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.

Spam finds a way

Spam finds a way

Two years ago, Bill Gates made the brave prediction that spam would soon be “a thing of the past.” But it currently makes up between 60 and 90 percent of the world’s email traffic, and by all accounts is not going away. If anything, this year will see spam reaching new heights.
Rene Millman Mar 6 2006 7:46PM Security
New company promotes "unblockable" pop up tech

New company promotes "unblockable" pop up tech

A new company is promoting a technology claimed to be capable of dodging current pop up blocking software.
Staff Writers Mar 3 2006 8:30AM Software
Five phish a day for fifth of email users

Five phish a day for fifth of email users

More than 20 percent of email users receive more than five phishing emails every day, according to a new report.
René Millman Feb 21 2006 11:53AM Security
IRS warns U.S. citizens to beware of taxing phishing spam

IRS warns U.S. citizens to beware of taxing phishing spam

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning over phishing spam emails purporting to come from the agency which aim to tempt unwary recipients into giving up sensitive personal information.
William Eazel Feb 15 2006 9:53AM Security
Verizon cuts off wireless spam operation

Verizon cuts off wireless spam operation

Verizon Wireless has won a permanent injunction to stop Passport Holidays of Ormond Beach, Fla., from sending unsolicited spam text messages to its mobile phone customers.
William Eazel Feb 10 2006 10:18AM Security
Email firm claims ‘annoyance law’ is unconstitutional

Email firm claims ‘annoyance law’ is unconstitutional

A firm has launched a legal challenge against the newly passed federal “annoyance law," claiming that recent amendments to the legislation are unconstitutional.
William Eazel Feb 9 2006 11:59AM Security
Firms reject AOL, Yahoo email charge plan

Firms reject AOL, Yahoo email charge plan

Security companies have blasted moves by AOL and Yahoo to start charging customers for email as “a ridiculous idea."
René Millman Feb 8 2006 2:45PM Security
Threatening email senders arrested

Threatening email senders arrested

NSW Police have charged two Sydney men following their alleged sending of threatening emails late last year.
Staff Writers Feb 8 2006 10:09AM Security
Bird flu spam spreads WMF trojan downloader

Bird flu spam spreads WMF trojan downloader

Security experts have warned of a new malicious email that uses social engineering playing on the growing fear of an avian flu epidemic to trick users into visiting a malicious website.
William Eazel Feb 7 2006 10:35AM Security
Industry finally begins to can the spam

Industry finally begins to can the spam

The volume of spam messages per consumer is set to decrease 13 percent every year through 2010, as ISPs tackle the spam issue through improved filtering technology, industry analysts have predicted.
William Eazel Feb 6 2006 10:17AM Security
F-Secure email faked, includes trojan

F-Secure email faked, includes trojan

Thousands of F-Secure users received a bogus email today that claims to be from an employee of the anti-virus vendor but instead contains a trojan.
Dan Kaplan Feb 1 2006 9:42PM Security
Review: BlackSpider MailControl

Review: BlackSpider MailControl

BlackSpider’s services have performed well in our previous, more filtering-oriented tests. The company is focused on mail and web filtering, and unlike other services, it has no plans to offer long-term mail archival, claiming limited demand — surprising, but there are good arguments for separating email management from archiving.
Jon Tullett Feb 1 2006 12:00AM Security
Review: Mimecast Online

Review: Mimecast Online

Mimecast offers its technologies as an appliance and a managed service for smaller enterprises, run from three data centers. The service is almost wholly automated, with clients not expected to do much admin work at all beyond reporting.
Jon Tullett Feb 1 2006 12:00AM Security
Review: MIMEsweeper Email Managed Service

Review: MIMEsweeper Email Managed Service

Clearswift is well-known for its MIMEsweeper filtering software, but entered two new markets in 2005. First, it introduced an appliance format of the product, and then launched a managed service with no fanfare.
Jon Tullett Feb 1 2006 12:00AM Security
Review: SoftScan

Review: SoftScan

SoftScan services clients around the world, but while its support hours are European, 24x7 telephone support is available for a fee.
Jon Tullett Feb 1 2006 12:00AM Security
Email managed security services (2006)

Email managed security services (2006)

The first email security management firms offered straightforward services for overworked admins. But the market is changing and these services will need to change with the times. Jon Tullett reports.
Jon Tullett Feb 1 2006 12:00AM Security
Sex assault spam duping college students

Sex assault spam duping college students

Security analysts at Sophos have warned of a new trojan sent to colleges in North America and the United Kingdom disguised as a plea to help authorities locate an alleged campus rapist.
Dan Kaplan Jan 30 2006 8:38PM Security
Sophos report fingers top spam relaying nations

Sophos report fingers top spam relaying nations

The US continues to be the leading nation when it comes to relaying spam around the world, according to a security firm.
Staff Writers Jan 25 2006 10:15AM Security
Two years after Gates prediction, spam still exists

Two years after Gates prediction, spam still exists

It has been two years since Microsoft's Bill Gates made the bold prediction that spam would be a “thing of the past," but the problem is still as bad as ever, according to new figures released.
René Millman Jan 23 2006 2:43PM Security
Scammers send out Iraq war booty email

Scammers send out Iraq war booty email

Scammers are using the war in Iraq to con unsuspecting email users out of money.
René Millman Jan 18 2006 11:53AM Security

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