2008-09-01
Abstract
Anti-spam news; The problem of backscatter - part 1 (feature)
News
Alphabetti spamgetti
Spam levels shown to depend (partly) on starting letter of email addresses.
Prison sentence for phisher
Phisher goes down for seven years; youngster involved in scam escapes jail.
Comment
The problem of backscatter – part 1
Backscatter is one of the hot issues in the world of spam filtering. So what exactly is backscatter? Why does it occur? How do we stop it? And why can’t we do a better job of filtering it? Terry Zink explains all.
Calendar
Anti-spam industry events
Must-attend events in the anti-spam industry - dates, locations and further details.
Virus Bulletin
Virus Bulletin - September 2008
Does the punishment fit the crime? (comment); Prophet and loss (malware analysis); All your MP3s are belong to us (malware analysis); VB2008 call for last-minute papers (call for papers); Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (book review); Malware teaching considered harmful? (opinion); Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008 (product review)
Poll
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Virus Bulletin
In this month's magazine:- Co-operation is the only way
- XXX racted
- Your filters are bypassed: Rustock.C in the kernel
- Family matters
- The Ottawa rules
- DriveSentry Desktop 3.1/3.2 & GoAnywhere 1.0.2/2.0
- The problem of backscatter – part 3

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