email abuse
RSS email abuseTwitter's malware filter has 'disappointing results', say security experts
News While it would not prevent the abuse of Twitter in the longer term, the failure to integrate such databases listing known malware was a "missed opportunity", Danchev said. Twitter's latest security measure was a positive... [04 Aug 2009]
Web snooping plans unworkable, say critics
News Communications data plays a vital role in tackling serious crimes such as child sex abuse, kidnap, murder and drug related crime, as well as in public protection," the Home Office said in a statement. [18 Jun 2009]
iPhone has no place in business say CIOs
News There are also too many potential iPhone 'cons' for David Suthers, CIO of Masterlease: "High cost of ownership, lock-in to O2 and potential abuse of company resources via iTunes would be my main reasons [against it]," he... [16 Jun 2009]
Get your Facebook vanity URL this weekend
News If you signed up for a Facebook Page after 31 May or a user profile after today at 3 pm EDT, you may not be able to sign up for a username immediately because of steps we've taken to prevent abuse or 'squatting' on names. [10 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo The system will bring together data from five operational areas of policing, custody, crime, intelligence, child abuse and domestic abuse into a central system. Only slightly less contentious is the... [10 Jun 2009]
The Robustness of New Email Identification Standards
White Paper Both authentication schemes are nevertheless open to abuse by spammers. Vulnerabilities in email protocols allow spammers to readily hide their true identities. These shortcomings have motivated... [01 May 2009]
Employee Internet and Email Abuse - Mapping the Legal Minefield for Employers
White Paper Written by noted expert in IT and Internet Law, Dr Brian Bandey and with chapters including Explaining the Law, Harassment and Understanding Employer's Liability, this whitepaper is a complete guide for Employers to the legal minefield... [06 Apr 2009]
Ten Easy Steps for Email and Web Best Practices
White Paper Accidental misuse and intentional abuse - of email and the Internet can create potentially costly and time-consuming legal, regulatory, security, and productivity headaches for any size employer.... [18 Mar 2009]
ePolicy Best Practices: A Business Guide to Clean & Compliant, Safe & Secure E-Mail and Web Usage and Content
White Paper Accidental misuse -- and intentional abuse -- of e-mail and the Internet can create potentially costly and time-consuming legal, regulatory, security, and productivity headaches for employers of all sizes in all industries. [18 Mar 2009]
Trust in Email Begins With Authentication
White Paper While this single paper is unlikely to be the final word on the topic, MAAWG has striven to capture the current best practices and leading theories regarding email authentication. This white paper provides background on... [03 Nov 2008]
Hashcash - A Denial of Service Counter-Measure
White Paper Hashcash was originally proposed as a mechanism to throttle systematic abuse of un-metered internet resources such as email, and anonymous remailers in May 1997. Five years on, this paper captures in one... [13 Oct 2008]
UK spam mountain just got bigger
News We are an active member of the Messaging Anti-abuse Working Group and deploy a mixture of proprietary and third party anti-spam filtering software, which we provide free to all our customers. In response Orange said:... [12 Aug 2008]
iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP
Comment Tech abuse Is this just another way to try and justify the government's wish to monitor all email and phone calls for their latest gigantic database project? G iPhone up for grabs online - or is it?... [15 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News He added: "It is open to abuse in future, governments could propose to use it to control citizens for 'their own good'. The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as... [10 Jul 2008]
Biscom Delivery Server and HIPAA Compliance
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act, was enacted by the US Congress in 1996 to enable better access to health insurance, reduce fraud and abuse, and... [15 May 2008]
