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.

Yahoo and Cisco submit email authentication scheme

Yahoo and Cisco submit email authentication scheme

Yahoo and Cisco’s joint email authentication technology has finally been submitted as a standard to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
David Quainton Jul 12 2005 3:10PM Security
Red Cross warns of hoax UK bomb donation email

Red Cross warns of hoax UK bomb donation email

The Australian Red Cross has warned people not to respond to a hoax email that pretends to be collecting funds for victims of the London bombings.
Vivienne Fisher Jul 11 2005 3:50PM Security
China to toughen up porcelain spam record

China to toughen up porcelain spam record

China has formerly agreed to tackle unsolicited mail by signing up to the London Action Plan on Spam Enforcement Collaboration.
David Quainton Jul 5 2005 11:14AM Security
Taking out the garbage of spam

Taking out the garbage of spam

The rise of email as a mission-critical commercial tool has led to one unfortunate side affect. A daily stream of garbage finds its way into our inboxes. Dealing with spam is the curse of modern business. Some spam even turns your own IT systems into spam transmitters so it is just as important to ensure your systems are not sending garbage out.
Paul Thackeray Jun 30 2005 10:43AM Security
ACA takes alleged spammer to court

ACA takes alleged spammer to court

The Australian Communications Authority is taking an alleged global spammer based in Perth to court.
Staff Writers Jun 24 2005 3:21PM Security
Australian man faces multi-million dollar spam fine

Australian man faces multi-million dollar spam fine

An Australian man faces a multi-million dollar fine after being accused of sending 56 million spam emails. The charges are the first to be bought under that country's stringent anti-spam laws.
René Millman Jun 24 2005 11:29AM Security
Porn spam triples

Porn spam triples

Pornographic spam tripled during May from 5.62 to 14.05 percent of all spam, according to an internet security firm.
Ron Osborn Jun 23 2005 10:48AM Security
Microsoft sues German spam outfit

Microsoft sues German spam outfit

Microsoft is suing an alleged spam operation in Germany after customers of its Hotmail service were bombarded with emails advertising online casinos and porn websites.
René Millman Jun 22 2005 12:24PM Security
Email authentication scheme 'ready soon'

Email authentication scheme 'ready soon'

An email authentication standard with broad industry support could be ready within two months, providing e-commerce companies with a new weapon to beat phishing attacks.
David Quainton Jun 17 2005 3:15PM Security
Risk associated with outbound email spurs corporate monitoring

Risk associated with outbound email spurs corporate monitoring

Sixty-three percent of companies with 1,000 or more employees use or plan to use staff to read outgoing email, according to a survey by email security supplier Proofpoint.
Marcia Savage Jun 6 2005 7:40PM Security
Yahoo teams with Cisco on email authentication standard

Yahoo teams with Cisco on email authentication standard

Yahoo and Cisco Systems have collaborated on an authentication technology that aims to thwart email forgery by verifying emails' address of origin.
Marcia Savage Jun 1 2005 8:14PM Security
OECD claims developing world easy spam prey

OECD claims developing world easy spam prey

Spam is hurting developing countries more than their industrialized partners, according to a new report.
David Quainton Jun 1 2005 12:48PM Security
Alluring images hoodwink users

Alluring images hoodwink users

People are being lured into opening worm-carrying emails by subject lines referring to alluring pictures.
Vivienne Fisher May 30 2005 4:19PM Security
FTC crack down on 'lonely housewives' sex spam

FTC crack down on 'lonely housewives' sex spam

The FTC has won a court order shutting down a spam operation that allegedly emailed millions of internet users with sexually explicit messages in order to drive traffic to its website.
René Millman May 27 2005 11:48AM Security
FTC launches offensive against spam zombies

FTC launches offensive against spam zombies

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an international effort to crack down on the use of zombie computers by spammers.
Marcia Savage May 24 2005 4:33PM Security
Spammers turn to spyware

Spammers turn to spyware

Spammers will turn to spyware in response to government regulations and technology upgrades, according to security vendor SurfControl.
Staff Writers May 24 2005 3:00PM Security
Man in Japan canned for spam

Man in Japan canned for spam

A Japanese man has been arrested in his country’s first spam case.
David Quainton May 17 2005 11:41AM Security
Massachusetts AG sues alleged spam ring

Massachusetts AG sues alleged spam ring

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has filed a lawsuit against a Boston-area group that allegedly sent millions of deceptive spam emails.
Marcia Savage May 11 2005 6:08PM Security
Lock stock and spam scams

Lock stock and spam scams

Spammers are turning to the stock market in order to make money.
David Quainton May 10 2005 4:38PM Security
MYTOB variant fakes email errors

MYTOB variant fakes email errors

A new variant of the MYTOB worm has been discovered that pretends to be a legitimate email warning of a delivery error or email account problem.
Staff Writers May 10 2005 3:00PM Security

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