New type of image spam hides in e-mail wallpaper; AOL spammer pleads guilty

Opinion
Jun 15, 20071 min

Latest antispam news.

New type of image spam hides in e-mail wallpaper, 06/13/07:  A new type of image spam found this week is able to bypass many filters by presenting a message as wallpaper within an e-mail, according to the vendor Secure Computing.

DDOS knocks antispam sites offline, 06/11/07:  Several antispam organizations have been targeted by an attempt to knock them offline, according to the SANS Institute.

AOL spammer pleads guilty, 06/12/07:  Adam Vitale pled guilty Monday to sending unsolicited e-mail to 1.2 million AOL subscribers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J. Garcia said.

Some say spyware bill too broad, others say too weak, 06/08/07:  An antispyware bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives this week faces opposition from several groups, with one side saying it’s too strong and the other saying it’s too weak.