Anti-Spam News

• Spam's Birthday, the Bionic Dolphin, and More (ExtremeTech)
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:47:20 GMT - You can stop Uwe Boll, learn how to slipstream SP1 into a Vista install DVD, and celebrate the birthday of spam--and more.
• The Spam Report, May 2008 (ITP.net)
Thu, 08 May 2008 15:03:56 GMT - Symantec's monthly spam report for the month of April 2008 shows that while spam may have reached its 30 th birthday at the start of May, there's no sign of volumes of unwanted mail slowing down.
• Finding God in your inbox? Spam goes spiritual (USA Today)
Thu, 08 May 2008 23:45:03 GMT - You're e-mailed a prayer. Then, slipped into the cyber-epistle, the kicker: If you love God and/or are not ashamed of your religious beliefs, forward the e-mail to a particular number of people.
• Gmail can be used as "Spam Bazooka" (ZDNet)
Fri, 09 May 2008 15:08:25 GMT - INSERT, the Information Security Research Team, has sucessfully created a proof of concept exploiting the "trust hierarchy" that exists between mail service providers. Taking advantage of the way Gmail forwards messages, the team was able to send 4000 messages in a short period of time from a single account...
• Maxis offers anti-spam service for cellphones (The Star)
Wed, 07 May 2008 23:45:26 GMT - KUALA LUMPUR : Maxis subscribers plagued by unsolicited SMS and spam now have a weapon to fight back.
• Poll: Do You Report Your Competitors as Spam in Google? (Search Engine Roundtable)
Thu, 08 May 2008 12:17:03 GMT - search_engine981:http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/017077.html Ann Smarty goes through the conflicts of reporting competitors as spamming Google search results. Yes, this is a topic we covered many times here, including: Reporting Spam: Is It Ethical How Can I Report Spam to Google? Google Spam Reporting Working Does Google Investigate Spam Reports? Quick Spam ...
• Spam is 30-years-old and growing stronger (ITBusiness.ca)
Fri, 09 May 2008 10:07:48 GMT - The 30th anniversary of unsolicited e-mail passed by last week with very little fanfare, but its rise to a global multi-million dollar industry from the humble beginnings of one man's attempt to sell electronic products is nothing less than astronomical. Experts say there no end in sight.
• Srizbi grows into world's largest botnet (TechWorld)
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:05:58 GMT - Storm made to feel small. The prodigious Srizbi botnet has continued to grow and now accounts for up to 50 percent of the spam being filtered by one security company.
• Srizbi Botnet Sets New Records for Spam (PC World)
Thu, 08 May 2008 14:16:18 GMT - The parasitic botnet Srizbi spams an estimated 60 billion daily, security researchers say.
• Hungry girls unite! (Chicago Sun-Times)
Fri, 09 May 2008 09:11:59 GMT - If most of what you find in your in-box is considered spam, then think of a Hungry Girl e-newsletter as a chocolate rice cake topped with fresh strawberries and fat-free whipped cream: light, but satisfying.