can-spam in comment and analysis
Cloud computing: Silver lining…
Comment Others are services to the IT department such as email spam-filtering, for example. Depending on what you go for, clouds can accelerate your time to productive results and replace upfront expenditure with a regular service fee. [09 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tighten content security
Comment The choice can seem mind-boggling if you take all these vendors and review them alongside other content security specialists such as ScanSafe, which specialises in managed services for web security; Bloxx with appliances for web security; and anti... [02 May 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Back in the distant past of 2003 the threats were different - viruses, spam, hackers, SQL Slammer and so on. I can't honestly remember how long Infosec has been running. Now security experts admit traditional approaches can't keep pace with the... [29 Apr 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment As well as preventing unwanted email from clogging up users' inboxes, anti-spam software can also monitor outgoing email and alert users to, or block, the breach of the security policy. When a data leak is detected the DLP tool can block the leak... [19 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment Companies have been developing their security counter-measures to deal with the more common, asymmetric mass attacks launched through spam, phishing, botnets, denial of service and all manner of other exploits. [27 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment And it will only be a matter of time before we get overwhelmed with spam from an even less-wanted source. Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ silicon.com Classics: The Peeping Tom phone... [21 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wireless jammers galore ¦ Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam ¦ Photos: Satellite mapping through clouds e... [13 Dec 2007]
Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam
Comment Legislation has been a damp squib because most perpetrators of spam base themselves in regions where the law can't touch them. Automated agents can be used that aggregate RSS feeds and when a blog is updated, the spam can be sent automatically as a... [10 Dec 2007]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment Instead of deleting files, it contained an email engine and turned over access of the infected machine to gangs who could use it to send spam. Unlike malware that came before, Sobig was all about spam. [19 Nov 2007]
Where's the real web 2.0?
Comment So we may end up finding it even harder to sort healthy wheat from diseased chaff with an overload of spam feedback, endorsements and recommendations. And everyone can add their interpretation to a definition on a wiki. [18 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment Most come in attached to spam. The promotional messages also encourage recipients to go inside the branch for more information.personally after I'd received a few of these unsolicited spam messages I'd be more tempted to throw a brick through the... [04 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... young and old, clueless managers, life without Facebook
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Tony Hallett flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ CIO Essentials: Email stress, spam threats and "broken" IT.¦ Video: How to stop your best staff leaving ¦ From CIO to Consultant: Where did all... [23 Aug 2007]
Do you know what's happening on your network?
Comment While most IT departments are well aware of the risks posed by malicious code and spam, less well-publicised threats and practices are still finding room to grow and prosper on many a corporate network. [28 Mar 2007]
The biggest VoIP security threats - and how to stop them
Comment Spam has been a hot topic for several years and unsolicited commercial and malicious email spam now makes up the majority of email worldwide. When a call comes in, the system checks to see if the call is potentially a spam call by checking whether... [22 Mar 2007]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment While emails can sit on a server for an extra hour to go through a spam filter, calls must be routed to the recipient instantly. The real-time nature of voice calls will make dealing with spit much more challenging than email spam. [09 Mar 2007]
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