Spam Filtering
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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, greenhouse gas, spam message, e-mail spam, e-mail, spam filtering
Spam techniques now 'triple threat'
News Spammers are combining their circumvention techniques to increase the efficacy of attacks, according to security company Symantec.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Security implementation/standards, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Domain, Spam, Spammer, social networking, Symantec Corp.
Budget tools for mobile phone security
News ZDNet Asia explores some tools to help keep mobile phone users' data secure, for situations ranging from virus scanning to Web surfing and misplacing the devices.
Tags: Mobile, Security Management, Security, Cell Phone, Tool, Symbian Inc., phone, Symantec Corp., handset, Web Site
A practical example of why HTML e-mail is a bad idea
Techguide Viewing e-mail messages without rendering HTML formatted content can be a simple, easy, and effective security technique.
Tags: E-mail servers, Network security, Security Management, Phishing, Microsoft Corp., PayPal, Domain Name, CompTIA, e-Mail Message, font
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., security provider, Spam
Flaw turns Gmail into spamming machine
News A "serious security flaw" in Gmail allows spammers to send thousands of bulk e-mail messages through Google's SMTP service, according to a recent report.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Data security, Security, Google Inc., Internet Access, Spamming, Information Security, Flaw, e-mail, spam filtering
Spam filter helps fight cyber bullying
News Brunel University based in west of London, has adapted its spam filter to help fight e-mail bullying, in addition to getting rid of spam messages.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Spam
MS Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition - Complete package - 1 server, 5 clients - STD - CD/DVD
Product Reviews MS Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition - Complete package - 1 server, 5 clients - STD - CD/DVD
Tags: Small Business, DVD, Wizard, Server, network, Microsoft Windows, value-added reseller, Microsoft Outlook, firewall, CD
Developers launch anti-Phorm 'noise' tool
News A privacy group has launched an anti-targeted-advert tool in the shape of AntiPhormLite.
Tags: Internet advertising, Spam filtering, Web services, Tool, Developer, Advertisement, Mozilla Firefox, Internet User, Privacy Advocacy Group, Web browser plug-in
Facebook awarded US$873M in spam case
News In largest judgment in history of the U.S. Can-Spam Act, Canadian man is ordered to pay the company US$873 million for allegedly spamming Facebook users.
Tags: Spam filtering, Lawsuits, MySpace, spam message, Anti-spam, social networking, e-mail, Facebook, CAN-SPAM Act, marketing
Spam: You just can't win
News No real solutions arise at the Information Security Best Practices conference at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tags: Spam, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Regulations, Tool, social engineering, Comcast Corp., e-mail, CAN-SPAM Act, Internet Service Provider
Google image search gets usage rights filtering
News Google updates its image search to let users filter by images they can reuse and repurpose, which may keep the search giant from getting into hot water with content creators.
Tags: Copyright, Spam filtering, Regulations, Data Management, Creative Commons, Google Inc., Tool, Wikipedia, photograph, image search
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
Phishers ride on financial crisis theme
News Spam e-mail exploiting the downturn in the economy have pushed phishing attacks to double in the last month, posing as financial institutions.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Hong Kong, Search Engine, e-Mail Message, e-mail, virus
Inexpensive ways to keep e-mail clean
News Technology vendors suggest some low-cost ways small and midsize businesses on a budget can keep e-mail threat-free, and what companies should look out for.
Tags: E-mail servers, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, IT budgeting, Security, Outsourcing, Norton Co., MessageLabs Ltd., e-mail security, Ironport Systems Inc.
