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Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam 26/03/08 Symantec

Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. This white paper focuses on the problems caused by image spam, as well as other spammer techniques for delivering content through existing spam-blocking defenses. The paper also discusses Symantec’s approach to solving the problem of image spam, botnets and other threats. sponsored by

Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam 2008-03-01 12:24:44 Symantec

Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. This white paper focuses on the problems caused by image spam, as well as other spammer techniques for delivering content through existing spam-blocking defenses. The paper also discusses Symantec’s approach to solving the problem of image spam, botnets and other threats.

The E-mail Management Crisis: New Research on the Seven Critical E-mail Management Problems 0000-00-00 MessageOne

With e-mail message stores growing at a rate of more than 30 percent per year and the sheer volume of e-mail expected to reach 120 billion messages by 2009, enterprise storage is entering a state of crisis. Most impacted by this crisis will be those organizations whose storage systems can't meet their increasingly stringent requirements for:

Performance

Security

Disaster recovery

Regulatory compliance

Legal discovery

Download this white paper to learn how you can tackle the problems associated with bulging e-mail stores and to find out what to consider when evaluating e-mail archiving systems.

Webcast: Win the Battle Against Image-Based Spam 2007-01-13 01:00:33 MessageOne

As spammers are evolving and becoming more aggressive, enterprises are seeing a huge increase in spam, especially image-based spam. In fact image-based spam represents a whole collection of new tricks and challenges. And, the overall volume of spam has increased causing outages and excessive delays. Enterprises are looking for a way to make spam filtering as effective as possible while reducing the cost and management overhead of the solutions.

This on-demand web seminar answers the following critical questions:

What are the latest spam trends?

What is the Messaging Security Paradox?

What is image spam?

Why is it important now?

What are the types of image-based spam?

What are the latest techniques and technologies used to combat image spam?

You'll also learn how MessageOne and Proofpoint work together to provide best-in-class protection against spam, viruses and unwanted content through MessageOne's EMS Email Security. EMS is the only managed service built upon Proofpoint's award-winning MLX technology and fully integrated with Microsoft Exchange® and Active Directory.

Osterman Research: A Comparison of Leading Messaging Management Tools 2006-12-14 19:21:43 Sunbelt Software

To understand organizations' perceptions about various email management systems, Sunbelt Software engaged Osterman Research to survey organizations that are using five different email management systems including Barracuda Spam Firewall, GFI MailEssentials, McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange, and Symantec Brightmail. This white paper presents the results of that survey, comparing Sunbelt Software's Messaging Ninja with the other four systems. The tools were evaluated on these key criteria:

Anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-phishing, and attachment filtering capabilities

Improvements in spam capture efficiency
over time

Improvements in anti-spam false positive performance over time

Ease of use

Reliability

Person-hours spent on system deployment
(per 1,000 users)

Person-hours required for system management (per 1,000 users)

This paper is a must-read for any IT strategist or e-mail administrator who's actively researching messaging management tools for a mid-market enterprise.

Phishing Attacks in and Around April Through September 2006 2006-12-16 01:00:21 Symantec

This paper describes phishing trends from April 2006 through September 2006 inclusive. The aim is to perform the kind of careful analysis done in the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, but with a focus on phishing. The authors looked at data that originated from both the Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam and Norton Confidential systems. They were specifically interested in the overall magnitude of phishing, the geographic breakdowns of phishing servers, and the segmentation of brands spoofed in a phishing attack. This paper details the statistics computed, the methodology used to derive these statistics and the limitations of the methodology.

TechNet Webcast: Protecting Your Exchange Server 2007 Network From Viruses and Spam (Level 300) 2006-11-24 01:00:19 Microsoft

This webcast focuses on the powerful new agent-based messaging hygiene features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. In a standard configuration, Exchange Server 2007 provides a person with a competitive antispam solution that is composed of multiple filters, with frequent updates and a built-in IP reputation system. Of interest to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are enhancements to antivirus technology in Exchange Server, such as store scanning and mechanisms for reliable and efficient transport scanning. This webcast includes demonstrations of some of the most powerful and desirable new features in Exchange Server 2007.

