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.

Microsoft to back spam white-list

Microsoft to back spam white-list

Microsoft is to introduce a spammer’s white-list to allow marketing firms to reach Hotmail and MSN users.
Dan Ilett May 5 2004 3:54PM Security
Liberty Bank taps Sigaba for secure email

Liberty Bank taps Sigaba for secure email

Liberty Bank has chosen Sigaba Secure Email to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, Sigaba announced Tuesday.
Marcia Savage May 4 2004 4:54PM Security
London Grid for London to secure 2,700 schools' email

London Grid for London to secure 2,700 schools' email

The London Grid for Learning scheme is planning to protect more than one million school children from junk-email.
Dan Ilett Apr 29 2004 2:03PM Security
Spam clogs up productivity

Spam clogs up productivity

Spammers are slowing down the US work force.
Dan Ilett Apr 21 2004 12:08PM Security
Almost half of all spam "bugged"

Almost half of all spam "bugged"

Spammers are bugging nearly 50 per cent of all junk mail.
Dan Ilett Apr 14 2004 3:41PM Security
Comcast anti-spam filter blocks Russia-bound email

Comcast anti-spam filter blocks Russia-bound email

Anti-spam firm Comcast says that a junk email filter it installed last week inadvertently blocked email sent by its subscribers to any domain ending in the `.ru' suffix.
Steve Gold Mar 5 2004 12:05PM Security
Spam hits new heights in February – but “under control soon”

Spam hits new heights in February – but “under control soon”

New figures published by Brightmail show that the scourge of spam continues to grow, despite legislation aimed at stopping it.
Ron Condon Mar 4 2004 12:29PM Security
US pumps out over half of the world's spam

US pumps out over half of the world's spam

America is churning out over fifty per cent of the world's spam.
Dan Ilett Mar 1 2004 3:25PM Security
Korea joins in the fight against spam

Korea joins in the fight against spam

Korean authorities are stepping up the fight against spam.
Dan Ilett Feb 25 2004 11:18AM Security
Email hoax targets federal police

Email hoax targets federal police

A hoax email has been discovered that claims to be from the federal police, in what authorities believe is the first time a spam site has claimed to come from a law enforcement agency.
Vivienne Fisher Feb 17 2004 12:00AM Security
Email stamps could nix spam

Email stamps could nix spam

A San Francisco-based think-tank believes the way to solve spam overload is to start charging to send email.
Illena Armstrong Feb 13 2004 12:25PM Security
Spam filter adds wireless support

Spam filter adds wireless support

Voyant Strategies, a managed service provider, has added support for BlackBerry and 3G wireless devices to its ContentCatcher spam filtering service.
Marcia Savage Feb 6 2004 10:20PM Security
Free email monitoring service for Brightmail users

Free email monitoring service for Brightmail users

Anti-spam firm Brightmail is to reveal a free automated service for its customers, which endeavours to monitor email sources for more trustworthy communication.
Dan Ilett Feb 3 2004 3:11PM Security
Brussels hosts ID theft spam forum

Brussels hosts ID theft spam forum

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to host a workshop on spam prevention this week.
Dan Ilett Feb 2 2004 5:00PM Security
Aust joins global spam battle

Aust joins global spam battle

Two Australian government agencies have joined an international campaign aimed at persuading companies to close open relays and proxies, in a bid to reduce the amount of spam.
Vivienne Fisher Jan 30 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
More sophisticated email fraud emerges

More sophisticated email fraud emerges

Anti-spam company MailFrontier is warning companies that a new phishing technique has surfaced.
Illena Armstrong Jan 23 2004 2:46PM Security
Putting Spam Back in the Can

Putting Spam Back in the Can

Earlier this year, the Australian division of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk Email (CAUBE) revealed that the volume of spam in 2001 increased six-fold over that for 2000.
Pete Simpson Jan 16 2004 10:39AM Security
What Happens When Email Goes Wrong?

What Happens When Email Goes Wrong?

You may think that sending an email is safe enough.
Steven Jenkins Jan 15 2004 1:21PM Security
Redefining Email Security Policies

Redefining Email Security Policies

Corporations the world over are beginning to see email in a whole new light: not just as a revolutionary business tool, but also as a major potential liability if not controlled.
Tanya Candia Jan 15 2004 10:55AM Security
Securing Image Content in Email

Securing Image Content in Email

What arrives in our in-boxes these days is becoming progressively richer and fatter. The content includes HTML formatted rich text, hyperlinks and attachments of various types, including Office documents, databases, images, videos, etc. It is now estimated that more than 5 per cent of emails contain images.
Staff Writers Jan 14 2004 5:00PM Security

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