Shipping Related Spam Increase for the Holidays
We’ve noticed lately that the recent wave of “Shipping-related” spam has been increasing.
Posts filed under 'Lead Story'
Top 5 Things to Know Before Choosing a Spam Filtering Service
There’s a new guide available on CudaMail.com that talks about things you need to know before choosing a Spam Filtering service. There are several choices on the web, so it’s important to know what to look for.
McColo – Why Would They Host Spammers?
The recent big news is about the Washington Post being involved in the shutting down of a Co-Location hosting provider (McColo Corp.- AS26780) that has as customers some of the biggest spammers on the Internet
Spammers and Banking – Who is that banker in the e-mail?
The spammers are always quick to take advantage of any news story or trend and the latest is a great example as the following news article shows.
Spam Filter Vendors Use Humour To Market Their Service
The IT world can at some points be a little dull when marketing their services but here are some IT security companies that are using humorous videos to get their marketing message across.
If Your e-mail Address Starts With A You Get 10% More Spam!
An interesting article that analyzed spam sent to both real and fake e-mail addresses over an 8 week period which shows that e-mail accounts that start with some letters get more spam than others. (Aardvarks vs. Zebra in the article).
In The Fight Against Spam Dutch Police Notify Users Infected with Bot Malware
Dutch police have notified people whose computers were infected with malware that made them part of a botnet comprising more than 100,000 PCs. People were redirected to a web page containing directions on disabling the malware and a link to an online virus scanner.
“Bud Has Mail” – Watchguard Videos Worth Watching
In the Internet Age online videos are becoming more and more prevalent as they are easily distributed and are often more effective at getting a point across then forcing the visitor to read a bunch of text.
With this in mind Watchguard released some nice video tutorials about network security that are entertaining and have some excellent ideas worth showing your average user.
The FBI Facebook Storm Worm Scam
With the 4 year prison term for Robert Soloway and the Murder/Suicide of Eddie Davidson still fresh in our minds comes the following alert from the US-Cert warning us that the subject of the FBI looking at Facebook is being used to spread a new variation of the Storm Worm.
