OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
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David Heath
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:41
McAfee's latest "Threats Report" demonstrates that the cops are getting better, but so are the robbers.
Although identifying a reduction in spam volume of 24% in the previous quarter, the report finds an increase of 35% since the previous year.
According to the report, "Malware continues to grow, with 2009 figures increasing more rapidly than those in 2008. Fake security software, AutoRun USB infections, and especially social networking attacks contributed to the totals.
Starting in November we saw dangers on the web greatly increase, with phishing, continuous activity from Koobface, many new Trojans and PUPs, and a sudden spike in suspicious domains registering during the week of December 20."
The practice of "headlining" has become more prevalent. This is where a major world event (for example Michael Jackson's death) is used as the theme for a spam campaign. "The body of the message won't necessarily have anything to do with the subject (usually the message body is unchanged from the current spam campaign), but it can often trick the victim of the spam to take an extra moment to look at the message."
Another event was the June 4th speech in Cairo by President Obama to the Muslim world. "It was quickly followed by these spam headlines: 'Shocking Obama's speech,' 'Obama cursed by Pope,' 'Super Obama's pants,' and 'Obama sued for his speech.' The spam authors were clearly watching the trip carefully, though what they learned from it leaves much to be desired."
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