What is Spam

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Unwanted or inappropriate messages sent via the Internet normally to a large volume of Internet users usually for advertising purpose or to entice individuals to reveal personal information or spreading malware. Learn more in: The Role of Education and Awareness in Tackling Insider Threats

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Use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages. Learn more in: A Routine Activity Theory-Based Framework for Combating Cybercrime

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Spam can be defined as unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups. Learn more in: Semantic Web Services

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Unsolicited bulk e-mails that receivers are not willing to get. Today, it gradually becomes a serious problem, which results in the significant cost on e-mail receivers and ISPs (Internet Service Providers). Learn more in: E-Commerce: The Benefits, Security Risks, and Countermeasures

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Unsolicited or unwanted emails, from an unknown sender, usually of a commercial kind and massively sent. Learn more in: Honeypots and Honeynets: Analysis and Case Study

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The unsolicited bulk distribution of promotional emails. Learn more in: Cyber-Victimization

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Unsolicited communications, typically e-mail, that is unwanted and often offensive Learn more in: Online Privacy Issues

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This is any unwanted e-mail. The term comes from a Monty Python sketch where “spam” is repeated well over 200 times. Learn more in: Publishing an Internet E-Zine

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This is any unwanted e-mail. The term comes from a Monty Python sketch where “spam” is repeated well over 200 times. Learn more in: Publishing an Internet E-Zine

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unwanted e-mail of a commercial nature sent in bulk, analogous to junk mail Learn more in: Identity Theft through the Web

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Unsolicited bulk e-mail. Learn more in: Don’t Trash Your Spam!: Reasoning on Spam as a Way to Train Critical Thinking

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Unsolicited bulk email or junk mail. Learn more in: Developing the Social, Political, Economic, and Criminological Awareness of Cybersecurity Experts: A Proposal and Discussion of Non-Technical Topics for Inclusion in Cybersecurity Education