Archive for August, 2007
Do we really need to worry about spam any more?
We’ve all had a lot of fun laughing at Bill Gates’ prediction back in 2004 that spam would be a dead issue within two years. Far from reducing, the level of spam has risen to new levels, often accounting for more than 90% of all internet mail traffic.
But is it possible that Bill will be [...]
PDF spam a five minute wonder?
IT security and control firm Sophos has reported a dramatic decrease in the amount of spam emails using PDF file attachments to spread their unwanted messages. According to research compiled by SophosLabs, Sophos’s global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, levels of PDF spam have dropped from a high of close to 30 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Spam comes in spreadsheet
Last month it was PDFs and this month it’s Microsoft Excel attachments being used by spammers to disguise their stock ‘pump-and-dump’ scams or more malicious attacks.
According to email security company PineApp, this is just the latest development in a new generation of image-based spam (they call it Spam 2) in an attempt to avoid detection [...]
Let’s make information security a ‘profession’
Hi there security people.
This site is intended to promote the idea of information security as a profession, and one that really matters to business and has a real role in making things run more smoothly.
I’ve been around the IT field for (gulp) nearly 40 years, so a few lessons have rubbed off on the way. [...]
