Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Microsoft Windows Live Mail's CAPTCHA defense falls to spam bots
- Microsoft Windows Live Mail's CAPTCHA defense falls to spam botsI'll second that...They, or someone, has also figured how to do the same with Yahoo accounts. One of my email accounts, not Hotmail or Yahoo, gets 5 - 10 spams a day from Hotmail, Yahoo US, Yahoo UK, Yahoo Taiwan,...
- Tags: Operating systems, CAPTCHA, CAPTCHA defense, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, spam bot, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, WLM, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Use Google Pages without worrying about spammers
- If you remember about a month ago, Google removed a feature in Google Pages that let users create multiple different websites with different addresses. They just brought back the feature, so you can once again create up to five websites with different URLs.Now, do you remember when Google first...
- Tags: Web site development, E-mail, Web technology, Google Inc., spam bot, Google Pages
- Blog posts 2006-11-19
Additional Resources
- Measurement and Classification of Humans and Bots in Internet Chat
- The abuse of chat services by automated programs, known as chat bots, poses a serious threat to Internet users. Chat bots target popular chat networks to distribute spam and malware. This paper, first conducts a series of measurements on a large commercial chat network. It measurements capture a total of...
- Tags: Internet, Robot, Bot
- White papers 2009-06-27
- FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP
- The Federal Trade Commission FTC has shut down a U.S.-based Internet Service Provider for recruiting, hosting and actively participating in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content. Pricewert LLC (also known as 3FN and APS Telecom) was shut down by a district court...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Server, Bot, FTC, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- New Mac OS X email worm discovered
- A newly discovered email worm dubbed OSX/Tored-A once again puts the spotlight on the potential worm-ability, and malware spreading tactics targeting Apple's OS X. The worm propagates through emails harvested from infected hosts, and has a backdoor functionality allowing its author to perform the following actions if...
- Tags: E-mail Worm, Apple Macintosh, Malware, Worm, Apple Mac OS X, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Apple Mac OS, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCs
- McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCsWouldn't it be best to inform peopleIf they have zombie PC's in their homes? I mean, it isn't like the ISP's couldn't see that "Hey, this data is shooting to a known zombie PC site.... let's inform the person who uses this...
- Tags: Zombie PC, McAfee Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- BBC botnet buy: What were they thinking?
- Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg As Dancho Danchev pointed out, the BBC leased itself a botnet. I couldn't quite believe it when I read it. The BBC, arguably one of the very best TV producers in the world, surely should have known better? There are so many...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company Prevx
- BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company PrevxDid the BBC break the law?Surely what the BBC did was in contravention of the UK Computer Misuse Act?They made unauthorised changes to people's computers without their permission. Sophos has been asked many times by the media to take part in...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Team management, SECURITY, Spam, team, British Broadcasting Corp., botnet, BBC team
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- Hardware fault tolerance in a virtual environment
- Hardware fault tolerance in a virtual environmentApplies to other areas as well spam filteringApplies to other areas as well - I am reminded of spam filtering. Many systems may boast "90%" or "99%" accuracy, but when you factor in the deluge of spam being sent, that may still mean several...
- Tags: Digital signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Spam, SECURITY, hardware, digital signature, fault-tolerance, spam filtering, bot, virtual environment
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Spammers break Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA...again
- The latest version of Microsoft Live Hotmail's CAPTCHA authentication system has been broken, reports InfoWorld via security company Websense. According to a detailed analysis of the latest hack by Websense, spammers have come up with a new scheme to fool the...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Spammer, Websense Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Massive comment spam attack on Digg.com leads to malware
- According to PandaSecurity, the social news site Digg.com is among the very latest Web 2.0 services to be targeted by cybecriminals on their way to acquire legitimate traffic to their malware serving domains. The ongoing attack is far more widespread the originally stated, with +500,000 bogus comments leading to...
- Tags: Digg, Malware, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Windows 7 Starter Edition - not an answer for Ed Tech
- Windows 7 Starter Edition - not an answer for Ed TechForget StarterGo for Home or Pro. They'll run just as well on netbooks. RE: Windows 7 Starter Edition - not an answer for Ed TechWho said Windows 7 Starter Edition was for ed tech? No one. Are you feeling...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter Edition, Microsoft Windows 7, Ed Tech, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- Social networks have taught us cryptography (probably) won
- Social networks have taught us cryptography probably wonYou don't get itWhat you are missing is that if a mandate were applied that caused all emails to have signed keys, that would require the bots to follow suit or simply get shunted by ISPs that could follow guidelines for handling mail...
- Tags: E-mail, Digital security, social networking, network, level attack, authentication method, bot, GnuPG, password, cryptography
- Discussion threads 2009-02-09
- Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivel
- Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivelHere come the flames!Regardless of the accurracy/inaccuracy of your vision, I can see the flames coming already.I personally don't see anything overtly incorrect in what you state, but my interpretation differs slightly.In my opinion, until they can find a way to capitalize on the creation of...
- Tags: NETWORKING, New Network Architecture, network, monoculture
- Discussion threads 2009-01-29
- The Passing Storm: The Storm/Nuwar Botnet
- While security software can mitigate the direct impact of Nuwar and other bot-related malware on individual systems, the wider effects of botnet activity need additional countermeasures. DDoS attacks, for instance, may be somewhat mitigated by firewall, switch and router configuration. Local monitoring and blocking of SMTP traffic from systems other...
- Tags: Eset, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Routers & Switches, Security, Viruses And Worms, Network Technology, Networking, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-01-10
- Towards Automating Malware Classification and Characterization
- Spam has become a problem of global impact. Most spam messages are currently sent out by captured machines organized in bot networks, which are infected with malicious software and are therefore under direct control of spammers. The connected explosion of automatically generated new malware variants has manual analysis at a...
- Tags: Malware, Seewald Solutions, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail systematically abused by spammers
- With the industry's eyes constantly monitoring the usual suspects' use of phony hosting providers, another market segment within the underground marketplace has been developing beneath the radar, aiming to build a malicious infrastructure (Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts; Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack) through...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Anti-spam, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Spam, Internet, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- With or without McColo, spam volume increasing again
- It was only a matter of time for spam volume to sky rocket again, despite McColo's shutdown in November. Two weeks after the cybercrime-friendly ISP got disconnected from the Internet, spam volumes are increasing once again with the main botnets using it as a command and control location regaining their...
- Tags: Continuity, Internet Service Provider, McColo, Spam Volume, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Profitability of spam finally measured
- Profitability of spam finally measuredWhy put out a paper showing the money to be made?Its definitely interesting.. but this paper makes me want to get into the spamming business.I could probably do it. I experimented with some stuff a few years ago that would get the job done. ...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- Towards Next-Generation Botnets
- This paper introduces the design of an advanced bot called Rambot that is based on the weak nesses found when tracking a diverse set of botnets over a period of several months. The main features of this bot are peer-to-peer communication, strong cryptography, a credit-point system to build bilateral trust...
- Tags: Bot, University Of Mannheim, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2008-10-07
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
Designing the next killer product
CIO of Sony Electronics:
Developing new ways to collaborate
CIO of Adobe: Gerri Martin-Flickinger
9:24
Overseeing IT operations across a global organization
CIO of Turner Broadcasting System: Dan Darling
6:48
The biggest security threats facing companies in 2009
Verisign CTO:
