Virus Bulletin Spam Supplement - August 2008

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2008-08-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; Evading CAPTCHA (feature)

News

Prolific spammer jailed

Robert Soloway to remain behind bars for 47 months.

Helen Martin - Virus Bulletin, UK

Comment

Evading CAPTCHA

Martin Overton looks at the use of CAPTCHAs in web security and at how cybercriminals are making increasing attempts to evade them.

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

The secret life of old malware (comment); 'Yet another Rustock analysis...' (rootkit analysis); The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B (feature); Improving heuristics (feature); VB100 on Windows XP SP3 (comparative review)

Magazine


	August 2008 PDF Please register to download the PDF Comment The secret life of old malware News VB2008 - call for last-minute papers Neosploit business wound up Security companies splash out Malware prevalence report June 2008 Rootkit analysis ‘Yet another Rustock analysis ...’ Features The case for AV for Linux: Linux/Rst-B Improving heuristics Comparative review VB100 August 2008 - Windows XP Service Pack 3 Calendar Anti-malware industry events Spam Bulletin Prolific spammer jailed Evading CAPTCHA See also Virus Bulletin archives How to become a subscriber Reprints