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.

AOL defends spam policy

AOL defends spam policy

AOL has turned the tables on the Florida emergency agency whose emails it is blocking. According to the ISP the blocked emails are a result of the Florida agency not processing its own emails correctly.
David Quainton May 4 2005 10:36AM Security
Emergency emails canned as spam

Emergency emails canned as spam

Emails from Florida-Emergency managers are being blocked by AOL because it detects them as spam.
David Quainton May 3 2005 5:20PM Security
The best defense for email retention

The best defense for email retention

Some organizations believe that minimizing the retention time of historical email reduces their business risk. They make it a routine practice, and in certain instances attempt to set company-wide policies, to delete old electronic communications, assuming that the messages will not be needed nor recoverable in other places.
Bernie Goulet May 3 2005 10:13AM Security
Dictionary attack spam hits small business hard - case study

Dictionary attack spam hits small business hard - case study

Small companies of less than ten users have been experiencing spam attacks of more than one and a half million mails a day.
David Quainton Apr 29 2005 5:15PM Security
Mozilla spam fools the net savvy

Mozilla spam fools the net savvy

A new spam campaign, making use of browser incompatibility, is fooling users into downloading a virus.
David Quainton Apr 15 2005 3:35PM Security
Email content filtering (2005)

Email content filtering (2005)

The vast quantity of email that flows through organizations is beginning to bog them down. One way out of this, says Ian Parsons, is to knock out junk and spam before it hits the desktop, using content filtering
Staff Writers Apr 12 2005 12:00AM Security
Hakuna matata - we don't care about spam

Hakuna matata - we don't care about spam

People may not like spam, but they are increasingly learning to live with it. A new report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project suggests users do not hate spam as much as they did a year ago and that their reaction to it is softening.
David Quainton Apr 11 2005 2:24PM Security
Nine years for spam master

Nine years for spam master

Spam king Jeremy Jaynes was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, but allowed to remain free while he appeals the decision.
David Quainton Apr 11 2005 10:56AM Security
Email trickery exploits Microsoft updates

Email trickery exploits Microsoft updates

Cyber criminals are exploiting Microsoft updates in an email scam designed to send users to bogus sites.
David Quainton Apr 8 2005 3:12PM Security
ACA investigates suspected spammer

ACA investigates suspected spammer

The Australian Communications Authority is investigating a Perth-based company suspected of sending tens of millions of unsolicited commercial emails.
Staff Writers Apr 8 2005 3:07PM Security
Car company breaches Spam Act

Car company breaches Spam Act

The Australian Communications Authority has fined a Melbourne car company for breaching the Spam Act.
Vivienne Fisher Apr 6 2005 2:01PM Telco/ISP
Spamalot fans may get spam a lot

Spamalot fans may get spam a lot

Fans of hit Broadway musical Spamalot could end up getting lots of spam after a security glitch exposed names and email addresses of 31,000 visitors to the show's website.
René Millman Mar 23 2005 3:50PM Security
'Desperate Housewives' spam tickles the fancy

'Desperate Housewives' spam tickles the fancy

The appeal of desperate housewives and the success of the eponymous TV series appears not to have passed spammers by.
David Quainton Mar 23 2005 3:26PM Security
IBM does not send spam back to spammers

IBM does not send spam back to spammers

IBM today launched a new technology aimed at combating spam. Some reports have claimed FairUCE (Fair use of unsolicited commercial email) bounces back spam emails to the IP address they were sent, a practise intended to slow the offending computers down, in fact the system works very differently.
David Quainton Mar 23 2005 11:43AM Security
Sex spam is back: Clearswift

Sex spam is back: Clearswift

Sex-related spam increased 180 percent in February, according to a recent spam index.
DVD Editor Mar 22 2005 12:00PM Security
Thatcher husband decoy in email scam

Thatcher husband decoy in email scam

Former British Prime Minister Lady Thatcher's late husband, Sir Dennis, is being used in a sick email scam designed to con recipients out of money. The email, claiming to be from Thatcher’s executors, tells readers they will receive £950,000 as a reward for their charity work.
David Quainton Mar 18 2005 10:30AM Security
Email filtering (2005)

Email filtering (2005)

The battle against spam starts at the gateway to your business's network. Robert Jaques tests the latest technology that can catch it before it gets in
Staff Writers Mar 7 2005 12:00AM Security
Increase in mass-mailers: Fortinet

Increase in mass-mailers: Fortinet

There was an increase in the number of mass mailing worms last month, according to a report from one security company.
Staff Writers , Staff Writers Mar 4 2005 3:28PM Security
MCI divorces spam bride after 18 month affair

MCI divorces spam bride after 18 month affair

MCI, the ISP formerly known as Worldcom, has finally booted off the website hosting spamming tool Send-Safe off its network.
David Quainton Mar 1 2005 12:04PM Security
Botnets predicted as major security threat in 2005

Botnets predicted as major security threat in 2005

Botnets could be one of the major security threats of 2005, according to a security company.
Vivienne Fisher Feb 28 2005 2:45PM Security

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