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Spam and SPIM: A Growing Threat to Messaging Systems

Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. After five years of dealing with spam and throwing significant resources at the problem, 54% of messaging decision-makers in mid-sized and large...

Tags: Spim, Messaging, E-mail, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2007-11-15

Spim, splog on the rise

Spim, splog on the riseBlock what you canFor example, in Trillian, go to Identities and Connections->Change...->Privacy and click on Accept Messages only from users on my Contact List. This will stop spim from reaching Trillianspam, splog, spim...what's next?First came spam, then splog, spim, what's next...spmail? spfantasy baseball?Hackers have done...

Tags: spim, spam

Discussion threads 2006-07-06

U.S. makes first arrest for spim

U.S. makes first arrest for spimThey need to put him in prison for about 10 years!He would soon learn how it feals to be violated by something you don't want in places you don't want it. No one likes SPAM, in Email or IM.Spim?WTF is that? Spam with a...

Tags: Instant messaging, WTF, spim, spam

Discussion threads 2005-02-21

182 mln people to use instant messaging in 2007

Radicati Group estimates that 1.2 bln spim have been sent this year, up from 400 mln last year. It says the rise of spim messages also corresponds to the massive growth in instant-messaging businesses. Ferris Research says that only 10 mln people used IM in 2002, but it predicts 182...

Tags: spim, IM

Blog posts 2004-09-12

Users fume over Yahoo-Trillian scuffle

Users fume over Yahoo-Trillian scuffleNow I'll never do anything with yahooI use gaim and chat with my aol and ICQ buddies, so I guess I'll be asking my yahoo friends to switch.YES BLOCK other IMsPersonally, I'm ALL FOR BLOCKING. Yahoo and AOL both have the best reason - SPIM....

Tags: Instant messaging, Yahoo! Inc., spim, Trillian, IM

Discussion threads 2004-06-24

How to stop IM and SPIM abuse

How to stop IM and SPIM abuseSelf-Serving?Some of the recommendations Marty makes are fine, like setting up an acceptable usage policy for IM. But stating that companies should turn off file transfer in IM is over the top. If companies are worried about IM viruses, get virus protection that checks...

Tags: Instant messaging, Viruses and worms, IM, virus, brat, spim

Discussion threads 2004-04-29

Experts downplay 'spim' threat

Experts downplay 'spim' threatDon't use instant messengersI do not like the instant messengers or do I use them. It is easier to pick the phone up at work or send an email.OR try soemthing completly different get up and go to their office and speak to them! Novel concept...I use...

Tags: Instant messaging, instant messenger, IM, spim, e-mail

Discussion threads 2004-04-01

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Instant Message = Instant Threat: Using Sybari's Antigen to Protect Microsoft LCS Users From IM Viruses and SPIM - Level 100

Although instant messaging gives employees access to real-time communication, it also means that companies now have employees exchanging information and files both inside and outside of the company network, leaving their network open to possible attack, the proliferation of viruses or malicious code. This webcast will explain what security risks...

Tags: Webcast, IM, Sybari Software Inc., Spim, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Webcasts

Additional Resources

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS servicesAbout damn timeSince the carriers don't give us any way to shut off the COD messaging, laying a minefield for SMS senders is the only practical way to shut off the flood of spim that I have to pay for.They're starting...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, text fee, Verizon Communications Inc., SMS Service, SMS

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers

Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbersYeah. Sure.Right after we get the paperless office, flying car & the long-promised 3-day work week.Google has GrandCentral for contacting user's various phone numbersGoogle has GrandCentral something kind of along these lines with making multiple contacts but to the different phone numbers that one...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Microsoft Corp., phone, network

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

So you think SMS is dying? Think again.

So you think SMS is dying? Think again.Why SMS ain't going awayIt's really very simple: it's a collect call that the recipient can't refuse, can't turn off, and gets charged for every piece of spim that comes in.The carriers are making a mint. Until something else comes along that...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, SMS

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

How this nearly barenaked lady has been brought to you courtesy of a Skype SPIM-mer

How this nearly barenaked lady has been brought to you courtesy of a Skype SPIM-merWhy not just remove images from people asking to be your buddy.Seems a simple enough solution to me.Spam is spam.. they have a warning/spam button.. use it.RE: How this nearly barenaked lady has been brought to...

Tags: E-mail, Construction, Spam, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2008-03-07

How this nearly barenaked lady has been brought to you courtesy of a Skype SPIM-mer

Skype Journal's Phil Wolff uses this screencap from a Skype SPIM Spam Over Instant Messaging session to explain how Skype SPIM-ers initiate these contacts. Phil mentions 10 ways this is done. Perhaps number 6 is the most sneakingly cunning: ...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Skype Journal, Tools & Techniques, Management, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-07

What's on tap for Windows Live Messenger 9?

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Microsoft sent out invitations to pre-selected testers for the next version of its consumer instant-messaging service, Windows Live Messenger WLM 9. LiveSide.net grabbed, posted (and later, at Microsoft's request, pulled) the feature list for WLM 9.0. On the feature list for the beta...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Instant Messaging, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-26

Does email have a future?

Does email have a future?It's easy to blame the spammers...and ultimately, they are the ones responsible however they do it because they make money doing it. I would like to put out a lit cigarette in the eye of everyone who ever buys anything as a result of a spam...

Tags: Cyberthreats, fax machine, e-mail, spam, anti-spam

Discussion threads 2007-04-09

Blog feeds may carry security risk

Blog feeds may carry security riskI have an ideawhy don't we just shut the internet down. Jeez! Every day it's this threat or that threat, this exploit or that. Gets kind of old after a while, know what I mean?Rule of ThumbAll computer software will have security holes unless proven...

Tags: Scripting languages, RSS, JavaScript, security, blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML

Discussion threads 2006-08-04

Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it better

Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it betterThat would be a resounding YES!Gee that was hard. ]:)Look!this scam is going around AGAIN! "[B]FROM MR JOHN WILLIAMBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGERBANK OF AFRICABOAOUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.DEAR FRIEND,I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT...

Tags: Kin, bank, e-mail, PC

Discussion threads 2006-07-25

Symantec Security Response: Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks for 2006

Instant Messaging IM continues to be the fastest growing communications medium, with an estimated 390 million consumer and enterprise IM users by the end of 2006. Global services such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger each report over 1 billion messages sent per day, and IM traffic...

Tags: Security, Symantec Corp., IM, Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-05-01

10 things you should know about fighting spam

Understanding a few key facts about how spam fits into the IT landscape will help you marshal the necessary resources to combat it. This list offers a look at a selection of interesting details about spam. Spam is one of the biggest problems facing e-mail administrators and...

Tags: Sender Policy Framework, Internet E-mail, TechRepublic Inc., IM, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Internet, Instant Messaging, Spam, Productivity, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing

Download resources 2006-02-14

Instant messaging viruses and worms up 271% in Q1 2005

IMlogic Threat Center, a global consortium providing threat detection and protection for instant messaging IM and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, issued its first quarterly report on the rise of IM security threats. IMlogic noted a 271% increase in reported incidents of new IM/P2P viruses, worms, and malicious code including SPIM/malware. More...

Tags: messaging, IM

Blog posts 2005-04-06