Spam Bulletin - October 2007

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2007-10-01

Abstract

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


News

Phil makes anti-phishing education child's play

Researchers create game to raise awareness.



China to try e-stamping out spam

Postage stamps to become the norm for Chinese emailers?



What's in a number?

Latest round of spam stats.



Feature

Boosting email anti-spam filters using an ensemble of SVM classifiers

Ángela Blanco and Manuel Martín-Merino describe how anti-spam filters can be boosted by using an ensemble of SVM classifiers.

Ángela Blanco - Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain & Manuel Martín-Merino - Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain


Calendar

Anti-spam industry events

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



Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin - October 2007

Gateway scanning is not enough! (comment); Oh, Vienna! (conference report); The need for an in-house SMTP honeypot (feature); OpenOffice security and viral risk - part two (technical feature); Exepacker blacklisting (feature)



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