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.

Ron Paul spam blast linked to Ukrainian botnet

Spam messages promoting Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul that were distributed in October have been traced to a Ukrainian botmaster.

Frank Washkuch Dec 6 2007 11:47AM Security

Google claims drop-off in Gmail spam

The number of spam advertising messages sent to email users is levelling off, according to a software engineer at Google's Gmail service..

Matt Chapman Dec 3 2007 6:59AM Security

Email banter behind data explosion

Companies are failing to identify the real culprit behind a lack of storage space and the huge volumes of data being hoarded, according to a new report..

Staff Writers Nov 29 2007 7:17AM Storage

Symantec's 2007 review: Data leakage, Vista and spam

Symantec today released its top ten security trends for 2007 listing data leakage, Windows Vista, and spam as the top three dominant security issues.

Negar Salek Nov 27 2007 2:50PM Security

Sophos tap into phone tapping spam

Sophos is warning users of a tricky new spam message containing an MP3 file attachment of what is claimed to be a recording of the user’s personal phone conversations.

Staff Writers Nov 21 2007 5:19PM Security

Firms urged to tackle email data leaks

Businesses are increasingly concerned about sensitive company information being leaked via email, according to research conducted by IT security firm Sophos.

Staff Writers Nov 20 2007 10:59AM Security

Embassy email 'hacker' arrested

A Swedish hacker who uncovered a security flaw in an email system used by embassies around the world has been arrested..

Matt Chapman Nov 19 2007 7:25AM Security

Facebook and email take up seven hours a week

Almost 90 per cent of US Internet users spend a minimum of seven hours a week managing their email, social networking accounts and other communications, new research claims.

Robert Jaques Nov 15 2007 6:50AM Networking

Local Blackberry users without email

Telecommunications service provider Optus has issued a statement confirming its Blackberry data services was down for most of the day on 6 November.

Lilia Guan Nov 7 2007 2:46PM Telco/ISP

Hosting firm claims to beat MP3 spam

A web hosting firm claims to have developed spam filtering technology that can weed out MP3 attachments.

Robert Jaques Nov 6 2007 1:23PM Security

FTC spam contains malware

The US Federal Trade Commission is warning businesses to be on the lookout for spam that contains a trojan-laden attachment claiming to be a legal complaint against recipient.

Dan Kaplan Nov 1 2007 2:40PM Security

ACCC warns fake RAC job offer emails spike

SCAMwatch is warning Australians of a phony email claiming to be from RAC Finance Limited, part of the Western Australian Royal Automobile Club (RAC).

Staff Writers Nov 1 2007 10:28AM Security

Tenth of junk email now MP3 spam

Anti-spam firm MXSweep has reported that MP3-based pump-and-dump spam now accounts for up to 10 percent of all spam sent..

Clement James Oct 31 2007 7:47AM Security

MP3 pump-and-dump spam targets inboxes

Crafty spammers overnight launched a new wave of pump-and-dump scams, this time delivering junk mail that includes audio attachments encouraging recipients to buy a penny stock.

Dan Kaplan Oct 19 2007 10:09AM Security

MessageLabs improves email archiving

Managed security services firm MessageLabs has launched a new version of its archiving service designed to cover firms' compliance, legal discovery and storage management needs.

Phil Muncaster Oct 18 2007 10:12AM Security