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.

CBA staff sent emails to cba.com domain by mistake

CBA staff sent emails to cba.com domain by mistake

About 10,000 customers to be contacted.
Ry Crozier Jun 1 2018 2:50PM Financial Services
'Efail' vulnerability lies in apps, not PGP and GnuPG

'Efail' vulnerability lies in apps, not PGP and GnuPG

Early fears over research largely unfounded.
Juha Saarinen May 15 2018 6:07AM Security
Court drops Microsoft's Irish email privacy dispute

Court drops Microsoft's Irish email privacy dispute

After new laws were passed.
Lawrence Hurley Apr 18 2018 6:44AM Cloud
When an IT manager falls victim to a phish

When an IT manager falls victim to a phish

Spam mail sent out to suppliers.
Allie Coyne Mar 20 2018 11:30AM Security
Qld premier bans ministers from private email accounts

Qld premier bans ministers from private email accounts

After Yahoo snafu.
Staff Writers Mar 19 2018 5:10PM Software
TPG fined by ACMA for spamming

TPG fined by ACMA for spamming

Unsubscribe should mean unsubscribe.
Juha Saarinen Nov 3 2017 6:37AM Telco/ISP
Microsoft email privacy fight to be decided by US supreme court

Microsoft email privacy fight to be decided by US supreme court

Will resolve dispute between company, feds.
Lawrence Hurley Oct 17 2017 9:00AM Financial Services
CCC clears Qld minister of wrongdoing

CCC clears Qld minister of wrongdoing

Finds ‘no basis to pursue criminal conduct’ in email scandal.
Justin Hendry Sep 22 2017 12:31PM Strategy
University loses $11.9m in phishing attack

University loses $11.9m in phishing attack

In one of the biggest ever heists.
Allie Coyne Sep 1 2017 6:59AM Security
Massive spambot captures 711 million email addresses

Massive spambot captures 711 million email addresses

Largest-ever data dump.
Juha Saarinen Aug 30 2017 10:30AM Security
Qld minister stood down over email scandal

Qld minister stood down over email scandal

CCC finds 'reasonable suspicion of corrupt conduct'.
Allie Coyne Jul 20 2017 8:58AM Software
US charges Russian with operating Kelihos spam botnet

US charges Russian with operating Kelihos spam botnet

Seeking his extradition.
Dustin Volz Apr 24 2017 6:05AM Financial Services
CCC recovers 30k emails from Qld minister's deleted account

CCC recovers 30k emails from Qld minister's deleted account

Won't investigate - yet.
Allie Coyne Mar 16 2017 6:44PM Software
WhatsApp could let companies message you, for a fee

WhatsApp could let companies message you, for a fee

Commercialising 1 billion users.
Staff Writers Mar 9 2017 11:15AM Telco/ISP
Spammers leak 1.4bn email accounts mapped to real names

Spammers leak 1.4bn email accounts mapped to real names

Massive operation exposed.
Juha Saarinen Mar 7 2017 6:26AM Security
Tas govt accidentally sent out ex-staff data in mass email bungle

Tas govt accidentally sent out ex-staff data in mass email bungle

TRIM upgrade gone wrong.
Allie Coyne Mar 6 2017 12:00PM Security
Qld minister's private email under investigation

Qld minister's private email under investigation

"Member for Yahoo" accused of hiding correspondence.
Paris Cowan Mar 2 2017 12:30PM Software
Snowden's favoured secure email provider Lavabit reboots

Snowden's favoured secure email provider Lavabit reboots

Built on new end-to-end encryption standard.
Juha Saarinen Jan 23 2017 6:54AM Security
NAB sent 60k customer details to the wrong email

NAB sent 60k customer details to the wrong email

Personal data mistakenly passed to outside party.
Allie Coyne Dec 19 2016 6:47AM Security
UK health service email crippled by giant reply-all chain

UK health service email crippled by giant reply-all chain

Test email has generated 300 million messages so far.
Juha Saarinen Nov 15 2016 5:11AM Oddware

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