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Offensive words list released for use with spam filters in fight to protect children
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-02-24 02:14:15
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-02-24 02:14:15
Message Partners has just released into the public domain for use with spam filters, what it claims is the world’s most extensive offensive language list, including hundreds of thousands of permutations of sexually explicit language.
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Microsoft's critical patches for servers and desktops
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-10 14:45:47
This month's security bulletins from Microsoft are evenly balanced between servers and desktops. There are two critical and two important bulletins.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-10 14:45:47
This month's security bulletins from Microsoft are evenly balanced between servers and desktops. There are two critical and two important bulletins.
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Yet another security warning for online Valentines!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-08 22:49:32
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-08 22:49:32
Valentine’s Day is not all it’s cracked up to be if you’re an avid, online romantic, at least that seems to be the message from two security companies as the day of romance and love approaches.
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Unpatched computers hit hard by attacks in January 2009, reports Fortinet
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-05 05:17:11
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-05 05:17:11
There’s yet another internet threats report released today, this time by Fortinet, a provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions.
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Those dreaded botnets are still at it as spam volumes return to pre-McColo takedown levels
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 06:21:12
Spam continues to pour into the mailboxes of internet users worldwide, despite concerted efforts by security and law enforcement agencies to stop the deluge, including a decisive but ultimately temporary blow late last year.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-03 06:21:12
Spam continues to pour into the mailboxes of internet users worldwide, despite concerted efforts by security and law enforcement agencies to stop the deluge, including a decisive but ultimately temporary blow late last year.
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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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NSW Government job website hacked
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-01-27 09:32:34
The NSW Government has confirmed that a spammed scam job e-mail was actually sent to registered job seekers, with e-mail addresses stolen from their web site.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-01-27 09:32:34
The NSW Government has confirmed that a spammed scam job e-mail was actually sent to registered job seekers, with e-mail addresses stolen from their web site.
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Kaspersky’s Anti-Virus for Windows 7 released as “prototype”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-21 02:40:33
So far, there are three “official” anti-virus partners for the Windows 7 beta – AVG, Symantec (with Norton 360 3.0 beta) and Kaspersky Lab, with the latter announcing the release of its Windows 7 solution as a “technical prototype”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-21 02:40:33
So far, there are three “official” anti-virus partners for the Windows 7 beta – AVG, Symantec (with Norton 360 3.0 beta) and Kaspersky Lab, with the latter announcing the release of its Windows 7 solution as a “technical prototype”.
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Optus cops massive ACMA fine for spamming
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 22:40:58
Australia's second largest carrier, Optus, has achieved a status previously only attained by shonky email marketers: it has been stung by the ACMA with a large fine - the second largest penalty ever imposed - for breaches of the Spam Act.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 22:40:58
Australia's second largest carrier, Optus, has achieved a status previously only attained by shonky email marketers: it has been stung by the ACMA with a large fine - the second largest penalty ever imposed - for breaches of the Spam Act.
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SMS spammers face Federal Court
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 17:16:29
Three companies and a number of individuals face legal action over SMS spamming and other breaches of federal legislation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2009-01-13 17:16:29
Three companies and a number of individuals face legal action over SMS spamming and other breaches of federal legislation.
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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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IDC: Symantec leader in ANZ Secure Content Management Market
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-26 20:06:05
Computer security behemoth Symantec has had its leadership position in the Australian and New Zealand “secure content management market” confirmed by analyst firm IDC, which says Symantec’s market share was 41.4% in 2007.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-26 20:06:05
Computer security behemoth Symantec has had its leadership position in the Australian and New Zealand “secure content management market” confirmed by analyst firm IDC, which says Symantec’s market share was 41.4% in 2007.
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E-gads... AVG warns of 500 million strong e-card threat
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-26 19:21:49
E-eek! That nice Christmas e-card could be an e-threat, says AVG, and while the danger of e-cards is theoretically well known, the e-conomic crisis (and e-co climate concerns) is forcing some to consider sending e-cards instead of the real thing. As this means some e-cards you receive could be real, amongst plenty of fakes, caution is re-quired!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-26 19:21:49
E-eek! That nice Christmas e-card could be an e-threat, says AVG, and while the danger of e-cards is theoretically well known, the e-conomic crisis (and e-co climate concerns) is forcing some to consider sending e-cards instead of the real thing. As this means some e-cards you receive could be real, amongst plenty of fakes, caution is re-quired!
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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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Beware November 24: Black Monday for malware?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 15:11:01
One security vendor is warning that next Monday - November 24 - is likely to bring the year's highest incidence of online attacks. Should we batten down the hatches or turn our computers off?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 15:11:01
One security vendor is warning that next Monday - November 24 - is likely to bring the year's highest incidence of online attacks. Should we batten down the hatches or turn our computers off?
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Symantec completes aquisition of MessageLabs, bolsters SaaS
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-11-17 07:41:38
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-11-17 07:41:38
Early last month Symantec announced their intention to acquire global anti-spam, anti-virus mail-filtering company MessageLabs. The due diligence and legalities have finalised with Symantec today announcing the acquisition has completed. With this comes the news of a new Symantec Software as a Service (SaaS) arm.
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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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Symantec to acquire MessageLabs, bolster SaaS
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-10-08 18:01:30
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2008-10-08 18:01:30
Symantec Corporation, producer of the popular Symantec Anti-Virus corporate suite and of the less-than-popular Norton consumer product, has today announced its intention to acquire global e-mail-filtering company MessageLabs. The move signals Symantec's growth as a provider of SaaS.
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