E Mail Spam
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Report: Conficker in attack mode
News Security expert says the worm now installs Waledac on machines, sending out e-mail spam without the computer owner's knowledge, news agency reports.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Malware, Xinhua News Agency, Antivirus Software, Worm, Trend Micro Inc., Waledac, computer
Spam's carbon footprint: 1 e-mail like driving 3 feet
News Report finds energy used annually to delete spam and rescue legitimate e-mail is equal to greenhouse gas emissions from 3.1 million cars.
Tags: Spam filtering, Spam and phishing, Spam, greenhouse gas emission, Carbon Footprint, e-mail spam, greenhouse gas, e-mail, spam filtering, spam message
S'pore spam rate crosses global average
News Country's spam levels surpassed the global rate of 89.4 percent in July, after dipping below earlier in April, according to MessageLabs' latest security report.
Tags: Spam filtering, Spam and phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Singapore, social networking, spam message, Symantec Corp., Germany, Web Address
Spam volume down in September
News MessageLabs cites demise of one ISP and finds that the peak time of day for sexually explicit spam falls around the noon hour.
Tags: Spam and phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Security, e-mail spam, Server, security company, Internet Service Provider, Internet, blog, service provider
O'Reilly: Web is at war, and it's making me sad
News In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the "punditocracy" by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Checkout, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly
MessageLabs: Short URLs in e-mail spam spikes
News E-mail spam that includes truncated Web addresses sees a dramatic increase, MessageLabs says.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Security applications/tools, Domain names, Spam filtering, Twitter, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Social Media
Malware boosting rise of cybercriminals
Insight perspective Internet users worldwide make 100 million visits to malicious URLs each month, marking "Web security pandemic", says MessageLabs executive.
Tags: Security, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Victim, Site, Domain, Search Engine, COM, computer, Advertisement
Hackers shy away from DDoS attacks
News Declining profitability and the risk of identification are causing a decline in distributed denial-of-service attacks, according to Symantec.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
Windows cursor patch causing trouble
News Applying Microsoft's fix for a "critical" Windows flaw can cause trouble with audio and networking software on some PCs.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Windows
New wave spammers prepping YouTube, MySpace attack
News E-mail security company MessageLabs warns that spammers are modifying their tactics to send audio rather than text attachments in unsolicited mail.
Tags: E-mail servers, E-mail clients, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering
S'pore antispam bill gets the nod
News Country's Spam Control Bill is finally passed in parliament, effecting changes that include requiring marketers to label unsolicited e-mail and SMS messages.
Tags: Spam filtering, Spam
Consortium forms IM threat center
News Spearheaded by IMlogic, the center is the first dedicated to protecting users of instant-messaging and peer-to-peer applications.
Tags: Peer to peer
Cybercrooks add Windows flaw to arsenal
News Days after sample attack code for a yet-to-be-patched flaw surfaced, malicious sites are popping up that exploit the hole.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows
UK sees sharp rise in spam
News Recent figures show spam has quadrupled over the past three months, with increased broadband availability blamed as the primary cause.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Security, Spam, E-mail Message, Anti-spam, Internet User, e-mail, software, U.K., bank
Spam races to the Olympics
News Expect more incidents of online scams and fraud connected to next month's Beijing 2008, as well as spam targeted at mobile devices, Symantec says.
Tags: Spam, Spam and phishing, Security, Mobile, Sophos Plc., Bitdefender, Stock, Japan, e-mail, Symantec Corp.
