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India is top target for spam

March 1, 2006 Tech advancement is outstripping security awareness in India, while the U.S. still leads as biggest junk mail producer. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., India, spam, security, server, U.S., virus, e-mail

Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high

February 2, 2005 New spammer scheme uses ISPs to get around blacklists, leading one expert to predict "e-mail meltdown." TAGS: blacklist, Internet Service Provider, spam, zombie, Spamhaus, e-mail server, MessageLabs Ltd., spammer, anti-spam, trojan horse, server, e-mail, broadband, U.S., malware, PC

E-mail meltdown claims take heat

February 4, 2005 Although ISPs say they have had problems with a zombie mailing trick, antispam sellers say the warnings are overblown. TAGS: Spamhaus, anti-spam, Postini Corp., zombie, Internet Service Provider, spam, e-mail server, server, e-mail

Microsoft pushes spam-filtering technology

June 23, 2005 Sometime around November, Hotmail will flag e-mail as spam if it doesn't have the software giant's Sender ID tag. TAGS: Sender ID, spam filtering, spam, MessageLabs Ltd., domain, MSN Hotmail, e-mail server, e-mail, MSN, software company, Microsoft Corp., server

Black Frog leaps into fight against spam

May 25, 2006 Okopipi project aims to continue antispam campaign launched by now-defunct Blue Frog effort, which suffered a DOS attack. TAGS: Wiki, denial of service, anti-spam, spammer, project, spam, fight, security, server, e-mail

IronPort to rate Web links in spam fight

January 24, 2006 Web reputation scoring added to catch more unwanted e-mail messages, including those with links to malicious Web sites. TAGS: Ironport Systems Inc., reputation, anti-spam, spam, spam filter, spammer, check, attack, e-mail, message, link, server

MCI accused of harboring spammers

February 7, 2005 Telecommunications giant denies accusations by Spamhaus that it hosts a Web site distributing spamming tools. TAGS: MCI Inc., Spamhaus, spammer, MessageLabs Ltd., Sobig, e-mail server, spam, telecommunications, service provider, Internet Service Provider, server

Spam may sprout viruses in home PCs

June 27, 2003 An e-mail security company says that junk e-mailers are making use of viruses to turn home computers into spam generators. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., relay, e-mail security company, Sobig, e-mail security, correlation, home PC, Networks Associates Technology Inc., spam, security company, spammer, virus, variant, analysis, e-mail, server

Police blotter: Antispam activist fights lawsuit

January 19, 2007 In this week's installment, the Osirusoft list defends suit brought by a firm claiming it was erroneously included. TAGS: Police Blotter, junk e-mail, anti-spam, activist, content provider, provider, filter, spam, section, server, e-mail

Police blotter: Mortgage 'spammers' sued by ISP

July 14, 2006 California Internet provider sues over mortgage spam, saying lenders violated Can-Spam Act, state laws. TAGS: mortgage company, Police Blotter, spamming, CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, Quicken, Internet service, Internet Service Provider, complaint, service provider, spam, e-mail server, damage, law, California, e-mail address

Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes

May 4, 2006 DDoS attack on antispam campaigner redirected to blog-hosting firm Six Apart, forcing it offline, security firm says. TAGS: Six Apart Ltd., distributed denial of service, anti-spam, LiveJournal, TypePad, blog, spammer, blog posting, attack, traffic, spam, security, server

Third buy's a charm for Microsoft security?

February 9, 2005 Purchase of Sybari Software could position Microsoft as a player in the corporate security market--if it gets its product strategy right. TAGS: Sybari Software Inc., GeCad, margin, corporate security, Romania, acquisition, spam, collaboration, New York, security, antivirus, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Corp., scanner, spyware, server
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