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.

Microsoft suspends photo attaching in Hotmail messages

Microsoft suspends photo attaching in Hotmail messages

Microsoft has suspended the ability to attach photos in Hotmail messages.
Dan Raywood Aug 25 2009 1:19PM Security
SmartyHost accused of spamming customers

SmartyHost accused of spamming customers

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Ry Crozier Aug 25 2009 12:48PM Telco/ISP
Twitter takes aim at Aussie 'paid follower' company

Twitter takes aim at Aussie 'paid follower' company

uSocial says Twitter is looking to shut it down.
Shaun Nichols Aug 18 2009 10:45AM Security
Yahoo pitches paid mail to slow spam

Yahoo pitches paid mail to slow spam

Virtual stamp on messages.
Shaun Nichols Aug 17 2009 6:34AM Software
July sees spam continuing to dominate emails

July sees spam continuing to dominate emails

Threat reports for July show that spam continues to be sent at a high level with image spam and phishing still in high figures.
Dan Raywood Aug 12 2009 11:29AM Security
McAfee shoots for the cloud with MX Logic buy

McAfee shoots for the cloud with MX Logic buy

Adds to portfolio of cloud-based solutions.
Phil Muncaster Aug 3 2009 1:59PM Security
Google tweaks Gmail for business users

Google tweaks Gmail for business users

Service drops 'On Behalf Of' when sending from another address.
Rosalie Marshall Aug 1 2009 7:30AM Software
Gumblar mutates into spam beast

Gumblar mutates into spam beast

Local shared web host hit hard.
Brett Winterford Aug 1 2009 7:25AM Security
McAfee keeps leaked details to itself

McAfee keeps leaked details to itself

Biggest companies in Australia on list.
Ben Grubb Jul 31 2009 9:02AM Security
Botnet armies driving spam to new heights

Botnet armies driving spam to new heights

More than 150,000 computers being infected every day, says McAfee.
Phil Muncaster Jul 30 2009 3:55PM Security
McAfee sends out personal details in email

McAfee sends out personal details in email

Details of 1400 Australian security professionals leaked.
Ben Grubb Jul 29 2009 4:21PM Security
Language-specific spam begins to hit the web

Language-specific spam begins to hit the web

Spammers are using translation services and templates to develop multiple versions of spam in various languages.
SC Australia Staff Jul 28 2009 10:37AM Security
Webjet buys into intelligent email software

Webjet buys into intelligent email software

Wants email marketing to rival search engine effectiveness.
Staff Writers Jul 27 2009 3:09PM Software
Major spam campaign abusing Yahoo Groups

Major spam campaign abusing Yahoo Groups

About one million spam emails per hour are being sent to Yahoo Groups and other free web services, including Google Groups and LiveJournal, containing bogus pharmaceutical advertising content.
Angela Moscaritolo Jul 24 2009 11:16AM Security
Hosted consumer email encryption product introduced by Marshal8e6

Hosted consumer email encryption product introduced by Marshal8e6

Marshal8e6 has introduced a new consumer email encryption product.
SC Australia Staff Jul 22 2009 9:45AM Security
US tops spam relay chart again

US tops spam relay chart again

Responsible for 15 percent of all junk mail.
David Neal Jul 21 2009 6:26AM Security
Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

A 60 per cent increase in spam volumes has resulted in spam now representing 90 per cent of all inbound email, according to the TRACElabs report on the first half of 2009 from Marshal8e6.
SC Australia Staff Jul 14 2009 10:17AM Security
Microsoft cherry picks BlackBerry customers

Microsoft cherry picks BlackBerry customers

Push email solutions launched with Telstra.
Ry Crozier Jul 10 2009 4:29PM Telco/ISP
Tagged.com faces legal action for data fraud

Tagged.com faces legal action for data fraud

Accused of falsifying hits and spamming users.
Iain Thomson Jul 10 2009 3:11PM Software
Spammers step up use of shortened URLs

Spammers step up use of shortened URLs

Disguised links are leading unsuspecting users to spam sites.
Phil Muncaster Jul 9 2009 10:49AM Security

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