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Spam Briefing Centre

Wasted employee time, storage and security are among the issues facing companies as they grapple with a growing influx of spam into mailboxes.

Spam has become one of the major problems facing companies today. IT managers continue to investigate a range of solutions, looking to stay on top of the lastest developments in this area.

In this Spotlight section iTnews focusses on some of the latest news in this area, to help keep readers up-to-date with what is happening in the industry.

Latest on Spam

McAfee publishes spam test results

2 July 2008 06:52

McAfee has released the results of its Spammed Persistently All Month campaign..

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Social networking spam on the rise

11 June 2008 07:48

Four out five social network users have received unwanted 'friend' invitations, messages or postings over the past year, new research suggests..

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Enterprises at risk from email leaks

28 May 2008 07:44

Large enterprises continue to risk leaks from outbound email, blogs, message boards, media sharing sites and mobile devices, according to new research..

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One third of US companies employ email snoops

23 May 2008 07:44

A survey carried out by security outfit Proofpoint has revealed that 32 percent OF US companies employ people specifically to read employee e-mails.

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Storm spam floods inboxes again

23 May 2008 07:24

The infamous Storm botnet has been linked to a new spam run recorded earlier this week.

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ACS: Personal email use is a necessity for work life

12 May 2008 15:35

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has today lobbied the Federal Government to secure the privacy of workers in light of the Government's move to give employers power to check emails at work.

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Security firms 'celebrate' 30 years of spam

5 May 2008 07:41

Security researchers around the world are giving a tongue-in-cheek salute to the 30th anniversary of the first spam message..

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Hackers launch Trojan spam attack

2 May 2008 15:33

Security experts have uncovered a spam-sending scheme described as being of "Byzantine complexity"..

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Spam Pledge calls for end to junk email on Spam's 30th birthday

2 May 2008 15:33

Security firm Sophos has launched a Spam Pledge to mark the 30th anniversary of junk email, urging users to help stamp out the scourge of spam..

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Email scammers use bogus subpoenas

21 April 2008 07:47

A new targeted phishing attack is attempting to dupe users into downloading malware by sending bogus court subpoenas..

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New spam outbreak says its seen you naked

18 April 2008 15:23

Security vendor Marshal is warning email users of a new mass targeted spam outbreak which contains a personalised subject line claiming to have caught 'you' naked on video.

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New spam site found every three seconds

17 April 2008 07:20

New figures suggest that 92.3 percent of all email sent globally during the first three months of 2008 was spam..

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Spam related Web pages appear every three seconds

16 April 2008 14:46

One spam related web page is appearing approximately every three seconds on the Internet according to Sophos’s latest quarterly spam report.

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Government says employee emails are a matter of national security

15 April 2008 10:09

The Rudd government has proposed legislation that will enable employers to view employee emails, justifying the move as a counterterrorism measure.

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New spam tricks revealed

14 April 2008 11:22

Spammers are increasingly relying on legitimate content and web sites to cloak their messages, attempting to bypass traditional controls by passing their messages off as genuine.

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Underworld economy runs on bots and spam

11 April 2008 07:52

The world of cybercrime is thriving on spam and the means of distributing it, say security experts..

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Spam levels remain steady in March

9 April 2008 13:04

Spam accounted for 96.63 percent of all email scanned in March, making it the third consecutive month that junk mail levels have remained steady..

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McAfee volunteers eat spam for 30 days

4 April 2008 07:19

McAfee is conducting a global survey into spamming habits by getting volunteers to sign up to every spam offer they receive..

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Spam up by 50% in first quarter of 2008

2 April 2008 14:15

Worldwide spam volumes have surged by 50 percent in the first quarter of 2008 revealed security vendor Proofpoint today, who now predicts enterprises will see inbound spam more than double this year.

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Spammers exploit email meeting invitations

28 March 2008 06:49

Spammers are using email meeting invitations to circumvent spam filters, security experts have warned..





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