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.

Twitter sues five for hawking spam bots

Twitter sues five for hawking spam bots

Spam tools tweeted dodgy links.
Dan Kaplan Apr 8 2012 7:33PM Security
Cisco says mea culpa on bounced emails

Cisco says mea culpa on bounced emails

Claims problem fixed.
Brett Winterford Apr 6 2012 5:04PM Security
Having trouble sending email?

Having trouble sending email?

Updated: Cisco IronPort blacklists thousands of legit Aussie IP addresses.
Brett Winterford Apr 5 2012 6:55AM Networking
Google chases e-discovery with Vault

Google chases e-discovery with Vault

Gmail, chat archive for e-discovery.
Liam Tung Mar 29 2012 8:01AM Software
Spam filters less effective, report says

Spam filters less effective, report says

Italian anti-spam product trumps giants.
Darren Pauli Mar 21 2012 12:10PM Security
Tibetan organisations attacked by Chinese spearphishing

Tibetan organisations attacked by Chinese spearphishing

Messages contained remote access trojan.
Dan Raywood Mar 15 2012 7:38AM Security
Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts

Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts

Delinquent banks scared, shutter spammer bank accounts.
Darren Pauli Mar 5 2012 11:51AM Security
Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts

Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts

Delinquent banks scared, shutter spammer bank accounts.
Darren Pauli Mar 1 2012 6:00AM Security
WikiLeaks unleashes Stratfor email trove

WikiLeaks unleashes Stratfor email trove

Up to five million alleged messages under microscope.
Ry Crozier Feb 27 2012 5:22PM Security
Stratfor email trove starts leaking to web

Stratfor email trove starts leaking to web

Up to five million alleged messages under microscope.
Ry Crozier Feb 27 2012 3:07PM Security
Apple halts "push" email services in Germany

Apple halts "push" email services in Germany

Motorola wins injunction.
a Staff Writer Feb 27 2012 6:52AM Networking
Ticketmaster mailing system hacked

Ticketmaster mailing system hacked

Spammers cash in on UK click-through traffic.
Dan Raywood Feb 14 2012 6:28AM Security
Telstra shifts BigPond email to Windows Live

Telstra shifts BigPond email to Windows Live

All data to be migrated to Microsoft cloud.
Ry Crozier Feb 10 2012 10:48AM Software
Telstra investigates mail delivery issue

Telstra investigates mail delivery issue

Hundreds of BigPond customers unable to receive email.
Liz Tay Feb 6 2012 4:39PM Telco/ISP
Haditha massacre emails exposed in hacker raid

Haditha massacre emails exposed in hacker raid

Anonymous dumped 300 GB of communications lifted from the legal representatives of Frank Wuterich.
Dan Kaplan Feb 5 2012 9:41AM Security
Accused Kelihos botmaster denies allegations

Accused Kelihos botmaster denies allegations

Returns to Russia.
Dan Kaplan Jan 31 2012 2:26PM Security
Nokia caught out on SMS spam

Nokia caught out on SMS spam

Fined $55,000.
Staff Writers Jan 24 2012 10:03AM Telco/ISP
McAfee patches spam relay flaw

McAfee patches spam relay flaw

Customers find their email and IP addresses on blacklists.
Darren Pauli Jan 23 2012 2:23PM Security
Google clips Exchange backup service

Google clips Exchange backup service

Latest round of product cuts.
Liam Tung Jan 23 2012 6:50AM Software
11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day

11,000 tweeters disclose email addresses in one day

More than 11,000 email addresses were published on Twitter over a 24-hour period.
SC Staff Jan 20 2012 7:53AM Security

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