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.

Conficker still lingering as users fail to apply basic protection

Conficker still lingering as users fail to apply basic protection

Users are still not taking basic steps to protect their computers and themselves from cyber attack, according to ESET.
Dan Raywood Jul 7 2009 11:01AM Security
Virus Bulletin names top spam blockers

Virus Bulletin names top spam blockers

Tests gauge efficacy of latest tools.
Shaun Nichols Jul 6 2009 10:14AM Security
Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police

Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police

No organisation is sacred in the eyes of online scammers.
Lilia Guan Jul 3 2009 1:39PM Security
Google sees new spam players on the horizon

Google sees new spam players on the horizon

Emergence of hotbeds.
Shaun Nichols Jul 2 2009 2:58PM Security
Michael Jackson's death sparks massive spam runs

Michael Jackson's death sparks massive spam runs

Singer's demise gives malware writers perfect bait to snare unsuspecting users.
Phil Muncaster Jun 29 2009 10:22AM Security
"Fake" Rudd email: Why wasn't it checked?

"Fake" Rudd email: Why wasn't it checked?

Five minutes is all it takes to authenticate an email, according to one IT security expert.
Lilia Guan Jun 25 2009 10:07AM Security
Guilty plea for US "spam king"

Guilty plea for US "spam king"

Five individuals pleaded guilty in a US federal court this week for their roles in an international spam operation that sent billions of emails to tout Chinese "penny" stocks and used a botnet capable of evading spam detection.
Greg Masters Jun 24 2009 12:04PM Security
Fake Microsoft "critical update" spam propagating trojan

Fake Microsoft "critical update" spam propagating trojan

A new outbreak of spam claims to be a critical update for Microsoft Outlook, but the message really aims to infect users with the information-stealing trojan ZBot, security firm Trend Micro warned this week.
Angela Moscaritolo Jun 23 2009 10:38AM Security
AFP indicates Utegate email forged

AFP indicates Utegate email forged

IT forensics called in.
Ry Crozier Jun 22 2009 1:56PM Security
New malware threat targets Twitter users

New malware threat targets Twitter users

A new spammed malware attack is impersonating messages from micro-blogging site Twitter.
Shaun Nichols Jun 19 2009 2:31PM Security
New malware threat targets Twitter users

New malware threat targets Twitter users

Email attachment hides as message notification.
Shaun Nichols Jun 19 2009 2:31PM Security
Air France crash prompts spam, malware outbreak

Air France crash prompts spam, malware outbreak

As expected, spammers and malware writers are trying to cash in on the Air France disaster.
Dan Kaplan Jun 15 2009 10:05AM Security
Email an open door to sophisticated security threats

Email an open door to sophisticated security threats

How easy is it to take steps to ensure computer users avoid unknowingly inviting malware - the unwanted guest - into the 'corporate home'?
Lysa Myers Jun 11 2009 5:27PM Security
Spam server shutdown has little effect

Spam server shutdown has little effect

The shutdown of the Pricewert internet service provider (ISP) looks unlikely to have the same crushing effect of spam as theMcColo closure last year.
Iain Thomson Jun 8 2009 7:37AM Security
FTC shuts down ISP over spam and botnets

FTC shuts down ISP over spam and botnets

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has convinced a court to shut down the operations of a rogue internet service provider (ISP) that it claims was hosting spamming systems, child pornography and botnets.
Iain Thomson Jun 5 2009 2:01PM Security
ACMA strikes against alleged SMS spam scammers

ACMA strikes against alleged SMS spam scammers

The Federal Court gave Australia's communications regulator an early victory in an historic action taken against the alleged perpetrators of an SMS spam scam.
Brett Winterford Jun 1 2009 12:39PM Telco/ISP
Opinion: Google's wave drowns the bling in Microsoft's Bing

Opinion: Google's wave drowns the bling in Microsoft's Bing

The browser battle renewed today as Google launched its game-changing successor to e-mail, Wave, while across town NineMSN demonstrated its new search engine, Bing.
Nate Cochrane May 29 2009 4:07PM Software
Google waves goodbye to e-mail

Google waves goodbye to e-mail

The Sydney-based brothers that built Google Maps have released to developers a new tool called Google Wave that has the potential to succeed e-mail, instant messaging and collaboration tools.
Brett Winterford May 29 2009 6:02AM Software
Spam accounted for 90 percent of all email in May

Spam accounted for 90 percent of all email in May

Spam is back on the rise, according to Symantec's MessageLabs monthly report.
Dan Kaplan May 27 2009 10:48AM Security
Spam tops 90 per cent of all email

Spam tops 90 per cent of all email

Spam levels rose by five per cent last month to reach over 90 per cent of all email, according to the latest figures from cloud-based security vendor MessageLabs.
Phil Muncaster May 27 2009 5:43AM Security

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