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Overall spam volume unaffected by 3FN/Pricewert's ISP shutdown

Following last week's shutdown of 3FN/Pricewert's operations by the FTC, wishful thinkers expected a major decline in the overall spam volume, with botnet masters once again caught off guard just like it happened in November, 2008 with McColo's shutdown. However, according to numerous vendors that doesn't seem...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Malware, FTC, Spam Volume, 3FN/Pricewert, Marshal8e6, Rustock, Pricewert, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Business Security, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Business Operations, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Marshal8e6's Defense-in-Depth Anti-Spam Engine

Spam - it has become the email plague of the new century. In 2007, despite assurances from Bill Gates that spam would be eliminated by now, spam had its biggest year on record. The burgeoning volume of spam facing enterprises continues to grow. The distinction between spam and malware is...

Tags: Marshal8e6, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2009-03-11

Additional Resources

Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating

Researchers at Marshal8e6's TRACElabs have intercepted a spam campaign that's issuing bogus "Conficker Infection Alerts" and redirecting users to rogue security software upon clicking on the links. The event-based social engineering campaign is also impersonating various Microsoft security departments in order to improve its truthfulness. This is...

Tags: Infection, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-09