http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1213/all xx http://www.itworld.com/legal/69241/accused-facebook-spammer-could-face-jail-time An alleged spammer could face jail time in connection with a Facebook lawsuit after a judge referred him to the U.S. Attorney General's Office for criminal proceedings. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69241/accused-facebook-spammer-could-face-jail-time#comments Legal News antispam Facebook Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:58:28 -0400 ITworld staff 69241 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/63671/security-vendor-dr-web-combines-mobile-desktop-av Russian security company Dr. Web is offering its latest security product for Windows Mobile free to subscribers of its Enterprise Suite 4.4 product. http://www.itworld.com/security/63671/security-vendor-dr-web-combines-mobile-desktop-av#comments Mobile & wireless Security News anitvirus antispam CeBIT Windows Mobile Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:07:08 -0500 ITworld staff 63671 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/62898/bot-busts-newest-hotmail-captcha Spammers have cracked Microsoft's latest defense against abuse of its Live Hotmail e-mail service using a sophisticated network of hacked computers that receive encrypted instructions from a central server, a security company has reported. http://www.itworld.com/security/62898/bot-busts-newest-hotmail-captcha#comments Security News antispam CAPTCHA Microsoft Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:36:19 -0500 ITworld staff 62898 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/61126/yahoo-mail-gets-antispam-boost Yahoo has taken new steps to sharpen its Webmail service's antispam capabilities, including the adoption of two commercial technologies and the testing of an open-source system, the company said Tuesday. http://www.itworld.com/internet/61126/yahoo-mail-gets-antispam-boost#comments Internet Open Source Security News Yahoo antispam Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:04:00 -0500 ITworld staff 61126 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/60928/att-accused-spamming-its-own-customers 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/60928/att-accused-spamming-its-own-customers#comments Security News antispam AT&T phishing scam spam spammers Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:33:36 -0500 gzammit 60928 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/59865/managing-spam-quarantine-exchange-server-2007 Exchange Server 2007 includes anti-spam functionality that provides the capability to quarantine suspected spam that is received from the internet. Quarantining spam is generally done only for email with a moderate likelihood of being spam as opposed to email that has a very high likelihood of being spam which would normally be rejected entirely. http://www.itworld.com/security/59865/managing-spam-quarantine-exchange-server-2007#comments Security How-to antispam exchange server spam protection spam quarantine Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:15:50 -0500 gzammit 59865 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/58475/bayesian-spam-filtering Bayesian filtering is one of the most effective and intelligent solutions to combat spam email nowadays. Spam is a problem faced by all email users and it shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon; in fact, the number of spam emails is increasing daily. http://www.itworld.com/security/58475/bayesian-spam-filtering#comments Security Feature anti spam antispam bayesian filtering spam spam filtering Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:46:40 -0500 gzammit 58475 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/56133/will-real-spam-king-please-stand As more and more spammers are arrested, prosecuted, and sued under state and federal antispam statutes, there's one thing you can count on: Someone somewhere will invariably call the targeted spammer a "spam king." But who truly deserves the title of King? Read on to find out. http://www.itworld.com/security/56133/will-real-spam-king-please-stand#comments Security Feature antispam spam king Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:42:58 -0400 ITworld staff 56133 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/55009/court-overturns-virginia-spam-law-conviction The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a state antispam law and the 2004 conviction of long-time spammer Jeremy Jaynes, saying the law is an overly broad prohibition on anonymous free speech. http://www.itworld.com/legal/55009/court-overturns-virginia-spam-law-conviction#comments Legal Security News antispam spam Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:36:09 -0400 ITworld staff 55009 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tip/54087/8-ways-fight-spam-filter-frustration On both the sending and the receiving end, minimizing spam false positives is critical for your organization. Here are some steps you can take to make sure 'good' email gets through. http://www.itworld.com/tip/54087/8-ways-fight-spam-filter-frustration#comments Endpoint security Tip antispam email filtering spam Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:02:18 -0400 ITworld staff 54087 at http://www.itworld.com