Spam outbreak hits 5 billion messages; How much spam is your company sending?

Opinion
Jun 22, 20071 min

Latest antispam news.

Spam outbreak hits 5 billion messages, 06/20/07:  IronPort says a spam outbreak today pumping a German stock is one of this year’s largest blasts.

How much spam is your company sending?, 06/20/07:  About 80% of all e-mail companies send out are spam, because spammers are spoofing their domains or botnets are taking over.

Opinion: Why isn’t Singapore caning spammers?, 06/18/07:  It seems just a touch odd that last week Singapore for the first time invoked its Spam Control Act with nary a mention of caning among the consequences for violators.

U.S. FTC warns of bogus e-mail containing spyware, 06/19/07:  A bogus e-mail message supposedly sent by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission contains spyware and targets corporate and banking executives as well as consumers, the FTC said Monday.