by spammers, experts say. So what’s the alternative?

Email addresses that begin with letters towards the start of the alphabet get more than their fair share of spam, says Richard Clayton at the University of Cambridge.

A 16-year-old who survived when her escaped-convict father fatally shot his wife and a younger daughter told investigators the man lured his family into a sport utility...

U.S. Attorney Troy Eid says escaped convict, his wife and 3-year-old daughter were found slain outside a farm house east of Denver on Thursday in an apparent...

There seems to be a lot of spam royalty out there: A Seattle man known as the “spam king” was sentenced to prison Tuesday, while federal officials said...

Every week, I receive messages saying that I am rich, very rich. I have fortunes scattered in countries like Spain, South Africa, Holland, Portugal and the United...

AS IF unsolicited sales calls weren’t bad enough, now you can be subjected to spit too, or “spam over internet telephony” messages. To make matters...

MySpace can collect $6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users.An arbitrator has ruled that Scott Richter...

Spam’s back on the menu at American homes. That says a lot about the state of the economy.While we all haven’t turned into couch potatoes, some recent...

A lawyer for a man once considered one of the world’s most prolific e-mail spammers urged the Virginia Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down a state anti-spam...

A lawyer for one of the world’s most prolific spammers says Virginia’s anti-spam law violates the First Amendment.Jeremy Jaynes in 2004 became the first...

Love it, hate it or laugh at it _ at least it’s inexpensive.Sales of Spam _ that much maligned meat _ are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and...

Hormel Foods said Thursday its profit rose in the second quarter as pork costs fell and Spam continued to sell well.Austin, Minn.-based Hormel Foods Corp. said earnings...

The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $230 million judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam award ever.A...

The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $234 million judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam award ever,...

The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $234 million judgment in Los Angeles over junk messages sent to its members.MySpace says it believes this is the largest...

Over the Internet, it’s getting harder and harder to tell. Some of the common tests used by Web sites to distinguish between legitimate flesh-and-blood visitors...

We all receive spam e-mails everyday, telling us to either fork out some money or some personal information. The modern day softwares have made it difficult for them to...

Thirty years ago next week, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US...