Out of 25 million emails scanned during a one week period by US anti-spam firm Brightmail, more than 11 million were classed as spam. The latest figures show that more than 40 per cent of all email traffic is spam - unsolicited mails offering the...
Weak security, such as mail servers with relays left open for exploitation by spammers, has also been blamed for the flood of junk mail from the region. Based on a threshold set by an administrator, the message will be forwarded to either the...
Pornographic spam is on the decline and is being replaced by growth in areas such as healthcare and online gaming, according to mail filtering firm Clearswift. The change reflects an evolution in the kinds of spam users are receiving, as filtering...
Some companies sick of spam email have actually done more harm than good when implementing anti-spam filters - as genuine business gets thrown out with the natural Viagra and low interest loan junk mail, and employees spend precious time chasing...
The investigator said that while the more sophisticated user knows software promoted via spam is unlikely to be a genuine product, the sites the spammers direct users towards via the junk mails can be convincing, with traditional 'shopping basket...
Initially, anti-spam products focused on detecting junk mail by looking for words or phrases commonly found in spam and setting filters to block messages containing these. The TurnTide deal underscores the importance of technologies that can stanch...
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