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  • Microsoft kills Waledac spam botnet

    This will effectively knock the brains of Waledac off the Internet, by removing the command-and-control servers that criminals use to send commands to hundreds of thousands of infected machines.Thought to be used by Eastern European spammers…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Send • Operation • Judge • Federal • Domains • Command

  • Spam hits Google Buzz already

    Despite being launched this week, spammers have already hit Google Buzz - the search engine's social network, says Websense. Despite only being launched this week, spammers are already targeting Google Buzz, the search engine's social network, says…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Websense • Spammers • Malicious • Engine • Carrieann Skinner • Buzz

  • Google Hot Search target for malware

    He had noted that spammers often jump on news events to lure victims who are so interested in the news event that they click on links that lead to infected sites. Google Hot Search topics are turning out to be a useful tool for security researchers…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Victims • Malicious • Infected • Fake • Block • Antivirus

  • ISPs could cut spam easily, says expert

    Meanwhile, the spammers who thrive on port 25 by hijacking PCs which are then used to send out huge amounts of spam through it would find their preferred channel cut off.One problem is that having migrated from fixed servers to open relays and…
    18 January 2010
    Tags: Send • Isps • Blocking • Botnet • Sending • Port

  • Facebook users banned for Haiti spam

    Facebook acknowledged today that some users who sent multiple messages about the earthquake in Haiti have been thrown off the site as suspected spammers. Some Facebook users sending messages about the Haitian earthquake may have been a bit dismayed…
    18 January 2010
    Tags: Warned • Facebook • Spammers • Messages • Sending • Earthquake

  • Nearly 9 out of 10 emails are spam

    According to Symantec, the levels of Jackson-related spam accounted for just under two percent of all spam messages.Symantec said it expects 2010 to be an active year for spammers, with botnets playing a heavy part in distribution of spam.The…
    16 December 2009
    Tags: Continues • Spammers • Messages • Spam • Symantec • Surge

Latest Features

  • Why can't we do anything about spam?

    Direct marketers who saw the future in electronic junk mail lobbied hard against giving the law real bite, so Congress spent more time coming up with a cute acronym than it did creating a law that would actually deter or punish spammers.
    02 November 2009
    Tags: Law • Spammers • Act • Calling • Morning • Infoworld

  • Twit nits: 12 top Twitter annoyances

    Spammers have infected tweets, direct messages, @reply messages and follower lists. Auto DMs and spammers have outpaced the level of service provided by DMs, rendering them obsolete at best and an annoyance at worst," she says.As always in the…
    24 September 2009
    Tags: Searching • Consolidated • Streams • Delete • Addon • Ecosystem

  • CAPTCHA security - more worthless by the day

    For spammers preferring a service-oriented approach, there's ItsYourPost. Now it's an easy and useful way for malware authors and spammers to do their dirty work. All you need is a desire to spread spam, make anonymous online attacks against your…
    23 July 2008
    Tags: Spammers • Ad • Techniques • Harder • Reputation • String

  • Social networking - ban or restrict?

    The people that will help you secure a job, find a great client, give you a recommendation for a potential employee are [those] that you truly know and have the best working relationships with.Users should be aware that spammers are migrating to…
    24 June 2008
    Tags: Social Networking • Prevent • Privacy • Profiles • Gates • Lives

  • And still the spam comes…

    Spammers buy filters and test them to find weak spots. Then filter vendors plug the holes with new rules.But vendor advancements pale in comparison to the swelling ranks of spammers. While this heuristic approach for ferreting out spam is still…
    25 April 2008
    Tags: Charges • Charging • Mails • War • Blocked • Ip Addresses

  • The glow of Internet crime - its simplicity

    Spammers send test runs through ISPs to see what types of spam get through the easiest, said Larry (who refused to disclose his last name) from the spam-fighting SpamHaus Project.The types of spam include the traditional "ump and dump…
    13 April 2008
    Tags: Cyber • Credit • Chain • Banks • Phishing • Pointed

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How-Tos

  • Five free tools to spring clean your Twitter account

    Which are spammers? Five free tools to spring clean your Twitter account Kristin Burnham Block the spammers, and unfollow those that don't tweet How-Tos Which of your Twitter contacts have abandoned the service?
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Wish • Scan • Ratio • Date • Accounts • Account

  • How to fix the most common Internet problems

    The intentions are good, stop spammers from pummeling web forums, but there's got to be a better way. In a perfect world, we wouldn't have to worry about auto-playing video ads, leaping pay walls to read the news, fake emails phishing for our bank…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Friends • Engines • Bar • Ads • Addon • Ad

  • Ten tips for ultra-safe browsing

    On the web, hackers, spammers, and phishers may be evil, but they're not required to be geniuses. On the web, hackers, spammers, and phishers may be evil, but they're not required to be geniuses. In the world of comic books, every bad guy is an…
    13 August 2008
    Tags: Scans • Signature • Upload • Attachment • Secunia • Guarantee

  • Protective Layers: Securing Corporate Networks

    Techniques for blocking spam include maintaining blacklists of spammers' Internet addresses and employing the challenge/response strategy, which attempts to catch spammers by asking a suspicious sender to resend the message, the assumption being…
    19 July 2005
    Tags: Downloading • Antivirus • Service Providers • Blocking • Administrator • Gateways

  • Fine-tuning your email server

    Fine-tuning your email server Lee Kimber, Techworld Configuring Postfix t exclude spammers -- made easy How-Tos Thirty-three years after BBN Principal Scientist Ray Tomlinson sent the first machine-to-machine email, authenticating remote salesforce…
    24 March 2004
    Tags: Installing • Spammers • Method • Ensuring • Transport • Style

Reviews

  • Google App Engine beta review

    Copyright violations, spammers, and pornographers must keep the lawyers at Google up late at night. When the world starts flocking to your web application Google's cloud of computers adapts to the load, handling everything the public demands.
    13 May 2008
    Tags: Ends • Lawyers • Upload • Query • Api • Languages

  • Applicure dotDefender 3.0

    Finally, there's a set of signatures that scan for known spammers, worms, and compromised servers.Using a simple server interface, I managed each technology, such as updating a whitelist with known good servers.
    25 October 2007
    Tags: Commerce • Firewalls • Automatic • Plug • Sessions • Scripting

  • Equiinet SentryPilot

    The appliance also integrates with the SpamCop service which provides a blacklist of known spammers. The SentryPilot is aimed at companies that have existing firewall services but want a dedicated appliance providing anti-virus, anti-spam and tough…
    24 August 2004
    Tags: Assessment • Automated • Downloads • Filtering • Filter • Proxy

White Papers

  • Defending networks against rapidly evolving threats

    Similarly, spammers use a variety of tricks to circumvent specific anti-spam technologies and rapidly adapt their campaigns to beat the filters.In this continuously evolving threat environment, financial motivation has driven virus writers and…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Viruses • Threats • Spam • Threat • Writers • Virus

  • The growing scale of the threat problem

    This paper examines thehistory of viruses and spam and looks at how collaboration between virus writers and spammers is impacting enterprises. It also looks at future developments, and how the expertise of SophosLabs is applied to providing…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Viruses • Spam • Threat • Detection • Writers • Virus

  • Protecting small and growing businesses

    Although direct viral attacks via email are declining, collaboration between virus writers and spammers is resulting in more effective and targeted delivery of malware. Viruses and other security threats have developed into sophisticated tools in…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Viruses • Malware • Small Business • Threats • Sophos • Virus

  • Free Practical Do's and Don'ts Guide to Spam

    Spammers have many ways of collecting and identifying email addresses – from harvesting them and buying them, to launching dictionary style attacks. It may never be possible to hide from the spammers completely, but read these free tips that every…
    19 April 2007
    Tags: Relationship • Protect • Spammers • Spam • Launching • Inbox

  • Save Yourself from Eternal Spamnation

    This paper seeks to provide everything you need to know about spam – its various types, origins, mechanisms and problems, as well as information about spammers tricks and an update on the legal issues involved.
    19 March 2007
    Tags: Spammers • Spam • Growth • Wonder • Paul • Junk

  • Image spam

    The following sections contain actual image spam messages analyzed by Secure Computing, and an examination of some of the techniques used by spammers to fool anti-spam software. Spammers have long attempted to bypass anti-spam software by…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Image • Messages • Spam • Signatures • Images • Detect

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