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... of the bad guys is still monetizing owned desktops, via spam, DoS, keyloggers, Trojans and their malware ilk. Hopefully we’ll be able ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2007-02-20 10:22 - 3 comments

... activities) and this problem will keep getting worse (more spam, more phishing, more identity theft) until they do something about it. ... Link to this Top Blog Postings Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Have you been ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2006-12-18 10:12 - 2 comments

... out how to leverage collaborative web sites to send more spam. Goody! - SC Magazine coverage Top Blog Postings ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2008-06-10 10:28 - 2 comments

... a zombie. That's probably about 85% right relative to spam zombies. But what about other types of zombies, like the dormant machines ... to this Reputation does not stop image spam (specifically) So what? - In the second installment of our bunk ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2006-10-31 10:11 - 1 comment

... Top Security News They are still doing anti-spam tests? So what? - Imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this ... Now? It's 2008, you know. Back when I was in the anti-spam business (around 2005), a huge part of my job was "managing" ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2008-04-17 10:18 - 2 comments

... of Incite post: here Incite Redux post: here Spam made a comeback in 2006 in a big way. Image-based spam and other nefarious techniques kept most of the anti-spam vendors on their ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2007-01-03 09:01 - 2 comments

... it matters? I guess one way is for the mail houses and spam gateways to block messages that aren't DKIM signed . That would go over ... for customer facing roles. When I was in the anti-spam business, it was shocking when a company would turn on outbound filtering ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2008-02-12 11:05 - 2 comments

... put links in there. So this could be a new fangled spam/phishing vector. The answer? Probably nothing right now, but a lot of the technologies designed to stop image spam should also be applicable to PDFs. And if the PDF is encrypted and ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2007-05-10 10:47 - 2 comments

... put links in there. So this could be a new fangled spam/phishing vector. The answer? Probably nothing right now, but a lot of the technologies designed to stop image spam should also be applicable to PDFs. And if the PDF is encrypted and ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2007-05-10 10:47 - 2 comments

... of other stuff, like Check Point basically adding anti-spam to their UTM box . Is it best of breed? Do you care? Is it good enough? ... are possible, but what's really the risk? You get some spam? Join the club, just open up your email if you want spam. Your IP devices ...

Blog entry - Mike Rothman - 2007-12-10 18:43 - 2 comments