Mark Sunner
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Spammers tap Google's Picasa, Adobe Flash
News New techniques such as using images hosted by Picasa Web Albums and Flash-based site redirection showed up in August, new security report shows.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Security Management, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Security, Google Inc., Google Picasa, Spammer, Mark Sunner
Expert: Spam flood imminent
Insight New spammer scheme uses ISPs to get around blacklists, leading one expert to say it's the beginning of an "e-mail meltdown."
Tags: Spam and phishing
Botnets could 'eat' the Net
News Vast networks of compromised PCs are reported to be growing at an alarming rate, in terms of their potential, and could spread like a pandemic, says Vint Cerf.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
Google Sites exploited to bypass spam filters
News Junk e-mailers are using Google Sites to create Web pages that can help spam get around corporate filters, according to MessageLabs.
Tags: Security, Spam and phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Google Inc., Spam, Mark Sunner, Anti-spam, CAPTCHA, Google Page Creator, malicious web site
Should you outsource your antivirus/antispam systems?
Insight Most businesses—especially at the enterprise level—run their own antivirus and antispam (AV/AS) systems. Another option—outsourcing AV/AS efforts—is being looked at very closely.
SirCam clogs mailboxes, spreads secrets
News The SirCam worm continued to gain momentum Monday, carrying with it the potential not only to slow corporate e-mail servers but also to send along company secrets.
SirCam worm spreading more secrets
News The fast-spreading virus hits corporate email with a double-whammy: It could be sending out company secrets as well as clogging up mail servers.
SirCam clogs mailboxes, spreads secrets
News The SirCam worm continued to gain momentum Monday, carrying with it the potential not only to slow corporate e-mail servers but also to send along company secrets.
Social networking 'addiction' aids phishing
News Information found on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook a "goldmine of data" for cyber criminals to exploit, according to security experts.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Privacy, Web 2.0
Sobig spawns a recipe for secret spam
News Now spreading worldwide, a new variant of the Sobig worm could allow spammers to use infected PCs to send bulk e-mail that can't be traced back to its source.
Sobig blamed for fourfold rise in spam
News The amount of spam email has increased by a factor of four during the past year, according to email-security company MessageLabs - and the Sobig virus is being blamed.
Top executives face personalized e-mail attacks
News MessageLabs reports a surge in malicious spam aimed at individuals in senior management positions--and their family members.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam
Bugbear.B's threat rating affirmed
News Antivirus companies warn PC users that a variant of the Bugbear virus is spreading across the Net, installing tools on infected computers that let intruders control the systems.
Latest Sobig email virus bites harder
News The latest variant of the Sobig virus continued to spread Thursday, underscoring how mass-mailing computer viruses can still be a nuisance.
ISPs: Sobig's the biggest virus so far
News As e-mail gateways get more bogged down with the virus's progeny, Internet service providers are declaring the program the fastest to date--and the cause of a huge epidemic.
