“There’s not a single server, there are multiple exploits [and the e-mail] has no attachments. This will be very difficult to detect.”

Web-based attack poses as greeting card, tries three exploits June 28, 2007 — A new round of greeting card spam that draws users to attack sites relies on a sophisticated multi-pronged, multi-exploit strike … via ComputerWorld
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A quick Google News search turned up these items of interest in the world of international spam. via Blog for Antispam and Content Filteri…
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This week’s WSJ.com column (subscription only) is about mobile viruses — or the lack ofthem. First off I talked about CommWarrior, the virus any of youwith a Symbian phone and Bluetooth switched no will have been pingedwith anywhere in the…
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A nearly forgotten footnote in the history of spam: ISP Adelphia was added to my spam-tracking list in 1998 due to excessive porn spam to the sexual abuse recovery newsgroups, coupled with Adelphia management’s indifference to the problem. They dropped off my radar when I stopped monitoring Usenet spam many years ago.

Today, they dropped back on when a U.S. Judge ordered Adelphia founder, John Rigas, and his son Timothy Rigas to begin serving long prison sentences of 15 and 20 years respectively for their roles in one of the largest corporate frauds in history.

According to prosecutors, the Rigas’ illegally concealed nearly $2.3B in debt from Adelphia stockholders.

More on this story from CNN and the Houston Chronicle.
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“We’ve seen other techniques and technologies rise up to make up”

THE common spam technique of sending unwanted email pitches as image attachments rather than text is on the decline. via NEWS.com.au
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I first wrote about Scoble, then the Microsoft Blogger Enfant Terrible back in 2004 or something. Maybe even earlier. But he was the breath of fresh air the company needed at the time. Now the ‘markets are naked conversations’ thing…
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“We have specific campaign for IT professional awareness. I think it’s important that they know their legal responsibilities when handling illegal content in the workplace”

Success with shared services Joaquim P. Menezes Fostering a culture of innovation across a company with five billion customers raises significant issues of cost and complexity. via ITWorld Canada
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Four out of every five children receive inappropriate spam e-mail touting get-rich-quick schemes, loan programs, and pornographic materials, according to a study released by Internet security provider Symantec … via KGTV San Diego
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Writers Laws for Blogging The Aviva Directory carries an article on Blog Law>12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know . via Writer’s Edge
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According to an advisory today, the Department of Justice has recently become aware of fraudulent spam e-mail messages claiming to be from the Department of Justice, or DOJ. via News Max
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This tip is for all the email server admins out there.Many mail servers have SPAM filtering options enabled that subject the sending mail server to a battery of DNS tests before accepting any mail. This is an attempt to establish the validity of the claimed identity of the sending server before even beginning a […]
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ASSPs primary target audience is mail administrators or system administrators at smallish institutions. If you operate an ISP or a mailhost with a heterogeneous user base you may not have a good enough consensus about what spam is or is not. It should work well with between 1 and 300 client addresses and a mail […]
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Many people don’t know but the Federal Register is the government publication where you can actually find and comment on the laws, regulations and rules that affects each one of us in all we do. It’s interesting to read the…
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LashBack is encouraging everyone attending the Authentication Summit to plan for an early arrival to attend this important briefing from Microsoft. Windows Live Hotmail: Insights for Marketers Briefing, Tuesday, April 17 at the Boston Sheraton The day before the Authentication…
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Today MAAWG, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has issued the MAAWG Sender Best Communications Practices (BCP) with collaborative input from both volume senders and Internet Service Providers. The new best practices recommend sender email technologies and subscription methods to…
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We are encouraging everyone to attend the July 11-12th FTC SPAM Summit Workshop in Washington, DC at the FTC Conference Center. Read LashBack’s official public comment: The Next Generation of Solutions When the CAN-SPAM Act took effect on January 1,…
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Setting up your DNS with a Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record is a great way to help ensure that your email makes it through to your intended recipients.In a nutshell, a SPF record in your DNS tells the receiving mail server whether your email server is allowed to send mail for your domain. It […]
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