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- Overall spam volume unaffected by 3FN/Pricewert's ISP shutdown
- Overall spam volume unaffected by 3FN/Pricewert's ISP shutdownTheir equipment must be confiscatedThey redirected to attack the FCC.They probably are still using the same telephone number.
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), spam volume
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- 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
- Google: Spam volume for Q1 back to pre-McColo levels
- It took only a couple of months for cybercriminals to catch-up and reintroduce the massive spam volumes that briefly disappeared following the shutdown of the cybercrime ecosystem's sitting duck McColo in November, 2008. According to Google's Postini Spam data and trends for Q1 2009, during the first...
- Tags: Google Inc., Spammer, Spamming, Spam Volume, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- 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
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- Spam report: Old school techniques are back; companies on alert
- An old school spamming technique among Internet bad guys - using images to hack their way into a system or spread viruses - is back. Google's e-mail security services team reported Spam trends for the third quarter in a blog post today and, among the findings was...
- Tags: Technique, Team, Google Team, E-mail, Team Management, Online Communications, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Phishers introduce 'Chat-in-the-Middle' fraud tactic
- Phishers don't just want to "bank with you", they also want to talk you into revealing the answers to your 'secret' questions, next to more sensitive information that would help them gain access to your online bank account. A new 'Chat-in-the-Middle' fraud tactic was recently discovered by...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Cutwail botnet spamming 'IRS unreported income' themed malware
- Researchers from MX Logic -- now part of McAfee -- have intercepted a new malware campaign spammed by the Pushdo/Cutwail botnet, that's using an 'IRS unreported income' notices in an attempt to trick the recipients into downloading a tax-statement.exe executable. The Pushdo/Cutwail botnet remains among the most...
- Tags: Income, Malware, Internal Revenue Service, Spamming, Spam, E-mail, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Campaign Monitor hacked, accounts used for spamming
- E-mail marketing software developer Campaign Monitor warned users today of a server compromise that took place during the weekend. The compromise allowed the attackers to gain access to customer accounts, which they abused by importing their own lists of harvested emails in order to launch spam campaigns...
- Tags: Monitor, Spammer, Spamming, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Servers, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Opt Me Out! The United States Postal Service Needs an Overhaul
- They Can't Change ItThe ONLY people using the Postal System today are Direct Marketers, Billers and Magazines. That's why the only mail in your post box is catalogs, bills and magazines. 85% of current USPS revenue is from bulk mailers of which Direct Marketers are the largest share....
- Tags: U.S. Postal Service, mailer, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Opt Me Out! The United States Postal Service Needs an Overhaul
- The volume of physical spam I receive, aka junk mail, is now becoming an absolutely intolerable situation. Nothing less than a complete overhaul of the entire US Postal Service is in order. My friend and colleague David Strom, over at his site Strominator.com,...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., U.S. Postal Service, Web Site Development, Cyberthreats, Web Technology, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- TrustPort Internet Gateway 5.3.0.1940 (Windows)
- The program supervises all communication between the company networks and the Internet. It prevents unauthorized attempts to access the network from the outside, blocks spam, and attacks on servers. Also implements antivirus and antispam monitoring of Web sites and all downloaded documents. This robust solution is built on a large...
- Tags: Network, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, TrustPort, Spam, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-08-03
- Spammers go multilingual, use automatic translation services
- For years spammers relied on basic mass marketing concepts in an attempt to target everyone, everywhere, thereby sacrificing quality for quantity. Things changed, at least for some of them. Realizing the advantages of market segmentation, certain spammers started segmenting the databases of harvested or emails based on...
- Tags: Spammer, Translation Service, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- 419 scammers using Dilbert.com
- Scammers too, know Dilbert. On their way to search for clean IPs through which to send out yet another scam email, 419 con-artists Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey have recently started using Dilbert.com's recommendation feature in an attempt to bypass anti-spam filters -- and it works. The use...
- Tags: Fraud, Scammer, Litigation, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- SMTP Server Pro 5.5.0.35 (Windows)
- SMTP Server Pro is a SMTP POP3 mail server program made to fulfill the requirements of a huge organization in high-volume messaging. It is simple, light-weight, and reliable; it has security features to prevent DDoS attacks and block spam. As a personal solution, it is ideal for laptop PC users...
- Tags: SMTP, IM, Server, Microsoft Windows, SMTP Server, SMTP Server Pro, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Instant Messaging, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-07-11
- How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?
- How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?Leave that for the 3rd party providersMS is already treading on anti-trust thin ice with the release of this for the client. By not stepping into the enterprise market, MS allows all the current AV providers to charge for their enterprise features. So...
- Tags: Servers, X-WINDOWS, server, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- News to know: Palm CEO; Barry Diller; iPhone upgrade; Iomega; MS Money
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm injects Apple DNA: Colligan out as CEO; Rubinstein in Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Barry Diller: The Internet 'Absolutely'...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Iomega Corp., Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Solve the spam problem: Independent test report proves new approach achieves 99.997% spam catch rate
- As the volume of spam continues to rise and the sophistication of spammers increases, e-mail security persists as a leading concern for corporations and service providers. The effectiveness of conventional spam filtering technologies is limited and cannot keep up with the latest and evolving attacks of spammers. What is needed...
- Tags: Abaca, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-06-04
- Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIV - Key Facts and Figures
- The Internet threat landscape continues to challenge the organization's information with increasingly complex and sophisticated attacks. This is making it even more important to have access to global threat intelligence that can assist in making informed decision on how best to protect the company's assets. The attendee of this webcast...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Internet Security, Attack, Security, Phishing, Spam And Phishing
- Webcasts 2009-04-30
- The 'Social Media' Quality Problem: What a Racket
- Gary & the Hornets Oskar Weiner US TV Commercial, 1967 While it is highly desirable to stimulate dialog between business units, individuals, partners and of course customers in order to encourage cross pollination and capture ideas collaboratively, there is a parallel challenge of the quality...
- Tags: Social Media, E-mail, Tammy Erickson, Marketing Research, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Trend Micro wants enterprise to re-think security
- When 60 Minutes reports on looming threat of the Conficker worm, people listen. But when the IT departments and security software types caution users about what they download or the sites they visit, the warnings often fall on deaf ears. It used to be that the big...
- Tags: Bank, Trend Micro Inc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
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