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  • Spam peaked in August 2010

    Posted December 8, 2010 - 2:08 pm

    August was the peak month for spam during 2010, says Symantec.
  • Spam spoofs e-mail client

    Posted August 24, 2009 - 7:38 am

    Summer appears to be the time of year when spammers get creative.
  • Canada lacks anti-spam legislation, plays catch-up

    Posted March 10, 2009 - 6:30 am

    Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Which of these G8 countries is the odd one out? Well, I suppose that each of them is in some way, but Canada is unique among the G8 nations for not having any form of anti-spam legislation. Surprising, eh?
  • The last line of defense against spam

    Posted February 2, 2009 - 4:47 am

    Many organisations that implement an email anti-spam solution will apply a multi-layered approach. They will implement a system that includes content filtering, IP block lists, quarantine of suspected spam items, Bayesian detection, and other important features.
  • SOHO businesses beware of 419 scam

    Posted January 27, 2009 - 10:01 am

    Spam comes in all shapes and sizes. Besides the traditional email spam, spammers target forums, blogs, and now, for the first time I’ve seen them targeting Web 2.0 B2B sites with a variation of the old Nigerian 419 scam, this one involving advanced fee fraud. Small businesses and one-man shops should take note and beware of this activity.
  • AT&T accused of spamming its own customers

    Posted January 16, 2009 - 4:33 am

    AT&T appears to have made a monumental blunder. Over the past week they sent text messages to most of their customers. The messages were ads for American Idol, and urged customers to watch the season premiere. The backlash has been considerable as angry users accused the company of spamming them. Many used Twitter to express their annoyance.
  • Is Canada a Spam Haven?

    Posted December 11, 2008 - 9:46 am

    The spammer that Facebook won a landmark $873 million settlement against last month operated out of Canada, leading to criticism of the country’s lax anti-spam regulations. They did attempt to address the problem of spam in 2004 when they formed the National Task Force on Spam.
  • How well do you know your spam?

    Posted December 11, 2008 - 9:43 am

    Here are some tidbits to share as ongoing education for your email user community.
  • How to decode Spam Headers

    Posted December 4, 2008 - 10:42 am

    Spammers know that they can be tracked through the “Received:” lines in the headers. Therefore, they often attempt to obfuscate the headers to confuse matters. Although “Received:” headers can also be forged, it is somewhat more difficult than simply forging the return address.
  • Study Shows Phishers Don’t Really Catch Much

    Posted November 18, 2008 - 3:34 am

    Researchers at Microsoft have discovered that most phishing scams bring in little to no money. Their study blames this on the oversaturation factor.
  • Source of 75% of sent spam forced offline

    Posted November 13, 2008 - 4:31 am

    A web hosting company allegedly responsible for at least 75% of the daily spam volume worldwide has been forced offline, thanks to evidence gathered by security experts. McColo Corp, based in California, had its service terminated by its ISP, Hurricane Electric earlier today.
  • Educate yourselves about phishing and how to avoid it

    Posted November 10, 2008 - 10:53 am

    The Anti Phishing Work Group’s Internet Policy Committee (APWG-IPC) and Carnegie Mellon University’s Supporting Trust Decisions Project (STDP) have joined forces to educate consumers about phishing and established the AWPG/CMU Phishing Education Landing Page program.
  • ICANN Lowers Boom On EstDomains

    Posted October 30, 2008 - 10:55 am

    ICANN, the organization charged with overseeing the address system of the internet, has revoked the right of notorious registrar EstDomains to sell domain names. EstDomains is known as a registrar that caters to phishers, spammers, and other cybercriminals. ICANN handed down its decision after the company’s president was convicted of fraud.
  • Malicious Spam On The Rise

    Posted October 28, 2008 - 11:03 am

    The reports are in and the news is not good. Malicious spam rose sharply in the third quarter. From July to September 2008, one in every 416 emails was malicious spam - compared to one in every 3,333 emails in the second quarter of the year. The rise is blamed on several large attacks such as the “Penguin Panic” attack.
  • How do email addresses end up on spam lists?

    Posted October 27, 2008 - 5:48 am

    Every day, millions of people receive dozens of unsolicited commercial emails, known popularly as “spam.” Some users see spam as a minor annoyance, while others are so overwhelmed with spam that they are forced to switch email addresses.
  • Spammer Hiding Techniques

    Posted October 23, 2008 - 3:18 am

    Escaping: This technique uses legal URL formatting to hide the address. Escaping encodes the URL with a percent sign followed by a hexidecimal code. An escaped URL can look like “http://%2E%2E%2E%48%20%18%32%2F%48…”. You can easily decode this by copying it into the location bar of your browser and hitting return.
  • Continuing Spam Legislation

    Posted October 22, 2008 - 3:20 am

    One of the main issues with the original development of email is that it was never designed to be secure. The focus of email was mainly to be functional and easy to use. Today these core functions, which made the invention of email successful, are now the root cause of the problem. Spammers can send millions of messages for a minimal cost.
  • Airlines Latest to Be Exploited By Spammers

    Posted October 22, 2008 - 3:08 am

    Continental Airlines is the latest company to be exploited by scammers. A new wave of spam claiming to be from the airline attempts to trick the recipient into downloading malware. The messages come with an attachment that look like ticket invoices and boarding passes and thank the recipient for buying their tickets online.
  • FBI Ran a Forum for Phishers, Spammers and Hackers.

    Posted October 17, 2008 - 5:05 am

    While criminals thought it was based in Eastern Europe, the Internet’s top English-speaking cybercrime forum was secretly run by the FBI from this building on the banks of the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. Photo: John Monroe Butler/ Wired.com
  • Spam business is booming despite legislation

    Posted October 16, 2008 - 5:26 am

    Ferris Research recently predicted that there would be 40 trillion spam messages sent this year. It would seem then, that we have a continuing problem on our hands, especially since spam has morphed from simple, but annoying, advertisements to Trojan horses and links to malware-infected web sites. The focus of spam has changed.
  • Spammers Exploiting Windows Security Alerts To Deliver Malware

    Posted October 16, 2008 - 5:23 am

    A new wave of malicious spam is using fake Windows security alerts to deliver its payload. According to Microsoft, the emails claim the alerts are part of a new, experimental and private version of an update for all Microsoft Windows OS users.
  • An Educated Email User is a Spammer’s Nightmare

    Posted October 13, 2008 - 6:02 am

    So you have taken the time to research, select and install a world class anti spam solution, such as GFI MailEssentials. And 80,000 satisfied customers say it’s the best. To enhance this solution consider implementing a continuous “anti spam” education program in your company.
  • Political Votes Increase Spam

    Posted October 13, 2008 - 5:55 am

    In the United States the John McCain and Barack Obama presidential campaigns are not the only events cranking up into full swing. With vice presidential running mates now selected, there are recent warnings about political email and blog spam increasing.
  • Two of the World’s Largest Botnets May Be Connected

    Posted October 13, 2008 - 5:29 am

    Rustock and Srizbi, two of the world’s biggest spam botnets, may be connected. Researchers have discovered that the two botnets share the same malware delivery method, a Trojan called Trojan.Exchange, which is activated when unsuspecting users click on malicious links in spam messages.
  • Spam Mistake Blamed for Lawsuit Dismissal

    Posted October 13, 2008 - 5:23 am

    John J. Moser, Of The Morning Call, reports a Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed a woman’s lawsuit. The suit claims East Penn Township, PA police used excessive force. The judge’s dismissla of the law suit said her attorney ignored a dismissal motion and the judge’s order to respond to it.
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