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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...
[11 May 2008]
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.
[29 Feb 2008]
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.
[16 Jun 2007]
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.
[09 Mar 2007]
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...
[16 Jun 2006]
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.
[18 May 2006]
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.
[21 Feb 2006]
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...
[10 Mar 2005]
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...
[21 Feb 2005]
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...
[17 Nov 2004]
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...
[30 Jun 2004]
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]
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]
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 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...
[05 Apr 2004]
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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