Fighting malware and spam
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.
Hamfighting - how acceptable are false positives?
David Harley ponders the acceptability of false positives in the fight against spam.
Book review
Phish fingering
David Harley reviews Lance James's new book: Phishing Exposed.
Conference report
EU Spam Symposium 2006
Sorin Mustaca reports on the inaugural EU Spam Symposium.
Virus Bulletin
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