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- Spam and SPIM: A Growing Threat to Messaging Systems
- Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. After five years of dealing with spam and throwing significant resources at the problem, 54% of messaging decision-makers in mid-sized and large...
- Tags: Spim, Spam, Messaging, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Groupware, Online Communications, Security, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2007-11-15
- Big brother 1984 Spam, Pish and Spim
- The book 1984 is so close now that we are now seen at alot of places we go. There are cameras at most city intersections and public places, some have audio and some have other devices like smell for bomb detection. Rfid is being used to help move and reorder...
- Tags: anonymity, off-topic, Pish, spim, Universe, zlito@...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- U.S. makes first arrest for spim
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- Tags: Instant messaging, Spam, U.S teenager, Anthony Greco, MySpace, spim, IM
- Technical articles 2005-02-22
- U.S. makes first arrest for spim
- Not the solutionWe've been arresting people in the United States for years because they sell illegal drugs. Yet they continue to do it.Drug-pushing has a much stronger likelihood of being busted than spimming, since you can't do it from the relative anonymity of a computer. What makes someone believe that...
- Tags: extortion, Internet Service Provider, JerryPM, security, spam, spim
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
- Users fume over Yahoo-Trillian scuffle
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- Tags: Instant messaging, Spam, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., IM, spim, Trillian
- Technical articles 2004-06-25
- Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Instant Message = Instant Threat: Using Sybari's Antigen to Protect Microsoft LCS Users From IM Viruses and SPIM - Level 100
- Although instant messaging gives employees access to real-time communication, it also means that companies now have employees exchanging information and files both inside and outside of the company network, leaving their network open to possible attack, the proliferation of viruses or malicious code. This webcast will explain what security risks...
- Tags: Webcast, IM, Sybari Software Inc., Spim, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications
- Webcasts
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- Britain's Open University Switches to FaceTime for Instant Messaging Management
- The Open University OU was the world's first successful distance teaching university. The sheer size and scale of the OU community, as well as its ever-changing population, renders its IT systems vulnerable to malware infections, so IT staff needed to prevent worms and viruses from using this new channel to...
- Tags: IM, FaceTime Communications, Open University, Instant Messaging, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Online Communications
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- Symantec Security Response: Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks for 2006
- Instant Messaging IM continues to be the fastest growing communications medium, with an estimated 390 million consumer and enterprise IM users by the end of 2006. Global services such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger each report over 1 billion messages sent per day, and IM traffic...
- Tags: Security, Symantec Corp., IM, Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Google wants to be big business buddy, bought Postini
- Google will deepen its online business service suite as a result of its purchase of Postini, a provider of message security, encryption, and policy enforcement. This looks to be reinforcement for Google's move into business service, giving it a new major revenue source beyond advertising. The all-cash...
- Tags: Google Inc., Postini Corp., Internet, E-mail Providers, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Security, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- 10 things you should know about fighting spam
- Understanding a few key facts about how spam fits into the IT landscape will help you marshal the necessary resources to combat it. This list offers a look at a selection of interesting details about spam. Spam is one of the biggest problems facing e-mail administrators and...
- Tags: Sender Policy Framework, Internet E-mail, TechRepublic Inc., IM, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Internet, Instant Messaging, Spam, Productivity, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Download resources 2006-02-14
- Spammers delendo est!
- Happy Days Are Here Again! The alleged Seattle Spammer is indicted, booked and docketed for trial on 6 August 2007. Anyone want to bet the defense will try a change of venue motion, to move the trial out of the Silicon Forest to someplace less Internet-manic than...
- Tags: Spammer, Computer Science, Internet, E-mail, Spam, Homeland Security, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Government, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Watch out for worm wars
- The recent surge in worm attacks has generated some opposing viewpoints. Some security experts believe that the cybercriminals who created these worm variants are competing in a botwar, seeing who can create the biggest network of infected machines. Other security experts say there are no real signs of a struggle...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, worm, Linux, attack
- Discussion threads 2005-08-18
- Updated AOL focuses on security
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- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, security, Security Edition, America Online Inc.
- Technical articles 2004-11-18
- CYBER QUIZ – 3: CHECK THE EMAIL by Dr D.C.Misra
- CYBER QUIZ – 3: CHECK THE EMAIL by Dr D.C.MisraCYBER QUIZ – 3: Check the Email by Dr D.C.Misra__________________________________________________Rightly described as the killer app of new technology, people took to the email as fish takes to water. Individuals now communicate across nations in a jiffy. And it is still free....
- Tags: dcmisra@..., e-mail, Internet
- Discussion threads 2004-11-11
- A slew of new threats revealed in Cisco products
- A number of Cisco vulnerabilities have recently been made more dangerous by the public release of proof-of-concept code, which can be utilized to exploit these vulnerabilities. Anyone using one of the many vulnerable products needs to take immediate steps to fix the vulnerabilities or confirm that the vulnerabilities have already...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., John McCormick, Cisco IOS, vulnerability
- Technical articles 2004-04-12
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