Anti-spam firm Blue Security will stop its spam-fighting effort after deciding not to place the Internet, as a whole, in jeopardy by escalating a conflict with a renegade spammer, The Register reports.After Blue Security clients started using an anti-spam tool, called Blue Frog, which floods the websites of spammers with opt-out e-mails, a belligerent campaign of spam e-mail and intimidation escalated until a renegade, Russian-speaking spammer known as PharmaMaster launched denial-of-service attacks against a multitude of major Internet organizations and a DNS provider.“It’s clear to us that [quitting] would be the only thing to prevent a full-scale cyber-war that we just don’t have the authority to start,” Blue Security CEO Eran Reshef told washingtonpost.com. “Our users never signed up for this kind of thing.”The Register writes that Blue’s decision to shut up shop is understandable but regrettable, because it represents a significant victory by a spammer in the fight to control the Internet. In effect, PharmaMaster has succeeded in his main aim of getting Blue Security to dismantle. Keep checking in at our Security Feed page, or subscribe via RSS, for updated news coverage.By Paul Kerstein Related content news Google Chrome zero-day jumps onto CISA's known vulnerability list A serious security flaw in Google Chrome, which was discovered under active exploitation in the wild, is a new addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Known Exploited vulnerabilities catalog. By Jon Gold Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Zero-day vulnerability Vulnerabilities Security brandpost The advantages and risks of large language models in the cloud Understanding the pros and cons of LLMs in the cloud is a step closer to optimized efficiency—but be mindful of security concerns along the way. By Daniel Prizmant, Senior Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks Oct 03, 2023 5 mins Cloud Security news Arm patches bugs in Mali GPUs that affect Android phones and Chromebooks The vulnerability with active exploitations allows local non-privileged users to access freed-up memory for staging new attacks. By Shweta Sharma Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Android Security Vulnerabilities news UK businesses face tightening cybersecurity budgets as incidents spike More than a quarter of UK organisations think their cybersecurity budget is inadequate to protect them from growing threats. By Michael Hill Oct 03, 2023 3 mins CSO and CISO Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe