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Fake CNN malware attack spins Gaza angle

ITworld staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:49:38 -0500

Hackers have launched a large-scale spam attack masquerading as CNN.com news notifications about the Israeli invasion of Gaza, security researchers said Thursday, in a repeat of a massive campaign last summer that also posed as CNN alerts.

Bayesian spam filtering with Exchange Server 2007

gzammit — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:46:42 -0500

Bayesian spam filtering is a technique used to classify email as spam based on the contents of the email message.

Google comes in third on top 10 list of spam enablers

ITworld staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:58:13 -0500

Google hasn't stopped a rising number of spammers from abusing Google Docs, its Web-based collaboration and spreadsheet application, according to Spamhaus.

Is Canada a Spam Haven?

gzammit — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:46:22 -0500

The spammer that Facebook won a landmark $873 million settlement against last month operated out of Canada, leading to criticism of the country’s lax anti-spam regulations. They did attempt to address the problem of spam in 2004 when they formed the National Task Force on Spam.

How well do you know your spam?

gzammit — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:43:21 -0500

Here are some tidbits to share as ongoing education for your email user community.

Spam levels climb as criminals replace crippled botnets

ITworld staff — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:24:45 -0500

Four weeks after spam levels plummeted when a rogue hosting company was yanked off the Internet, junk mail volumes are again up, a researcher said Tuesday.

Estonian ISP cuts off control servers for Srizbi botnet

ITworld staff — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:20:07 -0500

An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the control servers for a botnet responsible for a large portion of the world's spam has cut off those servers.

Bayesian Spam Filtering

gzammit — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:46:40 -0500

Bayesian filtering is one of the most effective and intelligent solutions to combat spam email nowadays. Spam is a problem faced by all email users and it shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon; in fact, the number of spam emails is increasing daily.

Quiz: This week in quotes

abennett — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:48:07 -0500

This week we learned (among other things) that Indonesia plans to tackle AIDS with RFID chips; that Spam is just like any other business; and that Apple discussion forums are a gateway to divorce court. Can you match the quote to the quoted? Go on, give it a whirl.

Spammers regaining control over Srizbi botnet

ITworld staff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:38:38 -0500

Security vendors say spammers are reconnecting with hacked PCs used for sending spam as evidenced by a rising number of spam messages circulating on the Internet the last few days.