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How many spam do you get in a day?
I ran a poll on "How many spam do you get in a day?" a couple of weeks back as part of a weekly roundup piece I posted over at TechRepublic's Security blog, and I thought I'll share the results over here. I...
Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-07-24
End users more vulnerable to spear phishing scams
It may surprise you to find out how vulnerable end users are to phishing attacks. Now a new application may let you constructively realign end user behavior to protect your company's assets. by Toni Bowers
Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-23
Fighting spam for thirty years
One of the most common types of questions I get from my users concerns spam e-mail: how can you stop junk e-mail; how can you make sure legitimate e-mails don't mistakenly get trapped in various spam filters; how can one's own e-mail address be used to send that very person...
Tags: Junk E-mail, Spam E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Joe Rosberg
Blog posts 2008-05-15
How do I... Avoid e-mail spam using Outlook tools?
Nobody knows for sure how spam got its name, but we can all agree that we hate it. As more and more spam finds your Inbox, it's harder to find legitimate mail. Regrettably, at least from the recipients' point of view, it looks like spam is here to stay, but...
Tags: Message, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail Spam, Tool, E-mail Address, Option, Inbox, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Susan Harkins
Blog posts 2008-04-22
New phishing scam targets high level executives
A new phishing attack has been circulating lately, but instead of trying to dupe millions of computer users into giving up their financial information, this one is aimed at high level executives. The e-mail scam purports to notify the executive about court proceedings and tries to get them to...
Tags: Financial, Hacker, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Hacking, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2008-04-16
Security news roundup: Oracle announces bonanza of patches for 41 holes, older WordPress blog succumb en masse
Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities, alerts, and news, which covers the release of patches by Oracle for 41 security vulnerabilities, a new patched version of rsync, a warning that older insecure WordPress blogs are becoming a vector for the propagation of spam, and news that some spam filtering...
Tags: Oracle Corp., Version, Blog, Patch Management, Wordpress, Updates, Patches, Blogging, Security, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Enterprise Software, Databases, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Software, Data Management, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-04-14
Spammers must correct their wrongdoing
From a BBC News article a few days ago (24 March 08) :"China is investigating a spam attack after almost half of China's mobile phone users received unwanted text messages from advertisers. Text messages were sent to more than 200 million mobile phone users through China Mobile and its smaller...
Tags: China, Mobile, Spammer, Cell Phone, Attack, NDR, Spam, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Tim Malone
Blog posts 2008-03-26
The terrible curse of spam
No, I’m not talking about the kind that comes in a can.  Spam is the common name given to unwanted e-mails.  If you use a computer then you know what I’m talking about.  They are Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages.  Some are insidious in the way that they appeal to the...
Tags: Spammer, Computer, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Productivity, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Tim Malone
Blog posts 2008-03-24
Barracuda Spam Firewall with Microsoft Exchange
Last week I took a first look at the Barracuda Spam Firewall and went through the quick-start setup. Within an hour, I had the basic configuration covered and had tested it by temporarily rerouting some live traffic to the Barracuda box. It seemed to work well, but before...
Tags: Firewall, Idea, Microsoft Exchange Server, Problem, Setup, Microsoft Corp., Single Sign-on, LDAP, Directory Services, E-mail, Authentication/Encryption, Ssl/Tls, Spam, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Justin Fielding
Blog posts 2008-02-13
Software vs. appliance: A first look at the Barracuda Spam Firewall
You may remember that back in November, I talked about the various approaches to dealing with SPAM and junk-mail.  I also mentioned that I would be looking to replace my custom anti-spam gateway with an appliance-finally, after a long wait, I've received my Barracuda Spam Firewall! The...
Tags: Software, Panel, Firewall, Light-emitting Diode, Spam, Analysis, E-mail, Engineering, Online Communications, Justin Fielding
Blog posts 2008-02-06
Security is an ecosystem, not a product
People talk about security as though it's something you can buy and sell. They don't always think of it as something you can buy with money; sometimes they think of it as something they can buy with the right choices in technology and personal practices. While this is...
Tags: Spam, Freedom, Security, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-02-04
Out, out, da*n spam!
Outlook's Junk Mail filter is enabled, but you still find junk mail in your custom folders. Where does it come from? Well, truth be told, it comes from Hel...<sorry>. Seriously, I have many rules that shuffle messages into recipient- and topic-specific custom folders. Occasionally, a junk message...
Tags: Message, Folder, Spam, Rule, Explanation, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Susan Harkins
Blog posts 2008-02-01
How to avoid being a phishing Webserver admin
In October I discussed the way people tend to misinterpret phishing botnet statistics. The key point was that people saw that many of the phishing Websites were on Linux servers, and somehow leaped to the conclusion this meant Linux desktops were parts of the botnets sending out phishing emails....
Tags: Web Server, Administrator, Password, Truth, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Web Servers, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-01-25
Blocked spam hits a new record
I work for a small to medium sized company. We have about 100 mailboxes, some of which have been around for more than ten years.  As evidence that spam continues to get worse, I present the following chart from our Commtouch management console.  It shows that 1.2 million pieces of spam were...
Tags: Commtouch, Mailbox, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Tim Malone
Blog posts 2008-01-24
Norton Internet Security 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?
The Job Windows computers require protection from a wide variety of common viruses and spyware programs, not too mention unwanted intrusions. Novice users are particularly vulnerable to system infections and identity theft. A single software suite is required that can address all these issues. The Tool ...
Tags: Job, Norton Co., Tool, Norton Internet Security, Anti-spyware, Norton Internet Security 2008, Software Suite, Tool Norton Internet Security 2008, Phishing, Identity Theft, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam, Rootkits, Firewalls, Spam And Phishing, Networking, Erik Eckel
Blog posts 2008-01-22
The truth about email spam
Spam is unsolicited bulk emailing, generally for commercial advertising purposes. It is the electronic equivalent of the junk mail you get from credit card companies like Capital One in your mailbox all the time. Email spam started to become a serious problem in the mid-1990s with the growth...
Tags: SMTP, Problem, Spam, E-mail, Online Communications, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-01-16
Does UC present new opportunities for spammers?
As we head into a new year, 2008 promises to bring about revolutionary changes in the ways we use familiar communications tools. The premise of the coming integration of different forms of messaging -- e-mail, voice, IM -- into unified communications systems is exciting. UC makes it easy to get...
Tags: Telemarketing, VoIP, Phone, Spammer, Voicemail, News, UC, Spam, Cyberthreats, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Telecommunications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Deb Shinder
Blog posts 2008-01-04
2008, a year to focus on online security
Come 2008, security firms brace up for another year of malware attacks in an industry that saw much organization on the dark side. Much as the Web has reduced the barrier to connectivity, it has also reduced the barrier to vulnerability. With more networking, the chances for...
Tags: Malware, Attack, Spam, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-02
Commtouch's mail reputation service to tackle spam
Israeli firm Commtouch is deploying a technique that puts a cap on e-mails received from inactive IPs, a technique that could provide a solution to countering spam attacks originating from zombie PCs. An excerpt from TechWorld: Herson, who said that her company analyses "about a billion...
Tags: Commtouch, IP, Spam, Productivity, Network Technology, Networking, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-20
Phishers attack top U.S. labs
Two top military laboratories in the United States, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Lab, were the target of phishing attacks that resulted in access to personal information of visitors to the labs over a 14-year period. An excerpt from ComputerWorld: According to...
Tags: Attack, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-10


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