Junk Mail and Spammers Meet Their Match in Outlook 2006-11-24 01:00:19 Microsoft

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is serious about protecting the user's privacy - and the Inbox. The new Junk E-mail Filter can block the punches that annoying spammers try to deliver to the Inbox each day. The user control the level of protection the filter provides. And if an important message accidentally gets trapped by the filter, no need to worry, the user can rescue it and give its sender a pass to the Inbox. In addition to the Junk E-mail Filter, Outlook 2003 can also anticipate trouble before it happens. This webcast shows how it prevents pictures on the Internet from downloading within a message and giving too much information away to the sender.

Technology Consultancy Avoids Spam and Viruses With Layered E-mail Security Solution 2006-11-08 01:00:18 Microsoft

Perot Systems provides technology consulting solutions and services to companies worldwide. With the rise in spam and e-mail viruses, Perot sought an effective way to safeguard its own - and its customers' - messaging systems. Perot turned to Microsoft Antigen for Exchange for assistance in protecting company e-mail against viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content. This server-based antivirus solution integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows-based Simple Mail Transfer Protocol gateway servers, bringing together the power of multiple scan engines from the world's best antivirus labs. Content filtering technologies help maintain compliance with corporate policies and help eliminate inappropriate language and dangerous attachments from communications.

What Email Hackers Know That You Don't 2007-02-22 03:24:57 Secure Computing

This document outlines how hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in e-mail systems, and describes the widely available hacking tools they use. As a collection of already published risks to e-mail security, this white paper is written to educate IT security managers on the challenges they face when attempting to secure their email infrastructure.

