Falsifying email header information or using either a mail server or open relay to "deceive or mislead recipients" about the origin of a commercial e-mail message. The final bill says spammers may send as many "commercial electronic mail messages...
The analyst group recommends that users check and fix security holes on key servers and applications, examine gateway mail server security so it cannot be hijacked, turn off auto responses to outside recipients when viruses or spam are detected...
While both bills would fine spammers, Bowen warned that late amendments to Murray's bill would force spam recipients to prove "actual damages," while hers would assign fines of $500 per unsolicited email.
By hitting the website, whether it be hacking and defacing or crippling it with a denial of service attack, the attacker is sending a clear message of intent and violation. Then aside from attacks on controversial businesses there are the...
With DKIM, which relies on public key cryptography, a digital signature is attached to outgoing email so recipients can verify that the message comes from its claimed source. The idea is to make it easier to eliminate spam or phishing emails with...
The message has the subject "Netbank Security Server Update" and asks recipients to reactivate their Netbank accounts. Anyone viewing the message as plain text is unlikely to be fooled, but the default setting for many email programs is to show...