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New botnets hitting the net, Oz spam levels higher than global average
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-30 21:24:29
New botnets are reportedly causing more havoc on the Internet, with botnets now responsible for sending 87.9 percent of all spam, including one of the oldest and largest botnets which has doubled in size in just four months.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-30 21:24:29
New botnets are reportedly causing more havoc on the Internet, with botnets now responsible for sending 87.9 percent of all spam, including one of the oldest and largest botnets which has doubled in size in just four months.
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Dramatic drop in virus-infected emails hitting Australia
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 23:02:55
Australia has dropped like a stone from its number one spot as the country receiving the most virus-infected emails to number 12 in the world, but our level of spam activity is still above the global average despite Australian spam activity decreasing by two percent this month.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 23:02:55
Australia has dropped like a stone from its number one spot as the country receiving the most virus-infected emails to number 12 in the world, but our level of spam activity is still above the global average despite Australian spam activity decreasing by two percent this month.
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Spammers get the upper hand: spam levels at all time high
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-07-21 22:23:46
According to Marshal8e6's TRACElabs weekly spam volumes have broken the record set in July 2008, and have risen 60 percent since the start of 2008 with spammers having learnt how to minimise disruptions to their operations caused by the shutting down of one of their major botnets.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-07-21 22:23:46
According to Marshal8e6's TRACElabs weekly spam volumes have broken the record set in July 2008, and have risen 60 percent since the start of 2008 with spammers having learnt how to minimise disruptions to their operations caused by the shutting down of one of their major botnets.
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Reddit readers rage at thankless Linux Twitter-bot
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-12 10:44:15
Readers of the Linux section on popular Web 2.0 social networking site Reddit discovered a Twitter bot was tweeting stories listed on the site without attribution. As punishment Redditers decided to turn the bot into their puppet, mouthing whatever they commanded.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-12 10:44:15
Readers of the Linux section on popular Web 2.0 social networking site Reddit discovered a Twitter bot was tweeting stories listed on the site without attribution. As punishment Redditers decided to turn the bot into their puppet, mouthing whatever they commanded.
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Increased threat from short URLs: Report
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-08 00:04:50
There’s been a huge rise in the use of shortened URLs by spammers which poses a greater security threat to Internet users, including those accessing popular social network sites like Twitter.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-08 00:04:50
There’s been a huge rise in the use of shortened URLs by spammers which poses a greater security threat to Internet users, including those accessing popular social network sites like Twitter.
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Spam levels stable: Symantec
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-30 00:25:35
Spam levels remain at 90 percent, according to security provider Symantec. But the situation would have worsened if a major botnet hadn't suffered downtime during June.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-30 00:25:35
Spam levels remain at 90 percent, according to security provider Symantec. But the situation would have worsened if a major botnet hadn't suffered downtime during June.
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Twitter phishing hit, as spam infiltrates 90% of all emails
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-11 04:03:16
Spam levels climbed to nearly 90 percent of all email last month with some worrying new trends emerging, like the booming Twitter site being used as bait to phish for information.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-11 04:03:16
Spam levels climbed to nearly 90 percent of all email last month with some worrying new trends emerging, like the booming Twitter site being used as bait to phish for information.
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Which way up is Google?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 07:23:49
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 07:23:49
If you want to keep the spambots out of Gmail then you might want to try a bit of upside down thinking.
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Conficker likely to cause rise in spam levels
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 04:30:02
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-16 04:30:02
That devil of a Conficker worm that’s never far from the surface these days is likely to cause a significant increase in spam levels over the next three months, according to a report by yet another security firm that’s closely monitoring the worm’s exploits.
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Warning: Conficker worm finally wakes up
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-09 18:25:22
Could the speculation surrounding the Conficker payload be coming to an end as the latest variant of the virulent worm reveals its hand in the form of links to the Waledac malware family and talk of rogue antivirus installations?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-09 18:25:22
Could the speculation surrounding the Conficker payload be coming to an end as the latest variant of the virulent worm reveals its hand in the form of links to the Waledac malware family and talk of rogue antivirus installations?
