Anti-spam downloads

^new Digital PhishNet
"The Digital PhishNet is a joint enforcement initiative between industry and law enforcement designed to ensnare those who perpetrate phishing attacks. Its goals are simple: to identify, arrest and hold accountable, those that are involved in all levels of phishing attacks to include spammers, phishers, credit card peddlers, re-shippers and anyone involved in the further abuse of consumers' personal information. This operation will draw upon the vast resources available to its national and international members in order to successfully achieve its goals.

Members include ISPs, online auctions, financial institutions. Our members work with law enforcement to include the FBI, Secret Service, US Postal Inspection Service, Federal Trade Commission, a number of Electronic Task Forces around the nation, and others."

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Anti-Phishing Working Group Group working to share best practices and develop policies that can combat e-mail phishing.	Hits: 17 Rate it Comment on it

Anti-spam buyer's guide Detailed specs on more than 50 anti-spam products and services. Compare-o-matic lets you match two or more against each other in a variety of categories.	Hits: 48 Rate it Comment on it

Anti-Spam Research Group "The Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) investigates tools and techniques to mitigate the effects of spam. The focus of the ASRG is on technology solutions, although it may consider tools and techniques to aid the implementation of legal and other non-technical anti-spam measures. It also provides input for standardization efforts within the IETF."	Hits: 33 Rate it Comment on it

Anti-Spam Toolkit "Written by Paul Wolfe, Charlie Scott and Mike Erwin, the 'Anti-Spam Toolkit' is a 417-page guide to the various options for stopping the flood of unwanted e-mail clogging today's mail systems."	Hits: 15 Rate it Comment on it

Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks Advice from the US CERT.	Hits: 36 Rate it Comment on it

BuddyLinks revisited (and removal instructions) Instructions for removing one of the first instant-messaging spam applications.	Hits: 10 Rate it Comment on it

Coming soon to your IM client: Spim Discusses spam sent via instant-messaging applications. Network World, 02/09/04.	Hits: 8 Rate it Comment on it

Ella Overview
"Ella for Microsoft Outlook is the first Smart Inbox Assistant, which learns by example how to personally organize and automate the processing of email messages. Ella quickly learns how you want to organize your Inbox, automatically sorting your email into three customizable categories, such as Inbox, Later and Spam. Ella is the first product that lets you teach the computer how to work for you." Trial version.

Platform(s): Windows, Outlook XP or Outlook 2000..

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Fluffy the SMTPGuardDog "You use Fluffy the SMTPGuardDog as a gateway (proxy) between the Internet and your existing SMTP server. Fluffy will check incoming mail connections in an attempt to filter out spam." Open source. Platform(s): Windows clients.	Hits: 36 Rate it Comment on it

iHateSpam Anti-spam tool. Platform(s): Outlook 2000, Outlook 2002, Outlook Express 5, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP.	Hits: 63 Rate it Comment on it

MailFrontier Phishing IQ test
"Think you can't get caught in the 'phishing' net of online fraud? Dive into our Phishing IQ Test and find out if you can avoid the hooks of the online crooks. We've put together 10 suspected fraud emails from our collection of millions-all of them real and all of them actually received by real people like you. Click on the link for each question, review the email, read it, and scroll (sorry, no clicking) over its links. Then tell us: Legitimate or Fraud. When you've done all 10, click 'Get Your Score' to find out how well you did."

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MailWasher "MailWasher is a powerful email checker with effective spam elimination. Discover the safe way to stop unwanted viruses and e-mails before they get to your computer." Platform(s): Windows.	Hits: 57 Rate it Comment on it

Matador Outlook add-on to block spam. Platform(s): Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME.	Hits: 78 Rate it Comment on it

Phear of phishing Sophisticated e-mail scams are a potential disaster for Internet commerce. A detailed look. Network World, 05/31/04.	Hits: 3 Rate it Comment on it

Phishing: Analysis of a growing problem "This paper gives an in-depth analysis of what phishing is, the technologies and security risks it takes advantage of, the dangers it can pose to end users, and gives some insight into what might be done to curb the effects of these schemes." SANS.	Hits: 49 Rate it Comment on it

POPFile
"POPFile is an automatic mail classification tool. Once properly set up and trained, it will work in the background of your computer, scanning mail as it arrives and filing it however you wish. You can give it a simple job, like separating out junk e-mail, or a complicated one - like filing mail into a dozen folders. Think of it as a personal assistant for your inbox."

Platform(s): Windows.

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Spam Buster Client-side spam filter for POP3 clients.	Hits: 26 Rate it Comment on it

Spam cost calculator Fill out the form and get an estimate on how much spam is costing your company. By Cloudmark.	Hits: 91 Rating: 9.50 Rate it Comment on it

Spam research center Latest spam news and analysis from Network World Fusion.	Hits: 13 Rate it Comment on it

Spam Weblog "It's enough to make you go postal." Daily spam news and links.	Hits: 3 Rate it Comment on it

SpamButcher POP3 client anti-spam tool that uses fuzzy logic to detect and block spam. Platform(s): Windows.	Hits: 35 Rate it Comment on it

SpamNet Outlook add-in that uses a peer-to-peer network to report and combat spam. Platform(s): Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT, Outlook 2000, Outlook XP.	Hits: 42 Rating: 10.00 Rate it Comment on it

Spamnix Anti-spam add-on for Eudora. Platform(s): Windows, Eudora.	Hits: 46 Rate it Comment on it

Technical responses to spam
"In response to the growing torrent of unsolicited bulk email, informally known as spam, many technical schemes have been proposed and implemented to distinguish spam from legitimate mail and to block delivery of spam while letting legitimate mail through. Although none of the schemes is the "magic bullet" that some proponents claim, some of them, particularly when used in combination with each other, can help limit the amount of spam that users receive." From Taughannock Networks. In PDF.

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The Phishing Guide: Understanding & Preventing Phishing Attacks
"This paper covers the technologies and security flaws Phishers exploit to conduct their attacks, and provides detailed vendor-neutral advice on what organisations can do to prevent future attacks. Security professionals and customers can use this comprehensive analysis to arm themselves against the next phishing scam to reach their in-tray." From Next Generation Security Software. In PDF.

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Trusted Electronic Communications Forum
"The Trusted Electronic Communications Forum (TECF) is a global, cross-industry consortium of industry leaders focused on efforts to eliminate the phishing and spoofing attacks that lead to identity theft and brand distrust. The TECF is comprised of some of the most influential knowledge leaders in retail, telecommunications, financial services, banking and technology that have joined forces to eliminate the threat of phishing to e-mail and e-commerce."

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