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.

Majority of Russian net traffic is spam

Majority of Russian net traffic is spam

Malicious programs also up 41 percent on the previous year.
Matt Chapman Mar 2 2007 8:26AM Security
Smart malware injects spam into messages

Smart malware injects spam into messages

Trojan scans outgoing messages before embedding spam content.
Shaun Nichols Feb 28 2007 8:20AM Security
Barracuda chomps on image spam

Barracuda chomps on image spam

New technology claims to defeat latest spam techniques.
Clement James Feb 27 2007 7:54AM Security
Evolution of employee monitoring stretches far beyond email

Evolution of employee monitoring stretches far beyond email

The concept of organisations keeping a watchful eye on employees during company hours is nothing new.
Sandra Vaughan, Feb 26 2007 5:35AM Security
SANS Institute threatened in zombie spam message

SANS Institute threatened in zombie spam message

The US SANS Internet Storm Center on Thursday received a malware sample that contained code with a not-so-endearing message for the organisation.
Dan Kaplan Feb 26 2007 5:27AM Security
Australian cricket team email attack

Australian cricket team email attack

Australia’s struggling one-day cricket team is the subject of the latest attempt to trick Australians into downloading malicious trojans, according to global security vendor SurfControl today.
Negar Salek Feb 21 2007 1:42PM Security
Email security: Good policy is the answer

Email security: Good policy is the answer

Spam clogging up the server was only the start. A sound email policy is the only way to handle security breaches and compliance.
David Quainton Feb 16 2007 2:46AM Security
Why is my spam in colour?

Why is my spam in colour?

Today one out of four emails on the internet is an image spam message. This is not because spammers have just realised the marketing benefits of captive colours. Instead, this is because the spammers have identified a weakness in many anti-spam systems and are moving diligently to maximise this opportunity by fully exploiting this weakness.
Paul Judge, Feb 12 2007 7:31PM Security
Republican calls for email and IM monitoring

Republican calls for email and IM monitoring

ISPs would have to keep records of emails, IM and website visits.
Iain Thomson Feb 12 2007 9:44AM Telco/ISP
Korean duo arrested for allegedly sending billions of spam emails

Korean duo arrested for allegedly sending billions of spam emails

Two South Korean men have been arrested on suspicion of sending 1.6 billion spam emails, in what police describe as one of the biggest spam campaigns in the country's history.
Fiona Raisbeck Jan 31 2007 8:38AM Security
Warning on 'Millionaire' email scam

Warning on 'Millionaire' email scam

Who wants to be taken for a ride?.
Iain Thomson Jan 29 2007 9:54AM Security
McAfee VirusScan upgrade blocks Lotus Notes email

McAfee VirusScan upgrade blocks Lotus Notes email

Workers that use the Lotus Notes email application are being locked out of their inboxes after installing the latest version of McAfee's anti-virus software, the security company has warned.
Fiona Raisbeck Jan 24 2007 2:19PM Security
Study: Image spam levels rocket

Study: Image spam levels rocket

Image spam levels have soared over the past six months, now accounting for over half of all spam, according to new research.
Fiona Raisbeck Jan 24 2007 11:18AM Security
Sophos: US wins spam and malware crown

Sophos: US wins spam and malware crown

The US has been named and shamed as the nation that hosted more malicious code and relayed more spam than any other during 2006.
Robert Jaques Jan 23 2007 1:35PM Security
No slowing growth of image spam in 2006

No slowing growth of image spam in 2006

The use of image spam continues to grow, now accounting for as much as two-thirds of all spam, security researchers said this week.
Frank Washkuch Jan 18 2007 9:15PM Security
Tiscali bolts down email

Tiscali bolts down email

Secure Mail service scheduled for early UK launch.
Clement James Jan 18 2007 9:35AM Security
Broken botnet cuts global spam by a third

Broken botnet cuts global spam by a third

But junk mail will still reach breaking point this year.
Robert Jaques Jan 11 2007 3:04PM Security
Spam and botnet levels continue to soar

Spam and botnet levels continue to soar

The number of spam messages jumped to a record 94 percent of all email on the internet last month, research from Postini reveals.
Fiona Raisbeck Jan 10 2007 11:30AM Security
UK gets email terror alerts

UK gets email terror alerts

Change in threat level will pop up in your inbox.
Matt Chapman Jan 10 2007 9:26AM Security
Cisco snatches up email security firm

Cisco snatches up email security firm

Acquisition of IronPort to boost email/messaging security.
Shaun Nichols Jan 8 2007 9:39AM Security

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