Spam Bulletin - July 2007

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2007-07-01

Abstract

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

News

Spammer offers new service

Spammer turns court order into money-making opportunity.



Conference report

Conference report: EU Spam Symposium

Sorin Mustaca provides a roundup of this year's EU Spam Symposium.

Sorin Mustaca - Avira, Germany


Feature

France’s anti-spam database

John Graham-Cumming has the details of France's new national anti-spam service, Signal Spam.

John Graham-Cumming - Independent researcher, France


Calendar

Anti-spam industry events

Must-attend events in the anti-spam industry - dates, locations and further details.



Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin - July 2007

The wild WildList (comment); Lions and Tigraas (virus analysis); Vilo: a shield in the malware variation battle (feature); HaTeMaiL email! (feature); Avira Premium Security Suite (product review)



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