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Way to beat spam: attack the source not the symptoms
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2009-01-28 00:52:44
After years of fighting a losing battle against the growing deluge of spam swamping the net, security and law enforcement agencies finally struck their first blow of any consequence late last year when they managed to shut down the servers of a major spam hosting provider. Now authorities are looking for other ways to attack the root of the problem rather than just the symptoms.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2009-01-28 00:52:44
After years of fighting a losing battle against the growing deluge of spam swamping the net, security and law enforcement agencies finally struck their first blow of any consequence late last year when they managed to shut down the servers of a major spam hosting provider. Now authorities are looking for other ways to attack the root of the problem rather than just the symptoms.
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Undead Mega-D is back in control of the sex spam zombies
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-12-09 07:34:43
Look, everyone knew the day was coming, there is no escaping that fact. It doesn't make it any the more disappointing, but it should hardly be filed under surprise of the year: the Mega-D Botnet is back in action.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-12-09 07:34:43
Look, everyone knew the day was coming, there is no escaping that fact. It doesn't make it any the more disappointing, but it should hardly be filed under surprise of the year: the Mega-D Botnet is back in action.
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Srizbi down but not quite out
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-01 20:45:59
The Srizbi botnet has proved sufficiently robust to partially recover from the isolation of its command and control servers. So much for claims that it was 'completely defunct'.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-01 20:45:59
The Srizbi botnet has proved sufficiently robust to partially recover from the isolation of its command and control servers. So much for claims that it was 'completely defunct'.
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Spam Wars: Return of the Rustock
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-11-26 00:19:36
I hope you enjoyed the brief respite from spam that was observed following the takedown of McColo, because levels are rising again.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-11-26 00:19:36
I hope you enjoyed the brief respite from spam that was observed following the takedown of McColo, because levels are rising again.
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Hosting provider takedown slashes spam volumes
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-11-13 00:02:53
Could isolating just one hosting company significantly affect spam volumes? Apparently it can - and has!
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-11-13 00:02:53
Could isolating just one hosting company significantly affect spam volumes? Apparently it can - and has!
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Death of a Botnet
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-10-15 09:44:04
The once King of Spam is dead. But before you celebrate too much, His Royal Spamness has been terminally ill for many months, and there are plenty of young pretenders ready to wear the junk mail crown.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-10-15 09:44:04
The once King of Spam is dead. But before you celebrate too much, His Royal Spamness has been terminally ill for many months, and there are plenty of young pretenders ready to wear the junk mail crown.
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An Inconvenient Truth: Spam Sells Lots of Sex and Drugs
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-19 13:24:12
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-19 13:24:12
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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What is the speed of spam? 7.8 billion messages per hour!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-12 08:40:26
The key findings of the latest Marshal Threat Research and Content Engineering (TRACE) report for the first half of 2008 have just been published. Unsurprisingly, they make for some pretty ugly reading...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-12 08:40:26
The key findings of the latest Marshal Threat Research and Content Engineering (TRACE) report for the first half of 2008 have just been published. Unsurprisingly, they make for some pretty ugly reading...
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Rustock takes spambot gold with Olympic surge
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-08 05:59:43
When it comes to endurance races, the Srizbi spambot takes some beating as far as distributing the most malicious spam across the planet is concerned. Thanks to an Olympic surge from new kid on the bot race blocks, Rustock, has sprinted past the old man of spam to take a dubious gold...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-08 05:59:43
When it comes to endurance races, the Srizbi spambot takes some beating as far as distributing the most malicious spam across the planet is concerned. Thanks to an Olympic surge from new kid on the bot race blocks, Rustock, has sprinted past the old man of spam to take a dubious gold...
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Google Sites sending spam as CAPTCHA gets pwned
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-05 07:47:03
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-05 07:47:03
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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