Spam Bulletin - July 2006

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2006-07-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; Blinding POPFile via a single-word attack (feature); Hamfighting - how acceptable are false positives? (feature); Phish fingering (book review); EU Spam Symposium 2006 (conference report)

News

Phone phishes

Watch out for fake SMS messages.



Features

Blinding POPFile via a single-word attack

Olivier Guillion and John Graham-Cumming describe how it is possible to 'blind' the POPFile spam filter with a single-word attack.

Olivier Guillion - Myriad Software, France & John Graham-Cumming - Independent consultant, France


Hamfighting - how acceptable are false positives?

David Harley ponders the acceptability of false positives in the fight against spam.

David Harley - Small Blue-Green World, UK


Book review

Phish fingering

David Harley reviews Lance James's new book: Phishing Exposed.

David Harley - Small Blue-Green World, UK


Conference report

EU Spam Symposium 2006

Sorin Mustaca reports on the inaugural EU Spam Symposium.

Sorin Mustaca - Avira, Germany


Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin - July 2006

Less is more (comment); Tumours and polips (virus analysis); Malware, the new driver of PC sales (feature); Fixing 'the virus problem'? (opinion)



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