Russian Spammer May Accept Plea Deal

April 6th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  The man behind the infamous Mega-D botnet is looking for a plea deal. Alleged “Spam King”, Oleg Nikolaenko was arrested in November of 2010 and pled not guilty last week. Federal prosecutors are looking for a 10 year prison sentence …

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Spamfighting Bootcamp Week 9: Good To Go

April 5th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Casper Manes

Well good morning recruits. Recruits? No, that’s not right. You’re not recruits anymore. You’re lean, mean, spamfighting machines! For the past nine weeks you’ve been trained, educated, molded, and formed. You now have the knowledge, the skills, mental skills, and intestinal …

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Tibetan Activist Organisations Pummled By Spear Phishing Attacks

April 4th, 2012 → 8:20 am @ Sue Walsh

Several Tibetan activist organizations have been pummeled by spear phishing attacks. Security researchers have traced the origin of the attacks to China, which is not surprising. Tibet has been fighting for it’s independence from China for decades. The attacks arrived looking …

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An Easy Solution to Your Spam Problem… Kill All the Users?

April 3rd, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Malcolm James

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” – Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene II. One of the few memorable lines from Shakespeare’s three part cycle recounting the history of Henry VI; Dick the butcher uttered …

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Why Spam Is Still a Real Threat

April 2nd, 2012 → 8:22 am @ Jeff Orloff

According to a recent survey* of IT decision makers, the dangers associated with spam are just as big a concern as ever before. Some of the numbers spell this out rather clearly, despite what other studies claim: Almost three quarters …

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March Spam Roundup

March 30th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Here’s a look at the top spam headlines for March: Commercial Spam Filters Getting Worse, Not Better: http://www.infoworld.com/t/anti-spam/report-spam-filters-are-getting-worse-189250 Canadian Businesses Worried About Anti-Spam Legislation: http://business.financialpost.com/2012/03/21/anti-spam-legislation-worries-businesses FCC Posts Voluntary Code of Conduct for ISPs In Bid to Fight Spam Spewing Botnets: …

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Spamfighting Bootcamp Week 8: Forward Operations

March 29th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Casper Manes

Out there, beyond that firewall, every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes. We have an indigenous population of humanoids called spammers. They’re fond of emails full …

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IBM X-Force Report: Spam on Decline, Don’t Start Celebrating Just Yet

March 28th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Malcolm James

Spring is in the air! You can tell, without need of a calendar, that old man Winter has wheezed out his last stale breath of frigid air. The ground begins to thaw and grass, the guiltless victim of months of …

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Are Spam Filters really that Bad?

March 27th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Jeff Orloff

The March 2012 report from Virus Bulletin doesn’t speak to highly of commercial spam filters. After a test of different email filtering solutions available for corporate users, the test director, Martijn Grooten had this to say: “This is a worrying …

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DHL Brandjacked in New Malicious Spam Campaign

March 26th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  A new spam campaign is using fake DHL tracking notifications to deliver malware. The emails inform the recipient of a shipment that’s on the way to them and to check the attachment for details. In this zip file, there are two …

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