Spam Spam

Wasted employee time, storage and security are among the issues facing companies as they grapple with a growing influx of spam into mailboxes.

Spam has become one of the major problems facing companies today. IT managers continue to investigate a range of solutions, looking to stay on top of the lastest developments in this area.

In this Spotlight section iTnews focusses on some of the latest news in this area, to help keep readers up-to-date with what is happening in the industry.

Hacker infiltrates NSW Education email account

Hacker infiltrates NSW Education email account

Sends fake message to all staff.
Ry Crozier Oct 26 2012 9:32AM Security
Google hardens DKIM after founders served spoofed Gmail

Google hardens DKIM after founders served spoofed Gmail

Weak crypto ditched.
Tom Espiner Oct 26 2012 8:50AM Security
Tiger Airways mauled by ACMA for Spam Act breaches

Tiger Airways mauled by ACMA for Spam Act breaches

Fined $110,000 by ACMA.
Chris Jager Oct 25 2012 2:42PM Security
Tiger Airways savaged for Spam Act breaches

Tiger Airways savaged for Spam Act breaches

Fined $110,000 by ACMA.
Chris Jager Oct 25 2012 11:23AM Security
Presidential election spurs malware-laden CNN spam

Presidential election spurs malware-laden CNN spam

Online fraudsters smell opportunity.
Danielle Walker Oct 15 2012 11:40AM Security
Hotmail called out for sly password gaffe

Hotmail called out for sly password gaffe

Long passwords accessible via first 16 digits.
Darren Pauli Sep 25 2012 2:53PM Security
Telstra blames software for BigPond email outage

Telstra blames software for BigPond email outage

Incident resolved.
Ry Crozier Sep 7 2012 4:00PM Telco/ISP
Review: McAfee Email Protection

Review: McAfee Email Protection

The Holy Grail of IT products is one that is low cost, easy to use and offers a rich feature set. McAfee Email Protection easily fits those criteria in the email security and content filtering space.
Peter Stephenson Sep 7 2012 12:09PM Security
Review: Halon Security Virtual Spam Prevention (VSP)

Review: Halon Security Virtual Spam Prevention (VSP)

Large enterprises require email gateways that are quick and robust. The Halon Virtual Security Appliance from Halon Security can fill that role nicely, but administrators should be prepared to learn a new scripting language in order to fully use the product.
Peter Stephenson Sep 7 2012 12:05PM Security
Review: Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall

Review: Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall

The Spam & Virus Firewall from Barracuda offers some solid email protection capabilities.
Peter Stephenson Sep 7 2012 9:55AM Security
Dropbox gets two factor authentication

Dropbox gets two factor authentication

With optional two-factor authentication.
Staff Writers Aug 28 2012 11:27AM Security
Dropbox beefs up sign-in security

Dropbox beefs up sign-in security

With optional two-factor authentication.
Staff Writers Aug 28 2012 11:23AM Security
Webroot to terminate email service in November

Webroot to terminate email service in November

Discontinues corporate email service a year earlier than expected.
Dan Raywood Aug 27 2012 12:30PM Security
Spammers send more malicious attachments

Spammers send more malicious attachments

But overall spam levels fall.
SC Staff Aug 27 2012 8:49AM Security
Festi botnet cranks up spam volumes

Festi botnet cranks up spam volumes

Three-year-old botnet infects 300,000 addresses.
Juha Saarinen Aug 20 2012 12:30PM Security
Anti-phishing phone bug trial begins

Anti-phishing phone bug trial begins

Banks to freeze accounts during phone phishing calls.
Darren Pauli Aug 9 2012 12:12PM Security
Microsoft sends Live@edu admins scrambling

Microsoft sends Live@edu admins scrambling

Begins moving Hotmail users to Outlook.com.
Ry Crozier Aug 1 2012 4:16PM Software
Review: Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall 900

Review: Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall 900

Barracuda's extensive family of Spam and Virus Firewall appliances covers virtually every size of business; in this review we take a closer look at the enterprise-level 900 model.
John Jul 31 2012 11:28AM Security
Dropbox investigates possible email address breach

Dropbox investigates possible email address breach

Enlists third party to investigate spam complaints.
Darren Pauli , Marcos Colon Jul 23 2012 1:11PM Security
World's third-largest botnet taken down

World's third-largest botnet taken down

Zombies orphaned.
Juha Saarinen Jul 20 2012 6:25AM Security

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