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Spam: E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" UCE, "unsolicited bulk e-mail" UBE, "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun...; Full Spam Definition >>

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Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protection: The 2008 edition of Consumer Reports' "State of the Net" report, advises that a common security mistake is "thinking your Mac shields you from all risks", and that due to Safari's lack of built-in phishing protection Mac users are urged to switch to Firefox or Opera : "According to...; Tags: apple macintosh, apple safari, consumer reports, phishing protection, phishing, cyberthreats, spam, viruses and worms, security, spam and phishing, dancho danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters: Junk emailers are using Google Sites to create web pages that can help spam get around corporate filters, according to MessageLabs Spammers have added Google Sites to the arsenal of online tools used to get around junk-email filters, according to a study published on Tuesday by messaging...; Tags: google inc., spammer, messagelabs ltd., cyberthreats, security, spam and phishing, matthew broersma zdnet.co.uk, spam, worms, malware, google, securuty, google sites; News items 2008-08-05
News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook: Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...; Tags: facebook, microsoft windows vista, apple inc., intel corp., vyatta, mauku, phishing, service-oriented architecture (soa), sales strategy, cyberthreats, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), spam, security, spam and phishing, web services, enterprise software, software, sales, operating systems, microsoft windows, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-05
Phishers increasingly scamming other phishers: A new study conducted by Marco Cova, Christopher Kruegel, and Giovanni Vigna, provides factual evidence of a well known practice by experienced phishers, namely, backdooring phishing pages that they would later on distribute for free across the IT underground, in order to build a covert network where other phishers would...; Tags: kit, cybercriminal, phishing, cyberthreats, spam, viruses and worms, security, spam and phishing, dancho danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-04
Rise of the 'legit' malware sites: About 75 percent of all Web sites serving up malicious code are legitimate sites that have been hacked/compromised, according to a new report from WebSense. This number validates statistics from ScanSafe showing a dramatic rise in 'good' sites being being used as a conduit for drive-by malware...; Tags: web, vulnerability, websense inc., malware, spam, attack, cyberthreats, spyware, adware & malware, channel management, security, viruses and worms, marketing, ryan naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-01

FBI warns of new Storm worm variant: The email uses the phrase 'FBI vs. Facebook' in its subject line and contains a link to view an article about the FBI and Facebook. On Wednesday, the FBI and its partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), warned against a new email campaign being used by the creators...; Tags: facebook, fbi, federal government, e-mail, government, online communications, robert vamosi, bots, storm worm, malware, security, spam; News items 2008-07-31
Software602 Groupware Server (exe): Software602 Groupware Server is a secure messaging and Web collaboration server that contains SMTP/IMAP/POP3/LDAP services, corporate Instant Messaging XMPP with searchable SQL based archive, Web client along with integrated BitDefender anti-virus and real-time Commtouch RPD anti-spam protection. The included Web client integrates e-mail, RSS feeds, public folders, contacts vCard, tasks,...; Tags: anti-spam, web client, software602, software602 groupware server, outlook connector, microsoft outlook, e-mail, rss, groupware, spam, viruses and worms, security, microsoft office, office suites, software, online communications, internet, enterprise software, spam and phishing; Software downloads 2008-07-28
TrustPort PC Security (exe): TrustPort PC Security is a complex solution for antivirus protection and data security on workstations and notebooks. It contains the following optional components in one functional unit: antivirus, antispyware and antispam protection, security of network connection, on-line encryption, electronic signature and safe data deletion. Version 1.5.4.1060 includes Windows Vista compatibility,...; Tags: anti-spam, antivirus, trustport, trustport pc security, viruses and worms, spam, security, spam and phishing; Software downloads 2008-07-24
Webcast: Mid-Year Report: Malware, Spam and Web Threats in 2008: What's NOT happening in 2008? The Web continues to be a vector for cyber threats. Incidents of spear-phishing continue to dupe users, and botnets are increasing in popularity amongst growing economies across the globe. Complex polymorphic viruses as opposed to the more mundane Trojan horses are getting...; Tags: web, webcast, sophos plc., malware, spam, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, channel management, security, marketing; Webcasts 2008-07-24