Targeted Attacks: A Special Report 2006-11-02 07:20:17 Trend Micro

This story of a real-life attack illustrates that it's a lot easier than most people realize for a determined attacker to wreak havoc, especially when the targeted systems aren't fully prepared.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam	26/03/08	Symantec
Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. This white paper focuses on the problems caused by image spam, as well as other spammer techniques for delivering content through existing spam-blocking defenses. The paper also discusses Symantec’s approach to solving the problem of image spam, botnets and other threats.		sponsored by
Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam	2008-03-01 12:24:44	Symantec
Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. This white paper focuses on the problems caused by image spam, as well as other spammer techniques for delivering content through existing spam-blocking defenses. The paper also discusses Symantec’s approach to solving the problem of image spam, botnets and other threats.
The E-mail Management Crisis: New Research on the Seven Critical E-mail Management Problems	0000-00-00	MessageOne
With e-mail message stores growing at a rate of more than 30 percent per year and the sheer volume of e-mail expected to reach 120 billion messages by 2009, enterprise storage is entering a state of crisis. Most impacted by this crisis will be those organizations whose storage systems can't meet their increasingly stringent requirements for: Performance Security Disaster recovery Regulatory compliance Legal discovery Download this white paper to learn how you can tackle the problems associated with bulging e-mail stores and to find out what to consider when evaluating e-mail archiving systems.
Webcast: Win the Battle Against Image-Based Spam	2007-01-13 01:00:33	MessageOne
As spammers are evolving and becoming more aggressive, enterprises are seeing a huge increase in spam, especially image-based spam. In fact image-based spam represents a whole collection of new tricks and challenges. And, the overall volume of spam has increased causing outages and excessive delays. Enterprises are looking for a way to make spam filtering as effective as possible while reducing the cost and management overhead of the solutions. This on-demand web seminar answers the following critical questions: What are the latest spam trends? What is the Messaging Security Paradox? What is image spam? Why is it important now? What are the types of image-based spam? What are the latest techniques and technologies used to combat image spam? You'll also learn how MessageOne and Proofpoint work together to provide best-in-class protection against spam, viruses and unwanted content through MessageOne's EMS Email Security. EMS is the only managed service built upon Proofpoint's award-winning MLX technology and fully integrated with Microsoft Exchange® and Active Directory.
Osterman Research: A Comparison of Leading Messaging Management Tools	2006-12-14 19:21:43	Sunbelt Software
To understand organizations' perceptions about various email management systems, Sunbelt Software engaged Osterman Research to survey organizations that are using five different email management systems including Barracuda Spam Firewall, GFI MailEssentials, McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange, and Symantec Brightmail. This white paper presents the results of that survey, comparing Sunbelt Software's Messaging Ninja with the other four systems. The tools were evaluated on these key criteria: Anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-phishing, and attachment filtering capabilities Improvements in spam capture efficiency over time Improvements in anti-spam false positive performance over time Ease of use Reliability Person-hours spent on system deployment (per 1,000 users) Person-hours required for system management (per 1,000 users) This paper is a must-read for any IT strategist or e-mail administrator who's actively researching messaging management tools for a mid-market enterprise.
Phishing Attacks in and Around April Through September 2006	2006-12-16 01:00:21	Symantec
This paper describes phishing trends from April 2006 through September 2006 inclusive. The aim is to perform the kind of careful analysis done in the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, but with a focus on phishing. The authors looked at data that originated from both the Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam and Norton Confidential systems. They were specifically interested in the overall magnitude of phishing, the geographic breakdowns of phishing servers, and the segmentation of brands spoofed in a phishing attack. This paper details the statistics computed, the methodology used to derive these statistics and the limitations of the methodology.
TechNet Webcast: Protecting Your Exchange Server 2007 Network From Viruses and Spam (Level 300)	2006-11-24 01:00:19	Microsoft
This webcast focuses on the powerful new agent-based messaging hygiene features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. In a standard configuration, Exchange Server 2007 provides a person with a competitive antispam solution that is composed of multiple filters, with frequent updates and a built-in IP reputation system. Of interest to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are enhancements to antivirus technology in Exchange Server, such as store scanning and mechanisms for reliable and efficient transport scanning. This webcast includes demonstrations of some of the most powerful and desirable new features in Exchange Server 2007.
Junk Mail and Spammers Meet Their Match in Outlook	2006-11-24 01:00:19	Microsoft
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is serious about protecting the user's privacy - and the Inbox. The new Junk E-mail Filter can block the punches that annoying spammers try to deliver to the Inbox each day. The user control the level of protection the filter provides. And if an important message accidentally gets trapped by the filter, no need to worry, the user can rescue it and give its sender a pass to the Inbox. In addition to the Junk E-mail Filter, Outlook 2003 can also anticipate trouble before it happens. This webcast shows how it prevents pictures on the Internet from downloading within a message and giving too much information away to the sender.
Technology Consultancy Avoids Spam and Viruses With Layered E-mail Security Solution	2006-11-08 01:00:18	Microsoft
Perot Systems provides technology consulting solutions and services to companies worldwide. With the rise in spam and e-mail viruses, Perot sought an effective way to safeguard its own - and its customers' - messaging systems. Perot turned to Microsoft Antigen for Exchange for assistance in protecting company e-mail against viruses, worms, spam, and inappropriate content. This server-based antivirus solution integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows-based Simple Mail Transfer Protocol gateway servers, bringing together the power of multiple scan engines from the world's best antivirus labs. Content filtering technologies help maintain compliance with corporate policies and help eliminate inappropriate language and dangerous attachments from communications.
What Email Hackers Know That You Don't	2007-02-22 03:24:57	Secure Computing
This document outlines how hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in e-mail systems, and describes the widely available hacking tools they use. As a collection of already published risks to e-mail security, this white paper is written to educate IT security managers on the challenges they face when attempting to secure their email infrastructure.
Targeted Attacks: A Special Report	2006-11-02 07:20:17	Trend Micro
This story of a real-life attack illustrates that it's a lot easier than most people realize for a determined attacker to wreak havoc, especially when the targeted systems aren't fully prepared.

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