http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/939/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/75388/spam-spoofs-e-mail-client Summer appears to be the time of year when spammers get creative. http://www.itworld.com/security/75388/spam-spoofs-e-mail-client#comments Internet Security News spam spammers summer Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:38:39 -0400 CaraGarretson 75388 at http://www.itworld.com 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/61462/soho-businesses-beware-419-scam 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. http://www.itworld.com/security/61462/soho-businesses-beware-419-scam#comments Security Feature business spam email security security spammers Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:01:21 -0500 gzammit 61462 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/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/57986/study-shows-phishers-don-t-really-catch-much Researchers at Microsoft have discovered that most phishing scams bring in little to no money. Their study blames this on the oversaturation factor. http://www.itworld.com/security/57986/study-shows-phishers-don-t-really-catch-much#comments Security News hackers phishers phishing spammers spamming Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:34:43 -0500 gzammit 57986 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