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Spam Bulletin issue archive

With spam a subject that is of growing concern to the large proportion of the population who use email as a form of communication, and one that has proved to be of increasing interest to the AV industry, Virus Bulletin magazine now includes a monthly spam supplement.

VB Spam Supplement presents a selection of news and articles on spam and anti-spam techniques - some technical, some ethical, some relating to real-world experiences of dealing with spam, and as time progresses we hope to look in depth at some of the anti-spam products on the market.

Virus Bulletin Spam Supplement - July 2008

Anti-spam news; Spear phishing - on the rise? (comment)

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Virus Bulletin Spam Supplement - June 2008

Anti-spam news; Is your spam filter really adaptive? (Probably not) (feature)

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Virus Bulletin Spam Supplement - May 2008

Anti-spam news; Delivering reliable protection against phishing websites (feature)

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Virus Bulletin Spam Supplement - April 2008

Anti-spam news; How wise are crowds when assessing phishing websites? (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - March 2008

Anti-spam news; How inbound traffic control improves spam filtering (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - February 2008

Anti-spam news; Predictions about the prediction scam (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - January 2008

Anti-spam news; 2007: the year of the social engineer? (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - December 2007

Anti-spam news; Spam and the digital divide (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - November 2007

Anti-spam news; Evading SpamAssassin with obfuscated text images (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - October 2007

Anti-spam news; Boosting email anti-spam filters using an ensemble of SVM classifiers (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - September 2007

Anti-spam news; Fighting spam using tar pits (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - August 2007

Anti-spam news; Email sender authentication: advantages and shortcomings (feature)

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