Tag: Spammers

Ego Stroking Spear Phishing

Senior managers and executives get spam that is a little different than most users. Spammers like to stroke their egos to get through the door. (Mar 03, 2011)

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Top 10 Tips for Choosing a Spam Filter for Exchange

Spammers use common tricks to bypass the primary mail server security to spam an Exchange Server. One solution would be to install a separate spam filter to scan for and trap unwanted mail before it reaches the Exchange Server. (Feb 25, 2011)

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#FAIL: Don’t let your anti-virus trap you!

Reported last week in PC Pro1, leading security firms AVG and Symantec have been accused of ripping off their customers by cutting short their AV subscriptions once they had upgraded to different versions of the software. (Dec 13, 2010)

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In the war against spam, where does legislation fit in?

Currently, there are several different approaches to fighting spam, including:Technological, Associative and Legislative.Today I’ll talk about the legislative approach: what it actually represents, along with its status, limitations and weaknesses. (Dec 06, 2010)

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My spam is different from your spam!

The type of spam you receive depends on many things, including your behavior on the net, how you use your email address, your position in a company and much more. As a software company executive I receive a very particular stream, one that is probably very different than what most people receive. Well, at least that's what our Security Operations team tells me. (Jul 22, 2010)

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May Email Security News: New Undersea Cables Feed African Botnets

Email Security Industry news from May 2010 with commentary (May 31, 2010)

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April Email Security News: McAfee update error impacts many systems

A summary of links to articles that I have found interesting in the last few weeks. Includes my own commentary. (Apr 30, 2010)

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Spam’s future from the New School of Information Security

Will Spam ever stop? Some thoughts on spam economics from the New School of Information Security.

Adam Shostack (currently at Microsoft in the role of security program manager and with whom I worked on a security audit of the service delivery platform at Radialpoint) and Andrew Stewart recently published The New School of Information Security. (Sep 11, 2009)

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