http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1965/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/63968/canada-plays-catch-maybe 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? http://www.itworld.com/security/63968/canada-plays-catch-maybe#comments IT management/strategy Security Feature anti spam anti spam legislation spam spammers Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:30:37 -0400 gzammit 63968 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/61827/last-line-defense-against-spam 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/61827/last-line-defense-against-spam#comments Security Feature anti spam fighting spam spammers Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:47:00 -0500 gzammit 61827 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/60409/google-spam-enabler According to the most recent statistics from Spamhaus, Google ranks as number three in the ten worst spam service ISPs. Spamhaus keeps a running list of the world’s worst spam problem networks. http://www.itworld.com/security/60409/google-spam-enabler#comments Security Feature anti spam Google spam Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:04:22 -0500 gzammit 60409 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/59125/canada-spam-haven 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/59125/canada-spam-haven#comments Security Feature anti spam fighting spam spam spammers Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:46:22 -0500 gzammit 59125 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/59123/how-well-do-you-know-your-spam Here are some tidbits to share as ongoing education for your email user community. http://www.itworld.com/security/59123/how-well-do-you-know-your-spam#comments Security Feature anti spam email security spam spammers Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:43:21 -0500 gzammit 59123 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/58773/how-decode-spam-headers 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/58773/how-decode-spam-headers#comments Security Feature anti spam email security fighting spam spammers Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:42:50 -0500 gzammit 58773 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/57818/classmatescom-sued-over-deceptive-emails Ars Technica is reporting that a customer of Classmates.com, a people finding and social networking service, is suing them for sending deceptive emails that trick people into signing up for their paid service. Read the rest of this entry>> http://www.itworld.com/security/57818/classmatescom-sued-over-deceptive-emails#comments Security News anti spam email security phishing Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:47:23 -0500 gzammit 57818 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/57759/flipside-spam-protection-keeping-your-business-out-blacklists We do pay a lot of attention to filtering out spam, and rightly so. The vast majority of all email traffic is spam, and while some of it is merely annoying, some also contains dangerous malware in the form of attachments, or links to malicious web sites. It drains bandwidth and saps productivity. http://www.itworld.com/security/57759/flipside-spam-protection-keeping-your-business-out-blacklists#comments Security How-to anti spam blacklists email security spam Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:43:01 -0500 jdarmanin 57759 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/57756/source-75-sent-spam-forced-offline 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/57756/source-75-sent-spam-forced-offline#comments Security News anti spam spam spam news spammers Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:31:31 -0500 gzammit 57756 at http://www.itworld.com