October 2006
Do people still fall for spam?
Posted by Deborah on October 28, 2006 in Anti spam
Unfortunately yes, they still do. According to a study conducted by the University of Oxford and Purdue University, the latest lucrative spam practices are stock spamming. You know those messages that warn you that company Xyz is hot right now and will make you a fortune? It turns out that spammers buy up stock before […]
Spamhaus litigation: Will spammers get a second wind?
Posted by Deborah on October 15, 2006 in Anti spam
‘No doubt you have already heard about the court case against Spamhaus by emarketing firm e360Insight. Regardless of the merits of e360’s claims, shutting down Spamhaus cannot be a good idea. Spamhaus currently has 650 million users (including many corporate users) and blocks 50 billion spam messages per day. The majority of these messages are […]
Top 10 spam characteristics (#1-5)
Posted by Deborah on October 2, 2006 in Anti spam
‘In a bid to stop spam, Red Earth Software has compiled a list of the most commonly found characteristics in current spam mails. Last week we saw the top spam characteristics in position #10 to #6. Today we are counting down to the #1 spam characteristic, the characteristic that Red Earth Software has found to […]