Spam Bulletin - September 2006

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2006-09-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; Present and future phishing techniques (feature)


News

A fine, a curfew and a treasure hunt

Round up of the month's spammer penalties.



Spot that spammer

Quiz tests consumers' ability to identify spam causing sites.



Feature

Present and future phishing techniques

Sorin Mustaca takes a look at distributed phishing attacks.

Sorin Mustaca - Avira, Germany


Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin - September 2006

Respecting the testing (comment); Gatt got your tongue? (virus analysis); Raising the bar: Rustock and advances in rootkits (rootkit analysis); The world of botnets (feature); War of the words (book review); I spy (book review); Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 (product review)



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