April Spam Roundup

April 27th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

Here’s a look at the top spam headlines for April. As usual, new spam and phishing attacks are being unleashed almost daily. New Phishing Campaign Targets Military Members: http://www.spamfighter.com/News-17663-Fresh-Phishing-Campaign-Involving-Spoofed-E-mails-to-Military-Members.htm UCLA Hit With Spam Attack for Fake Social Network: http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/it-neutralizes-email-scam-for-232340.aspx Street …

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Show Me the Money: The Economic Realities of Spam

April 24th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Malcolm James

We all know it and we all hate it. Some of us scream and kick and some of us mutter epithets under our breath. We spend inordinate amounts of time managing it and scads of money on spam filters in …

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India Tops the Spam Dirty Dozen List

April 23rd, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  According to a new study by Sophos on spam volumes over the first quarter of 2012, India is now the king of spam. One out of every 10 emails sent originates from India-based IP addresses. This time last year, the United …

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New Spam Campaign Features Fake AT&T Bills

April 20th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  AT&T Wireless is being brandjacked by spammers in a new phishing campaign. The messages are made to look like billing notifications from the cellular provider, and tell the recipient they have a balance due of $1000 or more. They …

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Gmail Is Winning the War on Spam

April 18th, 2012 → 9:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  Back in February, Microsoft hosted a competition to see which web-based email service had the best spam filtering technology. Surprisingly, their own Hotmail service, which struggled with a poor reputation for years as spammers flocked to it, came in first, …

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A Look At Spam’s Numbers

April 17th, 2012 → 9:21 am @ Jeff Orloff

Stopping spam is no easy task, but it is absolutely necessary. Not only is spam responsible for countless hours of lost, unproductive time but it has become one of the primary means cybercriminals use to deliver malware to their victims. …

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A Look At Spam’s Numbers

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So Cute! So Devious!

April 16th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Malcolm James

It’s been common knowledge for some time now that spammers have not gone away, no matter how much numbers have declined since the unceremonious nuking of the likes of Rustock. If we’ve noticed any trend worth reporting, it’s that spammers, …

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Spam Still Struggling to Recover from Rustock Takedown

April 12th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  Just over a year ago, a team of Microsoft security researchers and U.S. Marshalls did what some considered impossible. They took down Rustock, one of the largest botnets ever. At it’s peak it controlled over a million infected machines …

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Confused by Spam Reports? You Should Be.

April 11th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Malcolm James

Think you know spam? Think again. A bevvy of reports, all from valid and seemingly unimpeachable sources, have sprung up over the last year discussing the state of email spam, and – surprise, surprise – no two reports seem to …

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US Airways Brandjacked by Zeus Spammers

April 10th, 2012 → 7:00 am @ Sue Walsh

  Security researchers have discovered a new spam campaign that brandjacks US Airways. The messages look like official notifications from the airline and contain subject lines such as “Reservation Confirmation” and “Check-In Online”. They contain flight numbers, departure time and …

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