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The top 10 spam characteristics (#1-5)

2006-10-03 04:13:56 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...recipients with email clients that cannot read HTML can still view the message in plain text. However, many spammers tend to send HTML messages without this plain text body part. This is done to save on size and to force recipients to read the HTML version which automatically opens an image and connects to a web site when the message is...
 
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Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services mails Social Security numbers

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2008-01-08 16:08:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...recipients Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, addresses and Social Security numbers Breach Description Informational brochures sent by the Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services to recipients of SeniorCare and other state programs were inadvertently printed with Social Security numbers on them. It is unknown how many...
 
Tags: wisconsin, social security, wisconsin medicaid, wisconsin department, family services, department, revenue department situation, revenue, health
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from BGSU music professor

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2008-03-31 07:48:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...recipients Number Affected Unknown Types of Data personal information Breach Description A MacBook Pro laptop containing personal information on students and scholarship recipients from "all over the world" was reported stolen on Tuesday, according to campus police reports Reference URL The BG News Report Credit The BG News Response...
 
Tags: store personal information, information, personal information, information security breach, laptop, macbook pro laptop, additional information, campus police reports, scholarship recipients
 
 
 
 
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Money Mule Recruiters use ASProx's Fast Fluxing Services

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2008-07-18 06:23:49 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...recipients worldwide. Recipients do not require a bank account or Internet connection to receive funds. We have teamed with select local disbursement partners to provide a convenient, secure, and cost-effective means of sending money to family, friends and business partners abroad. The basic requirements to send money/transfer money are 1)...
 
Tags: fast, fast flux networks, money, fast-flux, cashtransfers, fast flux provider, fast flux spam, transfer money, fast-flux infrastructure
 
 
 
 
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Your 419 Mail Roundup

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2008-07-02 17:11:42 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...recipients COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY TO YOU I am PETER WOODS from DFS SALES LTD UK Website: www.dfs-online.co.uk ) Visit our site We are into furnitures and we sell shares to people in Canada,America, Australia and Europe We are in need of a book keeper. someone who can represent our company in his/her country Our client in your location...
 
Tags: hamilton fund, hamilton, hamilton creek, draft, confirmable bank draft, account, domiciliary bank account, bank, hamilton funds
 
 
 
 
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Some Yahoo! employees exposed through mistaken email

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2007-12-12 15:11:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...recipients have deleted the e-mail and have confirmed that the file has been deleted and that the information has not been copied, printed, or downloaded Both plan administrators signed and delivered to Fidelity SPS a statement, confirming the facts described above and promising to maintain the confidentiality of any information that may...
 
Tags: fidelity investments, fidelity, fidelity inadvertently, fidelity investments client, email, fidelity investments inadvertently, yahoo, administrator, email administrator
 
 
 
 
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Spamhaus litigation: Will spammers get a second wind?

2006-10-16 01:38:55 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...recipients who have subscribed to their lists and have opted-in. Also, the plaintiff states that according to the Spamhaus website, to be listed on the ROKSO list a spammer should be terminated by at least 3 ISPs for Acceptable Usage Policy violations. e360Insight claims that they have not been blocked by even one ISP. Spamhaus at first...
 
Tags: spamhaus, spamhaus litigation events, spamhaus claims, spamhaus website, spamhaus registrar, spam, billion spam messages, e360insight, e360insight claims
 
 
 
 
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The top 10 spam characteristics (#6-10)

2006-09-27 06:01:03 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...recipients email address in the subject, so the presence of this is a pretty sure sign of spam 7. Message body is base64 encoded : Spammers use base64 to encode the message headers and body so that spam filters are not able to read the content and perform any filtering. Most email clients will decode the message so that the message can still...
 
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Bogus Microsoft sweepstakes emails

2007-08-19 22:35:48 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...recipients have won large amounts of money in a Microsoft sweepstakes or lottery -- often 500,000 British pounds. This is an easy question to answer: they're fake Recently, someone forwarded me the email. Let's examine some of its characteristics The sending address is microsoft.co.uk-00@adelphia.net. The address was a hidden hyperlink....
 
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ATO plagued by e-mail scam

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by HASH0x8471528 in Network World on Security
 
It is proving to be the e-mail that wont go away. The Australian Tax Office is again warning people about a fraudulent e-mail that claims to offer recipients a tax refund
 
Tags: e-mail, fraudulent e-mail, australian tax office, tax refund, offer recipients, people, claims