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.

Mega spammer arrested in Japan for sending 2.2 billion emails

Mega spammer arrested in Japan for sending 2.2 billion emails

A 25-year-old Japanese man has been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly sending 2.2 billion spam messages advertising gambling and dating services under the guise of a fake identity, according to Japanese media reports.
Negar Salek Feb 20 2008 3:41PM Security
Email mayday saves South Atlantic sailors

Email mayday saves South Atlantic sailors

A retired couple who got into difficulty while sailing across the South Atlantic managed to raise the alarm by emailing coastguards in Cornwall..
Matt Chapman Feb 18 2008 2:38PM Software
Spam offers bogus Hillary Clinton interview video

Spam offers bogus Hillary Clinton interview video

Spammers capitalising on nationwide interest in the Democratic presidential nomination battle are sending out messages offering a link to a "Hillary Clinton video interview" that instead launches a trojan downloader on the victim's PC.
Jack Rogers Feb 15 2008 2:29PM Security
Russia emerges as spam superpower

Russia emerges as spam superpower

Russia has emerged as a "spam superpower", IT security experts warned today..
Robert Jaques Feb 12 2008 7:43AM Security
Google Apps adds email security

Google Apps adds email security

Google has added a range of email security packages to Google Apps, offering message filtering, encryption, discovery and archiving services.

Staff Writers Feb 6 2008 3:25PM Security
Spammers unleash January email flood

Spammers unleash January email flood

Spam figures for January have bucked the seasonal trend, according to Symantec.

Shaun Nichols Feb 6 2008 6:15AM Security
Mega-D botnet stronger than Storm, promotes male sexual pills

Mega-D botnet stronger than Storm, promotes male sexual pills

A new botnet spamming male sexual enhancement pill promotions has overtaken the notorious Storm worm botnet as the ‘largest single source of the world’s spam’, security vendor Marshal has warned.
Negar Salek Feb 1 2008 3:55PM Security
Spammers plead guilty to "419" scams that netted US$1.2 million

Spammers plead guilty to "419" scams that netted US$1.2 million

Three men pleaded guilty this week in New York to running get-rich-quick spam schemes - including a scam where one of the men claimed to have terminal throat cancer - targeting email users.
Frank Washkuch Feb 1 2008 9:55AM Security
Ikea rapped for flat-pack spam

Ikea rapped for flat-pack spam

Security firm Tier-3 has warned companies to review IT security arrangements following a potentially serious spam incident that affected the email servers of furniture giant Ikea.
Clement James Jan 23 2008 3:13PM Security
Barracuda fishes for email archive customers with new kit

Barracuda fishes for email archive customers with new kit

Security firm Barracuda has launched a range of turnkey appliances
Dave Bailey Jan 23 2008 10:51AM Security
MySpace spam seeks botnets

MySpace spam seeks botnets

Researchers at Marshal, an internet security firm, are tracking a new spam campaign in which recipients receive messages inviting them to join MySpace – but a click on the link leads them to a bogus page containing malware disguised as an Adobe update.
Dan Kaplan Jan 18 2008 4:07PM Security
FBI warns of malicious email scam

FBI warns of malicious email scam

The FBI has issued a warning to the public following a deluge of spam emails purporting to be from the agency..
Iain Thomson Jan 17 2008 7:33AM Security
Spam for all occasions

Spam for all occasions

Spammers were more naughty than nice this past holiday season, according to Symantec’s monthly ‘State of Spam’ report.
Staff Writers Jan 15 2008 2:12PM Security
Spam levels reach 95 per cent in 2007

Spam levels reach 95 per cent in 2007

Spam accounted for 95 per cent of all email traffic in 2007 as spammers grew increasingly brazen and diverse in their attack strategies, according to anti-spam firm SpamStopsHere.

Clement James Jan 11 2008 2:55PM Security
Spam levels reach 95 percent in 2007

Spam levels reach 95 percent in 2007

Spam accounted for 95 percent of all email traffic in 2007 as spammers grew increasingly brazen and diverse in their attack strategies, according to anti-spam firm SpamStopsHere..
Clement James Jan 11 2008 7:18AM Security
Spam hits 97 percent of all email

Spam hits 97 percent of all email

Spam levels reached 97.02 percent in December 2007 and viruses accounted for 0.11 percent of email traffic, new monitoring data reveals..
Robert Jaques Jan 8 2008 7:53AM Security
Email lottery scams reaping rich rewards

Email lottery scams reaping rich rewards

Half of all spam involves lottery scams making them one of the fastest growing areas of cyber-crime, according to research commissioned by Microsoft across Germany, Italy, Denmark, the UK and The Netherlands..
Staff Writers Dec 21 2007 6:59AM Security
One in seven dumped via text message or email

One in seven dumped via text message or email

Following in the tradition of Phil Collins, who reputedly divorced his wife using a fax machine, today’s generation are using technology to end their romances..
Guy Dixon Dec 17 2007 2:45PM Software
Spam accounts for nearly 95 per cent of email

Spam accounts for nearly 95 per cent of email

Spam email accounted for between 90 and 95 percent of all email in 2007, up from an estimated five per cent of email in 2001, according to a report from web security company Barracuda Networks..
Guy Dixon Dec 14 2007 10:46AM Software
Clearswift sees benefits from email and spam explosion

Clearswift sees benefits from email and spam explosion

Content security specialist Clearswift has had a 40 percent year on year growth in new licence revenue driven by increasing market demand for its Email and Web Appliances.
Lilia Guan Dec 6 2007 1:46PM Security

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