Spamfighting Bootcamp Week 5: The Last Line of Defense

March 7th, 2012 → 10:00 am @ Casper Manes

In this week’s training exercise, we are not going to talk about technology. We are not going to talk about the latest cloud service you can add to your email system, or some fancy filtering algorithm that you can tweak …

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Visa Cracking Down on Spammer-Friendly Banks

March 7th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Since the beginning of the year, Visa has been quietly applying pressure to banks that hold accounts belonging to spammers, particularly those who sell counterfeit goods. Reports of such spam are sent to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, an organization made up …

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A Glimpse at Nigerian 419 Spammers

March 1st, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Malcolm James

Spam comes in a multitude of forms: from pleas to enlarge one’s penis immediately, to ones that let you stock up on perfectly legal prescription meds (because there are no active ingredients) sans prescription; from urgent requests by banks with which …

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Spamfighting Bootcamp Week 4: A Well Regulated Militia

February 28th, 2012 → 8:30 am @ Casper Manes

People, welcome to the Spamfighting Army. I’m Sergeant Hulka. I’m your drill sergeant. Before we proceed any further, we gotta get something straight. When I tell you to jump, you’re gonna say, “How high?” And make no mistake. I don’t care …

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Spamfighting Bootcamp Week 3: Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!

February 24th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Casper Manes

I am Career Sergeant Zim. It is my responsibility to teach you recruits how to survive in one of the most hostile environments known to geeks.  Anytime you think I’m being too rough, anytime you think I’m being too tough, …

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Waledac is Back, Brings New Tools to the Fight

February 22nd, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Malcolm James

Two years ago, Microsoft took down a nasty botnet named Waledac in what was a pretty unprecedented move at the time. At the time, Microsoft teamed up with several other interested parties and went to U.S. Federal Court, securing a …

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Spamfighting Bootcamp Week 2: Beware of Friendly Fire

February 16th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Casper Manes

My name’s Gunnery Sergeant Highway and I’ve drunk more coffee and purged more junk and filtered more spam and stomped more phishers than most of you could imagine. My job today is to educate you on the actions you can …

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Canadian Anti-Spam Law: High Time or Orwellian Nightmare?

February 14th, 2012 → 9:00 am @ Malcolm James

In a year that’s already shaping up to be the proving ground for new – and troubling, some might say – legislation on free speech and intellectual property infringement, it’s appropriate, perhaps, that the Canadian Anti-Spam Law of 2010 poises …

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Hotmail Contest Pits Webmail Providers Against Each Other In Spam Battle

February 13th, 2012 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Hotmail has more than earned its reputation for being  a spam trap. For years huge amounts of spam were sent and received by hotmail.com accounts. However, to their credit they have been making a real effort to change that. They are …

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Phishing Attacks Hitting Government Contractors

February 9th, 2012 → 10:00 am @ Sue Walsh

A recent report has revealed that government contractors have been the victims of a series of phishing attacks. The attacks, which were first detected in 2009 and haven’t let up, pump out spam that turns out to be fake invites to …

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