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Restrictions imposed by ISPs have made it desirable for the spammers to avoid using their own systems as the source of mass mailings. So most spammers rely on hackers to take control of some innocent party’s computer in order to instigate bulk...
Aim to cooperate with overseas organisations to develop international guidelines and mechanisms to battle spam. According to a survey conducted in June by spam-filtering company Messagecare, only 0.5 per cent of all spam received by Australian...
Diana Cockrane-Hall, director at CSF, said the proliferation of viruses and the increased awareness of the menace of spam mean security remains high on most lists of priorities. Respondents to a silicon.com survey, run in association with CSF, said...
Opinions differ widely over what actually constitutes spam email - with some users branding any email they don't want as spam, while other recognise unsolicited commercial bulk email as the inbox menace.
That ISP figure points towards a hidden menace which further blurs the boundaries of cyber crime - the sheer number of PCs that have been compromised and are churning out spam and malware unbeknownst to their owners.
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