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! email accounts hacked, passwords reset

Yahoo! email accounts hacked, passwords reset

Third party service hack suspected.
Darren Pauli Jan 31 2014 10:45AM Security
Google suffers multi-nation outage

Google suffers multi-nation outage

Resolved within an hour.
Staff Writers Jan 25 2014 5:39PM Software
Greenpeace blamed for WA Premier's email crash

Greenpeace blamed for WA Premier's email crash

But it says shoddy infrastructure is at fault.
Paris Cowan Jan 22 2014 6:50AM Software
Qld Govt's first cloud pilot falls behind schedule

Qld Govt's first cloud pilot falls behind schedule

High-profile email project misses minister's deadline.
Paris Cowan Jan 20 2014 6:20AM Software
Yahoo encrypts email connections by default

Yahoo encrypts email connections by default

All connections covered.
Juha Saarinen Jan 9 2014 12:26PM Security
ShadowServer handed ACMA's spam intel database

ShadowServer handed ACMA's spam intel database

Researchers move into spam fighting.
Darren Pauli Dec 18 2013 10:36AM Security
ACMA hands ShadowServer spam intel database

ACMA hands ShadowServer spam intel database

Researchers move into spam fighting.
Darren Pauli Dec 17 2013 3:17PM Security
App intercepts 25,000 SMS messages

App intercepts 25,000 SMS messages

2000 mobile devices infected.
Danielle Walker Dec 16 2013 2:00PM Security
Canadian Govt sets date for new anti-spam legislation

Canadian Govt sets date for new anti-spam legislation

Comes into force on July 1.
James Hale Dec 12 2013 7:00AM Security
Canada passes world's toughest anti-spam law

Canada passes world's toughest anti-spam law

Penalties up to $10 million.
Juha Saarinen Dec 5 2013 4:52AM Training & Development
Vodafone invests in social to combat customer churn

Vodafone invests in social to combat customer churn

Seeks an 'omnichannel' view of customers.
Ry Crozier Nov 19 2013 12:42PM Software
NSA ushers new dark age for email

NSA ushers new dark age for email

The Dark Mail Alliance builds distinct end-to-end crypto.
Adam Greenberg Nov 4 2013 8:00AM Security
World's biggest spam bot ditches world's biggest exploit kit

World's biggest spam bot ditches world's biggest exploit kit

Gameover, Blackhole.
Danielle Walker Oct 23 2013 10:30AM Security
Queensland Treasury joins the queue for cloud email

Queensland Treasury joins the queue for cloud email

But DSITIA pilot marred by delays.
Paris Cowan Oct 21 2013 1:15PM Software
Yahoo to deploy SSL by default for webmail

Yahoo to deploy SSL by default for webmail

Starts January.
Danielle Walker Oct 16 2013 1:25PM Security
Aust spy agency gave 300k contacts in one day to NSA

Aust spy agency gave 300k contacts in one day to NSA

NSA raiding address books.
Darren Pauli Oct 16 2013 11:27AM Security
NSA report says Aust spooks swiped 311,113 contacts in one day

NSA report says Aust spooks swiped 311,113 contacts in one day

NSA raiding address books.
Darren Pauli Oct 15 2013 12:25PM Security
Qld cloud tender limited to handpicked vendors

Qld cloud tender limited to handpicked vendors

Negotiations begin for email-as-a-service.
Paris Cowan Oct 9 2013 6:59AM Strategy
Spammers to pay Facebook $3M

Spammers to pay Facebook $3M

Five-year case concludes.
Adam Greenberg Oct 2 2013 12:35PM Security
Telstra engineers work to fix BigPond email

Telstra engineers work to fix BigPond email

Updated: Outage passes 16 hours.
Ry Crozier , Allie Coyne Oct 2 2013 6:33AM Telco/ISP

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