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Microsoft study questions phishing revenues 2009-01-09 09:22:19 An article in The Register points to a very thorough piece of research by two Microsoft
researchers, which holds that the common belief that phishers are raking in the dough is false. Spamming and phishing
are often portrayed as highly profitable, and we think of the bad guys behind these ruses as living it up, [...] Read more:questions
Anti-spam reporting for Exchange Server 2007 2009-01-09 09:18:49 In recent posts I’ve written about how to configure and manage Exchange
Server 2007 anti-spam features such as connection filtering, content filtering, quarantine, and directory harvest protection.
Each of these features carries a variety of advantages and disadvantages. A consistent disadvantage across all of them is limited reporting capabilities.
Why do we need reporting for anti-spam
Hong Kong Businessman Convicted in Stock Spam Case 2009-01-08 08:50:28 A Hong Kong
businessman was sentenced to 5-7 years in prison for his role in a spam campaign meant to artificially pump up his company’s stock. 50-year-old John Hui How Wai pleaded guilty in a federal court. The former CEO of China World Trade was part of a spam gang which included the infamous Alan [...] Read more:Businessman
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Is Google a spam-enabler? 2009-01-08 08:45:45 According to the most recent statistics from Spamhaus, Google
ranks as number three in the ten worst spam service ISPs. Spamhaus keeps a running list of the world’s worst spam problem networks.
Naturally, since Google email is free, it lends itself to exploitation. Microsoft had been on the Spamhaus list in recent months, but the company [...]
Have a spam-free new year 2009-01-07 06:40:05 According to a report on shadowserver.org, a new Trojan, which is a variant of Waledac, has appeared in spam that invites recipients to go to a web site to view a Christmas e-card. The spam claims that the victim has received an e-card. When the victim goes to the web site, they download an executable [...]
Government Money Scam’s The Newest Spam In Town 2009-01-06 08:34:43 The latest spam hitting inboxes promises recipients they can get free money from the government in the form of grants. The messages invite them to register at GrantsForYouNow.com, a site that is full of testimonals from happy customers, all who claim to have gotten checks for thousands from the government:
It was pretty much a [...] Read more:Government
, Money
Ultimate Defense Against Spam in 2009 2009-01-05 06:50:32 With 2008 behind us, seasoned email administrators are battle hardened. The spam battles we fought over the last year have been many on several fronts. The spammers have attempted to attack our business and personal perimeters through email, voice mail, SMS text messages etc… They [the spammers] have used intimidation, scare tactics, human emotion and [...] Read more:Defense
, Ultimate
Beware of Google Calendar phishing scam 2009-01-02 12:56:48 A new type of phishing
scam that uses Google
’s Calendar
service is making the rounds. The scam first appeared last summer, and has reappeared last week, according to reports.
The phish appears as a Google Calendar
email notification, and it appears to be identical to a standard Google Calendar invitation to an event. The phish has [...] Read more:Beware
Bayesian spam filtering with Exchange Server 2007 2009-01-01 03:27:00 Bayesian spam filtering is a technique used to classify email as spam based on the contents of the email message. This is similar to other forms of content filtering with one important distinction - standard content filtering uses a database of spam “signatures”, whereas Bayesian spam filtering uses a mathematical probability calculation that is based [...] Read more:Exchange
, Exchange Server
Why to use a LISTSERV for your email groups 2008-12-30 03:09:02 At least once a week I get a call form an email user complaining about email being rejected. The complaint goes something like this, “I tried to send our monthly report email to a group of people, but quite a few were rejected.” I explain that many email systems like AOL, MSN, Earthlink etc. will [...]
SPIT the next big spam threat 2008-12-29 11:14:19 This being the end of the year, it’s an appropriate time to think about what the next big spam threat
s are going to be. Needless to say, spammers are getting more creative, and they’re getting better at defeating the spam filters. They’re using targeted attacks (phishing) a lot more, and they’re not deterred when we [...]
Spammers Targeting Users of Popular Job Hunting Sites 2008-12-29 09:10:24 Job hunters who register with sites like Careerbuilder and Monster.com in hopes of finding employment are discovering an unpleasant response to their resumes - spam. Lots of it. As unemployment numbers rise, spammers are rushing to take advantage. Job hunters who’ve posted their resumes on these sites are receiving an avalanche of spam in hawking [...] Read more:Sites
, Targeting
Managing spam quarantine for Exchange Server 2007 2008-12-26 03:31:50 Exchange Server 2007 includes anti-spam functionality that provides the capability to quarantine suspected spam that is received from the internet.
Quarantining spam is generally done only for email with a moderate likelihood of being spam as opposed to email that has a very high likelihood of being spam which would normally be rejected entirely. The use [...] Read more:Exchange
, Exchange Server
Phishing Costs Rising Steadily 2008-12-25 04:30:38 Phishing is an estimated $3 billion a year industry and the costs incurred by companies who fall victim to such attacks are rising steadily. So says a report by security monitoring firm Cyveillance. Among those costs are fraudulent charges on credit cards, customer support calls, cash withdrawals from hacked accounts, and employee time spent dealing with all [...] Read more:Costs
, Rising
Cisco reports targeted spam on the rise 2008-12-24 05:53:10 A good cook has the ability to take something ordinary and turn it into something that looks elegant. Take Spam, for example, (the luncheon meat, not the email); every cooking magazine, household journal, and recipe section of the newspaper will have at least one article at some point on how to dress up Spam to [...] Read more:Cisco
Happy Birthday CAN-SPAM! 2008-12-23 05:46:35 The CAN-SPAM (The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing) Act is celebrating its 5th birthday. President Bush signed it into law in December 2003. The act mandated that marketers comply with the following mandates:
Ensure that the “FROM” line clearly reflects the sender’s identity
Include subject line text consistent with message content
Include their Read more:Birthday
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, Happy Birthday
Cute eCards are Spammers’ Hideout 2008-12-22 10:09:02 This is that time of year where people send each other those animated or video greeting cards. So spammers are leveraging this social networking eCard tool to set traps for unsuspecting people to click on computer-damaging links. Over on Tech Republic an article provides results of an interesting experiment. The goal was to identify which [...] Read more:Hideout
Barack Obama:Spammer? 2008-12-22 09:12:37 That’s what some of his supporters are saying. The President-Elect had the most successful online campaign in history, but now some on his mailing list are tiring of the emails they are getting. Most tout limited edition merchandise such as mugs, t-shirts, and calendars, or solicitations for contributions to the Democratic National Committee. Many consider [...] Read more:Barack
, Barack Obama
, Obama
How to protect Exchange Server 2007 with Content Filtering 2008-12-19 08:47:15 Exchange Server 2007 anti-spam functionality includes the Content
Filter agent which is designed to provide spam detection based on the contents of an email message.
The Connection Filter agent is based on the Intelligent Message Filter first introduced in Exchange Server 2003. The Intelligent Message Filter bases its spam detection on a database of email submissions [...] Read more:Exchange
, Filtering
The dangers of spam on social networking sites 2008-12-18 09:58:25 I’ve just recently discovered the joys of Twitter, and have found it to be an excellent way to keep people up to date on my latest postings, feature stories, blog entries and industry observations. To my dismay though, I’ve noticed that some people use it for mundane updates: “I’m going to bed now.” “Eating soup, [...] Read more:networking
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