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What does the spam ISP shutdown really mean?

It has been over a week since the takedown of an ISP responsible for directing a large portion of Internet's spam. While many groups immediately hailed a massive drop in spam, the true story was more nuanced. Everyone, save the spammers, hates spam, and this story...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Cyberthreats, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Spam, Security, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Apple turns to Google for Safari anti-phishing

Apple has quietly teamed up with Google to add anti-phishing features into the latest version of the Safari browser. The feature, turned on by default in Safari 3.2, displays a warning page see screenshots below when Safari users surf to a fraudulent Web site.  It is powered...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-17

After McColo, spam way down - temporarily

Spam plummeted by two-thirds, in the wake of the plug being pulled on alleged cybercrime host McColo, according to news reports. But virtually no one thinks spam will continue at today's low level of merely 60 billion spam messages per day. ...

Tags: Spammer, Eastern Europe, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Safari 3.2 secures against phishing attacks

Apple today released Safari 3.2 for Mac OS 10.4, 10.5, Windows XP and Vista. The update is recommended for all Safari users and includes protection from phishing Web sites and better identification of online businesses. The 40MB update also includes Apple's latest security updates detailed in tech note HT1222. ...

Tags: Apple Safari, Safari 3.2, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security Administration, Apple Mac OS, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Host suspected of serving spam, child porn cut off from Net

The Internet has at least partially disconnected itself from McColo, an ISP suspected of providing hosting services to criminals serving kiddie porn and selling Viagra and fake security software. According to PC World, Hurricane Electric, which had been peering with McColo disconnected Tuesday night. Global Crossing also peered McColo and...

Tags: Trend Micro Inc., Child Pornography, McColo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISP

Several major news outlets are reporting that the shutdown of a rogue ISP in the Bay Area has lead to a massive drop in the global amount of spam. While this is "good thing", this event is not an end of spam, nor is it even the beginning of...

Tags: Shutdown, Spammer, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-12

OK, so who are the idiots that respond to spam email?

OK, I've gotta ask the question. Who are the idiots that respond to spam email? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Idiot, E-mail, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Spam, Spam Email

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Profitability of spam finally measured

Researchers at UCSD have determined the return on investment for spam generated by the Storm botnet. While the per-message response rate is astonishingly low, it is sufficient for a spammer to generate a profit. At this year's ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security, Stefan Savage,...

Tags: Anti-spam, Anti-spam Technology, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Researchers find spam profits not so great, after all

To understand spammers, you have to spam. That's what University of California researchers at Berkeley and San Diego did earlier this year. And what they found is that is takes a hell of a lot of spam to make some dough, BBC reports. But with billions of spam messages going...

Tags: Researcher, Spammer, Cyberthreats, Spam, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-10

SPAM and the free lunch

SPAM and the free lunchSIMPLE SOLUTION: Mandatory email server registration!(1) Get rid of "Reply-to:" tags.(2) Mandatory email server registration using credit cards, at yearly rate $2~3 dollars.This will make spammers impossible to operate without being caught.What SPAM is that?During the height of the "bad old days" of spam, I got...

Tags: Cyberthreats, spam

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

SPAM and the free lunch

The Air Force wants people to submit ideas for improving internet security - with particular regard to phishing, spam, and network based attacks. I don't believe that a perfect solution exists, but putting unalterable origin identifiers into packet headers has got to be the way to start. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Phishing, Internet, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Network Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Networking, Paul Murphy, Packet, Router, Network, Routers & Switches, Network Technology

Blog posts 2008-11-10

The Connected President

The Connected PresidentConnected? What does that MEAN?I personally laud a "connected president" although I've seen dismal evidence that such is the actual case. And, should he decide to send me UCE/UBE, he will be treated as any other spammer and reported. IF he's connected, he won't do...

Tags: Spam, Connected Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

The Connected President

There has been a lot of attention paid, of course, to Obama's use of the Internet in fundraising and volunteer coordination. But now that he's been elected, an even more intriguing possibility arises: The connected president. I received an email in Barack's name...

Tags: President, Connected Corp., Internet, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Axigen Mail Server (msi)

A complete messaging solution with outstanding technical support, Axigen Service Provider Edition provides speed, security and reliability. Its failsafe, intelligent storage system helps you avoid any interruption of service or loss of data. It offers smooth, automatic migration from any third party mail server and helps build better, more appealing...

Tags: GeCad, Anti-spam, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Servers, Spam And Phishing, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-11-06

Obama-related spammed trojan propagating worldwide

Obama-related spammed trojan propagating worldwideFunny this should come up...I have already recieved over a dozen of these today. All have gone straight to deleted.?SWEET!notlock them up throw away the keyRE: Obama-related spammed trojan propagating worldwidethat is 60+ million? system infectedNothing surprising there...It's a well known fact that spammers use...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Obama, trojan horse, Lindsay Lohan

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Obama-related spammed trojan propagating worldwide

Several security companies including F-Secure, Sunbelt, and my employer Cloudmark disclosure are reporting a large volume of Obama-related spam that links to malware. This is just the latest twist on the long-running theme of social engineering end users into installing web-based malware. The lures...

Tags: Cloudmark, President, Trojan Horse, Cyberthreats, Spam, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts

The concept of building a fraudulent ecosystem by abusing legitimate services only is nothing new, and as we've already seen numerous times throughout the year, malicious attackers are actively embracing it. Bebo, the popular social networking site is currently under attack from spammers that are automatically registering thousands of bogus...

Tags: Bebo, Spammer, Social Networking Site, Social Networking, Spam, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Phishers apply quality assurance, start validating credit card numbers

With the exact number of end users interacting with phishing emails by submitting bogus data still unknown, phishers are on the other hand continuing to apply basic quality assurance processes ensuring that they will be collecting only validated credit card details, and limiting the opportunity for researchers and end users...

Tags: QA, Credit Card, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-30

Microsoft warns of financial crisis email scams

A Microsoft security expert warns that scammers will try to exploit the global financial crisis with e-mails that promise money but deliver fraud. LONDON--Internet fraudsters will try to exploit the global financial crisis by sending fraudulent emails purporting to offer cash-strapped consumers new mortgages, loans or money from failed...

Tags: Financial, Fraudster, Microsoft Corp., Financial Crisis, E-mail, Internet, Mortgages, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Finance, Capital Structures, Reuters, fraud, malware, spam, security

News items 2008-10-29

Lack of phishing attacks data sharing puts $300M at stake annually

To share phishing URLs, or not to share? That's the rhetorical question, since sharing ultimately serves the final customer and ensures a lower average time for a phishing site to remain online. In a recently published research (The consequence of non-cooperation in the fight against phishing) Tyler Moore and Richard...

Tags: Phishing Web Site, Data Sharing, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-23