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Disgruntled website owners call SiteAdvisor labelling into question.
Read morePeter Ferrie begins a series of analyses of viruses contained in the long-delayed (and probably last of its kind) EOF-rRlf-DoomRiderz virus zine.
Read morePaul Baccas (Sophos)
Paul Baccas summarises the good, the bad and the ugly within Jakobsson and Ramzan's 'Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses'.
Read moreTerry Zink (Microsoft)
Backscatter is one of the hot issues in the world of spam filtering. So what exactly is backscatter? Why does it occur? How do we stop it? And why can’t we do a better job of filtering it? Terry Zink explains all.
Read moreSpam levels shown to depend (partly) on starting letter of email addresses.
Read morePhisher goes down for seven years; youngster involved in scam escapes jail.
Read moreTerry Zink (Microsoft)
In the previous part of this series, Terry Zink introduced the problem of backscatter spam, describing what it is and why it is such a problem. He also looked at why it is so difficult to stop. Fortunately, the situation is not hopeless and this…
Read moreHaving started up focusing on unwanted tracking behaviour, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware has gradually branched out to cover adware, spyware and now with the integration of a full anti-malware engine, the gamut of trojans, viruses and worms, with a selection…
Read more'Once bitten does not, it seems, make twice shy for spammers.’ Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin.
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