#Spam
Cybercriminals turn to email impersonation as businesses focus on security against malware
With organisation preoccupied with the security challenge posed by malware, cybercriminals are switching impersonation attacks to bypass email security systems, according to research undertaken by Mimecast. The global email and data security company has released its latest Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA), which revealed that while most organisations are treating malicious attachments and spam as […]
WannaCryptor: what is it and how do you know if your business has been attacked?
Wreaking unprecedented havoc across more than 150 countries, WannaCryptor [1], popularly referred to as WannaCry, spread like wildfire on May 12th2017. By most accounts it impacted over 200,000 users globally, including the UK’s NHS and Spain’s Telefonica. Australia was not spared either, with at least twelve local businesses reported to have been impacted [2]. [Editor’s note: This is […]
What you need to know about spam laws
If you are found to be contravening anti-spam laws in Australia your business could face hefty fines and a damaged reputation.
What to do if your business is being spammed
Running a successful business requires a great deal of time and energy. Sweat, blood and tears in most instances. There’s nothing worse than having to waste time and energy dealing with spam when you’d rather be getting more important things done.
Simple ways to minimise spam
Hamish Anderson offers up some easy ways to lessen the amount of spam your business receives. “…stopping spam takes more than luck; it takes vigilance, common sense, a team who follow your IT policy and a solution you can depend on.”
4 DON’Ts of LinkedIn
Part of the study of using LinkedIn (LinkedInology) is being a responsible user. Being such, I feel compelled to clear up some misinformation on the proper usage of LinkedIn.
Spammers use social engineering to lure clicks
Analysis conducted by technology security company Websense shows that spammers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to lure clicks from unsuspecting email receivers.
82.1% of all email in September was spam
Spam accounted for more than eight in every ten emails received in September, reducing productivity for businesses worldwide as employees clear out their inboxes and often miss important messages.
10 questions to ask about beating spam
An anti‐spam solution is one of the most important security products you can buy to protect both your network and your company’s productivity. Read this quick guide to the questions you should ask before you pull out your cheque book.
LinkedIn spam email warning – installs malware
Spam email messages appearing to come from LinkedIn are bombarding the inboxes of businesses around the world spreading the ZeuS malware that aims to capture your personal information and banking details.
Storm Botnet now using shortened URLs in SPAM emails
The Storm Botnet, responsible for the majority of spam email on the internet is now resorting to using URL shortening services made popular by Twitter such bit.ly and tinyurl.com to bypass spam filters.
Fraudulent emails about Tax Refunds: Warning
A wave of fraudulent emails purporting to be from the Australian Government are in circulation currently, reportedly concerning Tax Refunds and the end of financial year.
FIFA World Cup accounts for 25% of Spam emails
Analysis reveals that the percentage of spam related to football and soccer keywords since March 2010 has approached 25 percent of all global spam in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup.
Symantec April 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report
Symantec Corp has announced the publication of its April 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report.
China responsible for sending the most spam
Spam email, when analysed by sender location, more targeted attacks actually originated in China (28.2 percent), Romania (21.1 percent) and United States (13.8 percent).
Email 90.1 percent spam in Australia – up for March
In March the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources was 90.7 percent globally (1 in 1.10 emails), an increase of 1.5 percentage points since February. In Australia spam emails represented 90.1 percent of the total.
Aus and NZ targeted in Facebook password scam
Facebook users in Australia and New Zealand have been targeted by an email scam containing an attachment that installs a password stealer on their computer.
No surprises as spam phrases identified
If you’ve ever received a spam email, or more likely, a few thousand, you will have seen a common thread among all of them. According to research from MessageLabs Intelligence, certain patterns in word usage can be identified in the chaos.
Microsoft’s lawyers takes down Waledac botnet
Microsoft has successfully taken legal action to shut down the control structure of the network behind the Waledac botnet that is responsible for 1.5 billion spam emails daily. In the US District Court of Eastern Virginia, a federal judge granted Microsoft’s request against 273 domain names believed to be hubs for control of the Waledac […]