Virus Bulletin Spam Supplement - March 2009

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

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

2009-03-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; Is there any hope for e-postage? (feature); Anti-spam test - first trial run (comparative review)

News

Phishing rises as spam takes a dip

MessageLabs report shows an increase in phishing and a slight drop in spam levels.

Helen Martin - Virus Bulletin, UK

Feature

Is there any hope for e-postage?

If the senders of email had to pay a small amount for each message sent, wouldn’t it diminish the spam problem? Unfortunately, we will never find out - John Levine explains why e-postage won't work.

John Levine - Taughannock Networks, USA

Comparative review

Anti-spam test – first trial run

Martijn Grooten reports on Virus Bulletin's first comparative anti-spam test.

Martijn Grooten - Virus Bulletin, UK

Calendar

Anti-spam industry events

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

Virus Bulletin

Weathering the storm (comment); Anti-unpacker tricks - part four (technical feature); Confounded Conficker (virus analysis); Never mind having fun: are we safe yet? (book review); Rising Internet Security 2009 (product review);

Magazine


	March 2009 PDF Please register to download the PDF Comment Weathering the storm News Surveillance chief and AV firm accused of corruption Hacker in demand Malware prevalence report January 2009 Technical feature Anti-unpacker tricks – part four Virus analysis Confounded Conficker Book review Never mind having fun: are we safe yet? Product review Rising Internet Security 2009 Calendar Anti-malware industry events Spam Bulletin Phishing rises as spam takes a dip Is there any hope for e-postage? Anti-spam test – first trial run See also Virus Bulletin archives How to become a subscriber Reprints