Fighting malware and spam
2008-02-01
Abstract
Anti-spam news; Predictions about the prediction scam (feature)
News
No taste for spam?
ICANN takes steps to combat domain tasting.
Spammers and scammers in court
Spammers required to pay $200,000; 419 scammers face prison sentence.
Mortgage spam rockets
Spammers take note of US interest rate cuts.
Feature
Predictions about the prediction scam
The prediction scam has yet to make it into electronic format. A group of researchers from the University of Calgary get ahead of the game and explain how they believe it will work.
Calendar
Anti-spam industry events
Must-attend events in the anti-spam industry - dates, locations and further details.
Virus Bulletin
Virus Bulletin - February 2008
Malware vs. anti-malware: (how) can we all survive? (comment); Crimea river (virus analysis); How to disable WFP using physical disk information (virus analysis); Assessment war: Windows services (feature); VB2008 Ottawa (call for papers); Windows Server 2003 (comparative review)
Poll
Is it reasonable to teach virus writing as part of a computer security course?Leave a comment
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VB100 certification
With a new set of samples to measure detection against, a new platform on new hardware and a selection of new products in the mix, John Hawes had his work cut out in this comparative review on Windows XP SP3.
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