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December 1, 2006
Links Roundup
I'm going to try to start adding commentary beyond the usual snarky comments after links. We'll see how that goes, but the intention is to turn this blog into something more than a news rundown and project announcements resource. Feedback is welcome!
- Brits caught in spam wars crossfire
- Spam still on a high
- Combating Spam
IOW, compating getting your email address scraped, like that's the only vector - 'Tsunami of Spam' Floods Webmail
- China goes phishing
- New Anti-Spam Service For Chinese ISPs
Well, technically, it's for anybody to use, as far as I know - Topica to offer clients Truste "We Don't Spam" seal
- Software detects and blocks image spam
- Victims Still Falling Prey to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
In other news, people still greedy, cunning, stupid - Spam Jams Email
- CAN-SPAM Has Minimal Spam Impact
- Gang's Spam War Comes to Your Inbox
- New threat hops onto spam wagon
I wonder how long it will be before image spam isn't "new" anymore? - Spam threat rises as Christmas nears
- Spam - stop it at the network edge
- Google & Matt Cutts Magic Search Spam Fighting Tool
- Small Business Fighting Big Spam
- Spam, viruses to get worse in 2007
- Three guilty of identity fraud which netted millions
- U.S. warns of Al Qaeda cyber attack
The "cyberattacks" warning seems relatively pointless, until you remember that in addition to the probably paltry number of virus/worm/trojan/malware authors with Islamist leanings, there are many strictly for-business authors of every stripe, and al Qaeda isn't exactly impoverished. These could well be attacks made for hire, rather than targeted malware. Think DDoS, think of the million-host botnets, think of phishing, think of the dozens of "lost" backup tapes containing account data, think of Spamthru, and when you add it up it starts to look a bit more serious.
Perhaps more obviously, I'm all in favor of blocking spam at the network edge or at least anywhere other than the end user's desktop. That's the whole point behind enemieslist: keeping spam out before it gets to the end user, and without wasting cycles on accepting then filtering and storing it anywhere.
Posted by schampeo at December 1, 2006 12:56 PM
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