Archive for August, 2008

BitDefender Offers Computer Security Tips in Response to Major Consumer Magazine Report on E-Threats

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Study Indicates Billions Lost Due to Viruses, Phishing, Spyware and Spam BUCHAREST, ROMANIA–(Marketwire - In response to a leading US consumer magazine’s recent article indicating that U.S. consumers lost nearly $8.5…

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Critical Update: Please Patch Windows with Malware

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

After patching 11 vulnerabilities for this month’s Patch Tuesday, spam is being sent that falsely claims that the recipient should immediately install another critical Microsoft update. Advanced Threats Researcher Jamz…

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Summer Recap | Summer SAS e-mail spam attacks likely over

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The School of Arts and Sciences has seen a “drastic drop” in the number of student e-mail accounts compromised by a wave of spam messages that targeted Penn students’ inboxes this summer, university officials said this…

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Captcha is broken - now what?

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

“Captcha is the bane of the internet,” says Matt Mullenweg, who runs the massively popular blogging site Wordpress.com. “I can’t figure them out myself half the time!”He is referring to those squiggly, distorted images…

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Spam fighters adopt software-as-a-service model

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

By: Briony Smith - IT manager Francois Lang joined the Société last December, soon after which he noted the organization’s ever-growing spam problem. “Spam was getting bigger and bigger and bigger every day,” he said,…

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BitDefender Uncovers FedEx(R) Spyware

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

researchers have identified a new large spam wave featuring abusive use of the delivery company’s name to deceive users into downloading extremely dangerous malware. The e-mail spam informs customers that FedEx® was not…

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Eric Enge In Conversation With Google’s Maile Ohye!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Google’s Maile Ohye, who is an integral part of the Google Webmaster Central was recently interviewd by Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting. Here are a few excerpts of the interview transcript: Eric Enge: Can you talk…

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The New King of Email Spam Filtering

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Spam email costs American businesses 70 billion dollars annually in lost earnings, overwhelming irritation, and increased security risk. A new spam filter removes an unprecedented amount of spam and has been voted the…

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Hackers claim to have kidnapped babies in attempt to infect computers

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Trojan horse attack spammed out by cybercriminals Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos’s global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned of a widespread spam campaign that pretends that the receipient’s…

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ASCII: an artful way around spam filters

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Posted by Stephen Shankland An old computer art form is making a comeback as a newer way to evade spam filters. For decades, computing fans have enjoyed a form of expression called ASCII art that shows pictures or messages…

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