Latest anti-spam news.
SonicWall targets image-based spam with upgraded e-mail security offerings, 09/18/06
SonicWall announced Tuesday a new version of the e-mail security gateway software and appliance it acquired upon purchasing MailFrontier earlier this year.
FTC halts spamming operations, 09/14/06
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shut down four illegal e-mail spamming operations, including one that offered the opportunity to “date lonely wives,” the agency said Thursday.
ISS jumps into e-mail security fray, 09/11/06
Security vendor Internet Security Systems this week plans to announce its foray into the packed e-mail security market with an appliance that does double duty: blocking spam and viruses while also preventing intrusion.
Pump-and-dump spam turns subliminal, 09/08/06
Persistent spammers running pump-and-dump campaigns have resorted to subliminal messages, according to antispam vendor Sophos.
Carnegie Mellon researchers develop ‘Phoolproof’ antiphishing system, 09/08/06
A professor and two students at Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab have developed software designed to protect Web users from phishing sites by getting their mobile devices involved.