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws: Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...; Tags: apple iphone, apple safari, vulnerability, spamming, flaw, aviv raff, phishing, spam, security, spam and phishing, ryan naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Twitter anti-spam efforts go overboard: Twitter's spam-blocking efforts have falsely identified popular company Twitter feeds and individuals as spammers, creating a definite damper in community engagement. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: anti-spam, twitter, pandora, spam, cyberthreats, security, spam and phishing, jennifer leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Spam coming from free email providers increasing: Spam coming from free email providers increasingSpamit is a problem, when recieve spam the TO: has additional accounts on my free email. there should be a way for the free email t block those sending to the same free email. it's CRAZYFree E-mail services should be held responsible...for keeping their...; Tags: spam, free email company, spammer, e-mail company, e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Spam coming from free email providers increasing: After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...; Tags: captcha, google gmail, free email company, anti-spam, spammer, e-mail company, ip, service, cyberthreats, spam, e-mail providers, e-mail, phishing, viruses and worms, security, networking, spam and phishing, internet, online communications, dancho danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects: Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...; Tags: arrest, ebay inc., romania, romanian, phishing, identity theft, cyberthreats, spam, viruses and worms, security, spam and phishing, nathan mcfeters; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Brightfilter Parental Control 2008 (exe): Brightfilter is a parental control solution that enables parents and administrators to quickly and easily set different filtering profiles on the same PC. One license covers up to three PCs. The service filters at the internet level, which means that the database used does not reside on the PC, but...; Tags: brightfilter, phishing, cyberthreats, spyware, adware & malware, spyware, viruses and worms, spam, security, desktops, spam and phishing, hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-17
US spam levels up, state of Illinois is the worst offender: US spam levels up, state of Illinois is the worst offenderWe run spamassassin here, which is what their system is based on.Spam levels at my company are up! Hell look at my charts: http://brain.chcfl.com/postfix Obviously i dont see nearly the traffic they do, but when your running at 98%...; Tags: cyberthreats, security, receivernet technology, spam mail, spam filter, spam level, spam, offender; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
US spam levels up, state of Illinois is the worst offender: From MessageLabs: Spam levels for the US in June have reached 86% compared to spam levels at 81.5% in the rest of the world. Breaking this information down further, MessageLabs reports that some US states are more affected than others. Varying socioeconomic factors are thought to affect the spam...; Tags: messagelabs ltd., state, cyberthreats, spam, security, spam and phishing, nathan mcfeters; Blog posts 2008-07-16
It's a start: Spammer gets jail time: There have been a few high profile penalties against spammers of late, but they all lack one key ingredient--jail time. To wit: MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole; Wins $6 million settlement MySpace's $230 million spam win: Will it really be a deterrent? ...; Tags: spammer, spam, cyberthreats, security, spam and phishing, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-16
E-mail Link Protector (exe): Email Link Protector is a software to protect your email address, It can anti-spam solution that prevents spam bots from email address harvesting on your Web site. Key Features: Encode "mailto:" tag behind email address; Convert text-written email address into an image; Automatically integrate anti-spam protection into selected pages (single...; Tags: anti-spam, e-mail address, eraidea technologies, email link protector, e-mail, spam, viruses and worms, online communications, security, spam and phishing; Software downloads 2008-07-16
Finding the name behind the GMail address: Ah, this is a fun little trick. I'm not sure if it represents a vulnerability, but certainly I expect Google will try to get rid of this feature. The SecuriTeam blog has reported that it is possible to expose the full name of the user who registered a GMail account. ...; Tags: google inc., google gmail, securiteam blog, phishing, e-mail providers, cyberthreats, cloud computing, spam, viruses and worms, security, spam and phishing, internet, nathan mcfeters; Blog posts 2008-07-15