Spam Bulletin - January 2008

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2008-01-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; 2007: the year of the social engineer? (feature)


News

FTC notes malicious spam on the rise

FTC reports on a decade of spam fighting.



Prolific spammer indicted

Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky charged with spamming and stock fraud.



Feature

2007: The year of the social engineer?

Martin Overton looks at how malware authors have started to borrow techniques from phishers.

Martin Overton - Independent researcher, UK


Calendar

Anti-spam industry events

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



Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin - January 2008

A richer, but more dangerous web (comment); Botnet monitoring (feature); Rule-driven malware identification and classification (feature); Inside rogue Flash ads (feature); VB2008 Ottawa (call for papers); Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008 (product review)



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