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.

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
Viagra spam edges out pump-and-dump

Viagra spam edges out pump-and-dump

Pump-and-dump spam, which dominated inboxes in the first half of the year, has given way to image spam and messages pushing 'sexual enhancement' drugs, according to a report from security firm BitDefender.
Clement James Aug 17 2007 6:48AM Security
Workers stressed by email overload

Workers stressed by email overload

With more than a third of UK workers checking their inbox every 15 minutes, researchers from Glasgow and Paisley universities have found that employees are suffering 'email stress', leaving them tired, frustrated and unproductive.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2007 1:47PM Training & Development
Pump-and-dump scam spikes spam by 445 percent

Pump-and-dump scam spikes spam by 445 percent

Spammers, hoping to score thousands of dollars after ditching the stock they've flimflammed targets into purchasing, are inundating email boxes with one of the largest pump-and-dump scams in history.
Illena Armstrong Aug 14 2007 1:40PM Security
Aussie stung in $1.8million email scam

Aussie stung in $1.8million email scam

An Australian man has lost $1.8 million in a Nigerian email scam, according to reports.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 10 2007 9:39AM Security
Symantec says spam attachments up, image spam down

Symantec says spam attachments up, image spam down

Traditional image spam is again on the decrease, but attachment spam - containing images as part of Microsoft Office files - is on the upswing, according to Symantec's "State of Spam" report for August.
Frank Washkuch Aug 9 2007 9:48AM Security
Pump-and-dump scam causes spam levels to rocket

Pump-and-dump scam causes spam levels to rocket

A widespread pump-and-dump scam has caused spam levels to soar by almost a third, according to security vendor Sophos.
Fiona Raisbeck Aug 9 2007 9:46AM Security
Boffins find way to fight spam scams

Boffins find way to fight spam scams

94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual web
servers.
Robert Jaques Aug 8 2007 2:00PM Security
Spam levels creep up again

Spam levels creep up again

Spam levels crept up again in July, accounting for 91.52 percent of all email, according to messages scanned by SoftScan.
Clement James Aug 7 2007 12:17PM Security
'Spam king' given 30-year jail sentence

'Spam king' given 30-year jail sentence

Christopher Smith, the notorious "pharmacy spam king," has received a 30-year-jail sentence for running an illegal internet store that sold millions of dollars in prescription drugs.
Jim Carr Aug 7 2007 10:20AM Security
MessageLabs: 20 percent of image spam uses PDFs

MessageLabs: 20 percent of image spam uses PDFs

One of five image spam emails captured during July contained a scam PDF document, according to research released this week by messaging security vendor MessageLabs.
Frank Washkuch Aug 3 2007 9:52AM Security
Researchers spot ZIP spam spike

Researchers spot ZIP spam spike

Spammers have turned to ZIP files to push pump-and-dump scam emails past filters, researchers said this week.
Frank Washkuch Aug 2 2007 9:54AM Security
Spam filter targets PDF scams

Spam filter targets PDF scams

Anti-spam firm ClearMyMail has claimed 100 percent protection against PDF spam, as spammers change their tactics in a bid to flood mailboxes.
Clement James Jul 31 2007 11:16AM Security
Mobile email will eventually kill SMS say analysts

Mobile email will eventually kill SMS say analysts

There will be 350 million business and consumer users with access to wireless email by 2010, according to analyst firm Gartner, equating to 20 percent of all email accounts.
Staff Writers Jul 31 2007 7:07AM Telco/ISP
Vendors disagree on PDF spam volumes

Vendors disagree on PDF spam volumes

PDF spam, the most prevalent spam method currently used by hackers globally has decreased in numbers over the last two weeks, claims data security vendor BitDefender, but fellow security experts are disagreeing.
Negar Salek Jul 26 2007 1:58PM Security
Add Excel to trend of spam attachments

Add Excel to trend of spam attachments

On the heels of the PDF spam rise, junk mailers are using another popular file format - Microsoft Excel - to dupe users, a messaging security firm reported this week.
Dan Kaplan Jul 25 2007 9:56AM Security
Australian Customs warns of email scam

Australian Customs warns of email scam

Customs is warning Australians - ordering goods from overseas via the Web - that an email from a Hotmail account, claiming to be from Customs and asking for the payments of fees, is a scam.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2007 3:53PM Security
Synetek documents email policy

Synetek documents email policy

Aussie on-demand business applications vendor for the SME market, Synetek Systems has made available a Corporate Email Policy Document for businesses.
Staff Writers Jul 23 2007 2:13PM Security
Study: Europe overtakes US in spam chart

Study: Europe overtakes US in spam chart

Europe now relays more spam than the US, new figures show.
Fiona Raisbeck Jul 19 2007 10:17AM Security

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