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.

Climate change email hack was a professional operation, claims advisor

Climate change email hack was a professional operation, claims advisor

National intelligence services or anti-green forces responsible.
Iain Thomson Feb 2 2010 2:02PM Security
Valentine's Day spam starts to appear

Valentine's Day spam starts to appear

More event-related threats.
Dan Kaplan Feb 2 2010 1:47PM Security
Social networking threats on the up

Social networking threats on the up

Facebook identified as riskiest.
Staff Writers Feb 2 2010 1:40PM Security
ATO targeted twice by refund scam email

ATO targeted twice by refund scam email

Sophisticated phishing attempt.
Ry Crozier Feb 2 2010 12:54PM Security
CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act

CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act

Three complaints from 6.7 million emails.
Munir Kotadia Feb 1 2010 1:11PM Financial Services
Analysis: Rogue Facebook friend 'as bad as malware'

Analysis: Rogue Facebook friend 'as bad as malware'

Criminals using fake 'friends' and groups to lure victims.
Munir Kotadia Feb 1 2010 11:09AM Security
Phishing attacks rise significantly over past two months

Phishing attacks rise significantly over past two months

Increased awareness not helping users.
SC Australia Staff Jan 29 2010 11:51AM Security
New spam campaigns see sustained levels in new year

New spam campaigns see sustained levels in new year

Grum and Cutwail botnets ramp it up.
SC Australia Staff Jan 27 2010 11:44AM Security
Mobile messaging attacks to rise in 2010

Mobile messaging attacks to rise in 2010

Cloudmark points to increasing app threat.
Dan Raywood Jan 25 2010 11:59AM Security
Facebook app changes could lead to security issues

Facebook app changes could lead to security issues

Email harvesting may attract attacks.
Dan Raywood Jan 25 2010 11:48AM Security
All but one pass Virus Bulletin spam test

All but one pass Virus Bulletin spam test

Kaspersky fails despite strong false positive rate.
Iain Thomson Jan 13 2010 11:44AM Security
New botnet threats emerge from Lethic and Bagle

New botnet threats emerge from Lethic and Bagle

New Year brings new challengers.
Dan Raywood Jan 13 2010 11:39AM Security
Customer server puts iiNet on spam blacklist

Customer server puts iiNet on spam blacklist

Junior staffer to blame.
Ben Grubb Jan 12 2010 12:28PM Security
Pakistani cyber crime website hit by hacker

Pakistani cyber crime website hit by hacker

Hacker managed to gain access to email database.
Dan Raywood Jan 12 2010 11:39AM Security
SpamAssassin bug leads to blocking of legitimate emails

SpamAssassin bug leads to blocking of legitimate emails

False positive rate lifted dramatically.
Dan Raywood Jan 8 2010 12:32PM Security
Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed

Email services that failed to block spear phishing message revealed

Outlook Express and IronPort amongst those breached.
Dan Raywood Jan 8 2010 12:22PM Security
Facebook sues three over alleged spam, phishing

Facebook sues three over alleged spam, phishing

Three alleged to have propagated wall post spam.
Dan Kaplan Dec 18 2009 2:47PM Security
iPhone default sends spammers the green light

iPhone default sends spammers the green light

Plea for Apple to reverse the setting.
Lilia Guan Dec 10 2009 6:22AM Hardware
Stronger botnets and increased spam detections in 2009

Stronger botnets and increased spam detections in 2009

Cybercriminals learn lessons from McColo shutdown.
Dan Raywood Dec 9 2009 12:06PM Security
Web attacks still profitable for crooks: Cisco

Web attacks still profitable for crooks: Cisco

Big money in banking trojans.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 9 2009 11:55AM Security

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