Q&A STEVE ALEXANDER Q I foolishly responded to a pop-up ad that promised I had won a free laptop. But after I gave away my e-mail address, I discovered there was no laptop. For a few months I just deleted the few dozen…
GFI has introduced a new version of the anti-spam and anti-phishing software, ‘GFI MailEssentials.’ With minimal configuration, version 14 ships with an additional anti-spam engine that will improve spam capture rates…
Joint Approach Utilizing XConnect Peering Federation Technology and Acme Packet Net-Net Session Border Controllers Demonstrates Techniques Envisioned by IETF LONDON and BURLINGTON, MA–(Marketwire - XConnect, the leader in…
Frost&Sullivan announced today that it is presenting its 2008 European Messaging Security Technology Innovation of the Year Award to Commtouch® Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCH) in recognition of its superior protection of…
Security researchers discovered a new malicious social-engineering spam campaign Monday designed to lure victims and distribute malware by impersonating the Web 2.0 social networking site Facebook. Capitalizing on the…
Spam. It fills our in-boxes, wastes our time and spreads malware — and it’s only getting worse. According to Ferris Research, which studies messaging and content control, 40 trillion spam messages will be sent in 2008,…
New techniques such as using images hosted by Picasa Web Albums and Flash-based site redirection showed up in August, new security report shows. Compare your salaryUse the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average…
New Partnership Provides Message Systems’ Edge of Network Customers With a Powerful Anti-Abuse Option That Blocks Massive Spam and Virus Attacks Automatically COLUMBIA, MD–(Marketwire - Message Systems, provider of the…
In a report today, Mikko of F-Secure indicated that a spammer is apparently concerned that an e-mail collecting spider might find their e-mail address (info@bulk-mail.org) and add it to a spam database. Because of that…
Those of us who battle spam daily can usually sniff out the purpose behind blatantly false email messages. Take this one, for example: From: cory hardison To: client Subject: Your internet access is going to get suspended…