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)

Magazine


	July 2006 PDF Please register to download the PDF Comment Less is more News New faces Big bucks m00p group members arrested False positive reduction Malware prevalence report May 2006 Virus analysis Tumours and polips Feature Malware, the new driver of PC sales Opinion Fixing 'the virus problem'? Spam Bulletin Phone phishes Blinding POPFile via a single-word attack Hamfighting - how acceptable are false positives? See also Virus Bulletin archives How to become a subscriber Reprints