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.

Hacker spam poses as old school friend

Hacker spam poses as old school friend

Hackers are attempting to infect PCs with malware using a 'long-lost female school friend' to lure gullible internet users, a security vendor has warned.
Matt Chapman Oct 8 2007 10:17AM Security
Review: Secured Email Enterprise v3.2

Review: Secured Email Enterprise v3.2

If we had to find one word to sum up this product it would be integration. This product has some very interesting features.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Oct 5 2007 3:26PM Security
Spam levels soar by more than a third

Spam levels soar by more than a third

Spam levels soared by more than a third during September, according to new research by security company SoftScan.
Fiona Raisbeck Oct 5 2007 9:56AM Security
Review: PGP Desktop enterprise Email

Review: PGP Desktop enterprise Email

PGP has been at the top of the market in email protection ever since it first was introduced as freeware in 1991. Since then it has matured, had several owners and now has its own home again.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Oct 2 2007 11:53AM Security
Email security (2007)

Email security (2007)

Encryption and disposal are key to keeping your messages safe, even if some vendors have other ideas. Peter Stephenson rounds up the enterprise solutions that met his criteria.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Sep 26 2007 4:28PM Security
Spam levels reach an all time high

Spam levels reach an all time high

Spam levels have reached an all time high, according to the latest figures released by Ipswitch, a network monitoring company.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 26 2007 10:19AM Security
Entrust unveils new email security solution

Entrust unveils new email security solution

Entrust has unveiled a new version of its email security solution.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 21 2007 9:38AM Security
Four guilty of pump-and-dump spam scam

Four guilty of pump-and-dump spam scam

Gang pleads guilty to a pump-and-dump spam campaign that profited £10 million.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 18 2007 4:09PM Security
New features boost PGP email encryption product

New features boost PGP email encryption product

PGP Corporation has unveiled a new set of encryption features for its Universal Gateway Email product.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 14 2007 10:06AM Security
Record levels of spam detected, new study shows

Record levels of spam detected, new study shows

Spam levels reached an all time high last month, according to the latest figures by SoftScan.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 9 2007 11:09AM Security
Embassy email details posted online

Embassy email details posted online

Information that could allow anyone to log-in to more than 100 email accounts at embassies and government agencies around the world has been leaked online.
Matt Chapman Sep 4 2007 3:03PM Security
Malware-laden spam promises pop videos

Malware-laden spam promises pop videos

Security experts have warned internet users about malware hidden in spam emails claiming to offer new music videos from a number of pop stars.
Robert Jaques Aug 31 2007 11:35AM Security
Sophos: Scammers dropping PDF spam

Sophos: Scammers dropping PDF spam

Research suggests that spammers didn't find the results they were looking for during recent PDF spam spikes, according to anti-virus vendor Sophos.
Frank Washkuch Aug 30 2007 9:46AM Security
PlusNet error deletes users' email

PlusNet error deletes users' email

UK-based Internet service provider PlusNet has accidentally deleted around 10 percent of its customers' emails following an upgrade to its spam system.
Matt Chapman Aug 28 2007 8:11AM Telco/ISP
Spam campaign uses Northern Territory Library as bait

Spam campaign uses Northern Territory Library as bait

A spam email purporting to be legitimate news from the ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’ is circulating across Australia and leading users to an infected website in Korea, experts at Sophos have warned.
Negar Salek Aug 24 2007 3:16PM Security
Email scam targets ACT Office of Fair Trading

Email scam targets ACT Office of Fair Trading

Hoax email that claims to originate from the ACT Office of Fair Trading targets recipients for identity theft.
Mitchell Bingemann Aug 24 2007 10:41AM Security
Cyber-criminals unleash spam Storm

Cyber-criminals unleash spam Storm

Security experts have warned of an outbreak of malicious spam emails that use log-in account confirmation details as a hook to get users to visit an infected website.
Robert Jaques Aug 23 2007 7:36AM Security
Email taking over from phones at work

Email taking over from phones at work

Email has overtaken telephony as the communication tool of choice in the workplace, new research claimed today.
Robert Jaques Aug 21 2007 1:51PM Telco/ISP
Storm Worm uses e-cards to push spam near all-time high

Storm Worm uses e-cards to push spam near all-time high

Spam — spearheaded by a Storm Worm-related spike in malicious e-card messages — has driven the level of junk messages to more than eight in 10 emails.
Frank Washkuch Aug 21 2007 7:25AM Security
Managing outbound email security threats

Managing outbound email security threats

When the subject of email security is mentioned, the first thought that comes to mind is "spam" or more appropriately "anti-spam."
Carsten Dietrich, Aug 17 2007 11:17AM Security

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