Spam Bulletin - June 2006

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: Matt Ham

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

Consulting Editor: Ian Whalley, Nick FitzGerald, Richard Ford, Edward Wilding

2006-06-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; SpamOrHam (feature)


News

Gone phishing in Japan

Japan's first crackdown on organized phishing.



Blue Frog croaks but may rise again

Open source project to create anti-spam opt-out tool based on the defunct Blue Frog service.



Feature

SpamOrHam

John Graham-Cumming describes the aims and ideas behind the SpamOrHam project.

John Graham-Cumming - Independent consultant, France


Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin - June 2006

From the bedroom to the bank - IT threats evolve (comment); Math baloney: yet another first (virus analysis); Inside the PE file format (technical feature); EICAR 2006 in a nutshell (conference report); Windows XP (comparative review)



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