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Spam and SPIM: A Growing Threat to Messaging Systems

whitepaper In addition to SPAM, SPIM also poses a significant threat to the organization. SPIM allows SPAM to be sent into the network through the employee's IM accounts. The attendee of this webcast will learn how SPAM and SPIM have caused organizations to...

Tags: network security

[11 May 2008]

Symantec Security Response: Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks for 2006

whitepaper As one of the most successful and widely deployed applications on the Internet, IM has increasingly become the target for attackers to propagate IM-borne viruses, worms, Spam over IM (SPIM), malware, and phishing attacks.

Tags: network security

[29 Feb 2008]

Britain's Open University Switches to FaceTime for Instant Messaging Management

whitepaper As a solution OU chose FaceTime's IMAuditor, which provides virus, worm and SPIM protection through pattern-matching rules. The Open University (OU) was the world's first successful distance teaching university.

Tags: anti-virus, ou, protection, record

[16 Jun 2007]

VoIP threats to watch out for

Comment Spammers are already targeting users of all IM systems with spim (spam over instant messaging) and the fact many accounts include demographic information such as user location or age helps them target users.

Tags: spit, voip security, vishing, hacking

[09 Mar 2007]

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Instant Message = Instant Threat: Using Sybari's Antigen to Protect Microsoft LCS Users From IM Viruses and SPIM - Level 100

whitepaper Although instant messaging gives employees access to real-time communication, it also means that companies now have employees exchanging information and files both inside and outside of the company network, leaving their network open to possible...

Tags: network security, employees, malicious, files

[16 Jun 2006]

10 things you should know about fighting spam

whitepaper IM spam (spim) is on the rise. Understanding a few key facts about how spam fits into the IT landscape will help you marshal the necessary resources to combat it. This list offers a look at a selection of interesting details about spam.

Tags: spam - e-mail fraud - phishing, spam, mail, facts

[18 May 2006]

Radioactive: Is mobile IM bad for business?

Comment Spim - spam over instant messaging - is becoming problematic. Considering that it will be free to receive instant messages on mobile devices, it's hard to see the spim problem not spreading out of the office.

Tags: mobile im

[21 Feb 2006]

IM targeted by increased attacks

News IMLogic reported more than 30 new threats have emerged since 1 January, 2005 that target IM users, including viruses, worms, and spam over IM — often referred to as spim. Reports of malware, spam and hacking attacks over instant-messaging (IM...

Tags: instant messaging, im

[10 Mar 2005]

US man arrested for spim

News A US teenager has become the first person to be arrested for the sending of unsolicited instant messages - or spim. Experts have warned in recent years that spim will be the next area of development for those looking to further exploit access to...

Tags: spam, instant messaging, spim, im

[21 Feb 2005]

Viruses and spam won't halt IM use

Viruses and spam won't halt IM use

News He added that IM spam, or 'spim', is a growing problem but insists neither threat undermines the potential of IM to streamline business processes and improve internal communication. Despite a growing number of IM-borne menaces such as viruses and...

Tags: virus, email, spam, spim

[17 Nov 2004]

Man loses job thanks to IM virus

Man loses job thanks to IM virus

News The Radicati Group recently predicted that instant-messaging spam, dubbed 'spim', will increase dramatically during the next year. This increase in spim could result in an increased risk of security breaches such as these, because hyperlinks...

Tags: virus, instant messaging

[30 Jun 2004]

User group to tackle IM in the workplace

User group to tackle IM in the workplace

News Topics covered will include security, compliance and "spim" - IM spam. An instant messaging (IM) focus group for users has been launched to tackle the problems of security and interoperability for enterprise IM.

[17 Jun 2004]

Spam not a problem in workplace, say staff

Spam not a problem in workplace, say staff

News IT managers also expect instant messaging (IM) spam, or "spim," to be a growing problem that they will have to deal with in the future. The majority of IT managers, 76.4 per cent, do not regard spim as an immediate problem, however.

[16 Jun 2004]

Brightmail readies IM spam defences

Brightmail readies IM spam defences

News The combined products will be aimed at combating "spim," as experts have dubbed IM spam. Spim affects only a small number of people today, but the problem is growing. According to data from Radicati Group, 400 million spim messages were sent in 2003.

[09 Jun 2004]

Leader: Spam wars hotting up

Leader: Spam wars hotting up

Leader News that instant message spam - rather appallingly know as spim - is a growing threat on the horizon reminds us that often by cracking down on an area you are often just smoking out the individuals and forcing them to commit similar crimes via a...

Tags: 419, email, spam

[05 Apr 2004]

IM spam: A threat or a storm in a teacup?

IM spam: A threat or a storm in a teacup?

News The Yankee Group estimates that five per cent to eight per cent of all corporate IM today is spim, but the firm doesn't expect this percentage to increase over the next year, as millions of new users adopt instant messaging.

[02 Apr 2004]

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