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Antispam group outlines defenses to block botnet spam

2008-06-26 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0be5c in Network World on Security
 
A major antispam organization is pushing a set of new best practices for ISPs (Internet service providers) to stop increasing volumes of spam from botnets
 
Tags: major antispam organization, internet service providers, spam, isps, stop, volumes, botnets, set, practices
 
 
 
 
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Off the wire: Pump-and-dump scam spam switches on video

2007-12-27 13:42:18 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
Uses video clips to shill stock and dodge antispam defenses
 
Tags: dodge antispam defenses, shill stock, video clips
 
 
 
 
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NatWest bank heads phishing league table in the U.K.

2008-01-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3a240 in Network World on Security
 
Antispam outfit ClearMyMail has published a league table of the U.K.'s most 'phished' brands, with the NatWest bank way out in front as the most targeted name
 
Tags: league table, antispam outfit clearmymail, bank, front, brands
 
 
 
 
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Spammers cloak scams by redirecting through Google services

2008-01-25 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b24df8 in Network World on Security
 
Spammers are using thousands of Google accounts to camouflage their scams from antispam filters, a security researcher said Friday. He dubbed the practice "Spam 2.0
 
Tags: spammers, google accounts, security researcher, scams, antispam filters, friday, thousands, camouflage, spam
 
 
 
 
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Google expands business options thanks to buying Postini

2008-02-06 14:50:04 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Google's $625 million acquisition of antispam and data security company Postini is finally bearing fruit. The search giant announced a new security service today: for $3-25 per year, corporate clients can use Postini's spam filters and security features as a means of protecting their own e-mail systems against data loss, spam, and other risks
 
Tags: spam filters, spam, data loss, google, security features, million acquisition, e-mail systems, postini, security service
 
 
 
 
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RIP Cisco PIX

The Article has images
2008-02-06 06:46:31 by HASH0x8bc6004 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...antispam, etc. I personally had perplexing experience this week on this very subject. One large analyst firm claims that by 2011, 50% of all network security will be spent on UTM. Then in speaking to an analyst from an even larger analyst firm, he said their position is that UTM will never catch on in the enterprise. Even if they buy a UTM...
 
Tags: pix, box, utm box, utm, pix boxes, boxes, pix owners, utm duty, analyst
 
 
 
 
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'Out of office' messages turned into spam relays

2008-02-26 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b520bc in Network World on Security
 
Spammers have found a new trick that gets around many current antispam filters: abusing the "out of the office" auto-respond feature found in legitimate Webmail services
 
Tags: current antispam filters, office, auto-respond feature, webmail services, trick, spammers
 
 
 
 
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RIP Cisco PIX

The Article has images
2008-02-06 07:00:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...antispam, etc. I personally had perplexing experience this week on this very subject. One large analyst firm claims that by 2011, 50% of all network security will be spent on UTM. Then in speaking to an analyst from an even larger analyst firm, he said their position is that UTM will never catch on in the enterprise. Even if they buy a UTM...
 
Tags: pix, box, utm box, utm, pix boxes, boxes, pix owners, utm duty, analyst
 
 
 
 
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Spam Filtering: Understanding SEP and CEP

2008-04-14 04:56:52 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...antispam filtering Over time, however, the spammers get more clever and they find many ways to poke holes in rule-based detection approaches. They learn to write with spaces between the letters in the words, they change the subject and message text frequently, they randomize their originating IP addresses, they use IP addresses of your best...
 
Tags: spam, complex spam, google detects spam, spam filter, cep, detect, detect complex situations, google, approaches
 
 
 
 
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Nigerian 419 scam on LinkedIn

2008-04-24 18:41:39 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog