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Spam Bulletin issue archive

With spam a subject that is of growing concern to the large proportion of the population who use email as a form of communication, and one that has proved to be of increasing interest to the AV industry, Virus Bulletin magazine now includes a monthly spam supplement.

VB Spam Supplement presents a selection of news and articles on spam and anti-spam techniques - some technical, some ethical, some relating to real-world experiences of dealing with spam, and as time progresses we hope to look in depth at some of the anti-spam products on the market.

Spam Bulletin - December 2007

Anti-spam news; Spam and the digital divide (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - November 2007

Anti-spam news; Evading SpamAssassin with obfuscated text images (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - October 2007

Anti-spam news; Boosting email anti-spam filters using an ensemble of SVM classifiers (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - September 2007

Anti-spam news; Fighting spam using tar pits (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - August 2007

Anti-spam news; Email sender authentication: advantages and shortcomings (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - July 2007

Anti-spam news; EU Spam Symposium (conference report); France's anti-spam database (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - June 2007

Anti-spam news; The scourge of blog spam (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - May 2007

Anti-spam news; MIT Spam Conference 2007 (conference report)

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Spam Bulletin - April 2007

Anti-spam news; An African A-F-F-air... (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - March 2007

Anti-spam news; A phish with a sting in the tail (feature); Enhancing the efficiency of learning-based spam filters (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - February 2007

Anti-spam news; OSBF-Lua (feature)

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Spam Bulletin - January 2007

Anti-spam news; The TREC 2006 Spam Filter Evaluation Track (feature)

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