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Spammers Switch from Remedies to Replicas

Spammers Switch from Remedies to Replicas Switch from health and remedy spam to product spam reflects spam market’s growing sophistication and maturity ATLANTA (May 15, 2008) – Spam promoting replica watches, pens and cheap jewelry has taken over from spam pushing male enlargement and sexual performance pills as the leading items for sale by spammers, according to new data released by Marshal’s TRACE security team. This breaks a two-year reign of health-related spam, which previously accounted for 75-80 percent of all spam in circulation based on Marshal’s statistics. According to Marshal’s TRACE team, the trend towards product spam rather than health or remedy spam reflects the increased sophistication and maturity of the spam market. “Health spam has accounted for the vast majority of spam since we started keeping records about its co

Spam turns 30, India high on spammers' target

MUMBAI: In May 1978, Gary Thuerk sent the first junk e-mail. None knew this trivial event three decades ago would emerge in the 21st century as the most dreaded Internet security threat called 'spam', which is giving sleepless nights to all those who surf the worldwide web.

McAfee Spam Experiment Sheds Little New Light on Spam-demic

mcafee-spam-experiment.jpgYou don't have to be a member of Mensa to predict if you go around asking for spam you'll get it. But that's exactly what security firm McAfee did with its Spam Experiment conducted in April. The test asked 50 people from ten countries to defy common sense and for 30 days surf the Web on a computer with no anti-spam software. Participants were encouraged "to go where most Internet users would not dare" in an effort to see what would happen. Guess what, they were spammed.

Art in the Atrium: Nick Easley

Bloomington-NormalArt in the Atrium: Nick Easley - Paintings, through July 5, BroMenn Regional Medical Center Atrium, Normal. (309) 268-5187. - David Park - Watercolors and photography; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-noon Sat., through June 30, IAA Credit Union lobby, 808 IAA Drive, Bloomington. ISU University Galleries - Rotating exhibits in three galleries in ISU Center for the Visual Arts; regular school hours, 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Tue., 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wed.-Fri., noon-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun.-Mon.; summer hours, noon-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and weekends by appointment. Free. (309) 438- 5487.- test pattern-sound check - Multimedia, sound and video works by ISU technology program faculty, students and alumni; through Sept. 12; ISU University Galleries, see above.

Spammers Devoted to Dad

I get about a thousand spam a day. Generally, I let it sit in my junk folder for a month or so and then delete it. This gives me a chance to go back and look through it if the need should arise. This time around, I had about 6 weeks worth, or roughly close to 50,000 of the unwanted email. So after receiving the upteenth Father's Day spam, I decided to compare the weeks leading up to Mother's Day with the weeks leading up to Father's Day. The reason? I just didn't recall seeing much Mother's Day spam and I was curious to see the numbers. The end result: at least in my inbox, Father's Day spam outpaced Mother's Day spam by 7:1. Even HGTV has gotten into the act, averaging 3 Father's Day solicitations for every 1 Mother's Day solicitation.

Google Docs the Latest Spam Vehicle

UPDATED: Spammers have proven themselves as creative as they are tenacious. We've seen image spam, PDF spam and MP3 spam, and now the latest trick involves using Google Docs to get by spam filters.

Spammers Target Free Hosted Applications in May

MessageLabs today announced the results of its Intelligence Report for May 2008. Analysis highlights that spam levels are back on the increase with levels reaching 76.8 percent of all e-mails in May, heights not experienced since early 2007. The rise in spam, according to MessageLabs, is due to the change of tactics adopted by the spammers this month, moving further away from reliance on new and undetectable e-mail attachments and moving toward the exploitation of free, mainstream hosted services such as Google Docs and Calendar and Microsoft SkyDrive.

Barracuda Launches High-Cap Spam Firewall

CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, today launched the Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000 for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other large organizations with up to 100,000 concurrent email users and 5,000 domains in a single appliance. Available at $89,999 with no per user licensing fees, the Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000 is the most affordable high capacity email gateway appliance available for service providers and other organizations hosting large volumes of email.

Linux's India market share to grow 30% for next 5 yrs

The open-source alternative Linux is gaining momentum in India. Apart from the big enterprises such as IBM, IDBI, Indiabulls and others, the low-cost Linux advantage is making it acceptable to small and medium size businesses for accessing web servers, mail servers, and other technologies. According to an industry analyst, the Linux model is observing a growth of 28-30% year-on-year and there will be a 30% growth for the next 3-5 years. "Linux is a full fledged operating system providing all the applications (Office Suite, Browser, Graphics, Multimedia and many more) that are required by a typical user. It's also secure, free of the virus problems plaguing Windows and best of all, comes free," said Prakash Advani, partner manager, Central Asia, Canonical.

Barracuda Networks Launches New High-Capacity Barracuda Spam Firewall

CAMPBELL, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Barracuda Networks Inc., the worldwide leader in email and Web security appliances, today launched the Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000 for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other large organizations with up to 100,000 concurrent email users and 5,000 domains in a single appliance. Available at $89,999 with no per user licensing fees, the Barracuda Spam Firewall 1000 is the most affordable high capacity email gateway appliance available for service providers and other organizations hosting large volumes of email.

10 Satellites Launched in Record Setting Mission for India (Video)

India’s space agency sent a record 10 satellites into Earth orbit with a single launch early Monday. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket ejected all the satellites within minutes of each other after liftoff from the Sriharikota space station in southern India. Initial signals indicated all the satellites were working normally. India is seeking to compete with other space-faring nations for commercial launch services, and this mission's success demonstrates India's ability to launch multiple payloads into precise orbit. The flight breaks the previous record of eight satellites launched at once by a Russian rocket, according to Indian news reports.

Phishing grows as NDR spam tapers off

Phishing spam is on the rise, according to Symantec. According to Symantec's report State of Spam May 2008, which examines spam trends from April, 80% of all e-mail from the month was spam.

Sony's new powerhouse High Definition Digital Imaging range

Sony India today unveiled new models in its Digital Imaging category with the aim to offer a simple and effortless experience to its consumers to shoot, play, share and enjoy prints at home. Joining Sony India’s range are five High Definition Cyber-shot digital still cameras, two High Definition Handycam camcorders, three compact Digital Photo Printers and two all new Digital Photo Frames. Incorporating super intelligent digital technology and revolutionary features, these products provide consumers with simple and innovative ways to capture, print and share digital images. "Sony has always introduced products that redefine the market. Today's launch reiterates our commitment and sets the stage for products that are yet to come. With digital imaging playing a more significant role in consumers' lives Sony’s solutions and smart technologie

McAfee's Mountain Of Spam

(06-30) 20:28 PDT -- Internet users in the United States receive more spam than those in any other country. Spammers are shifting toward more-sophisticated e-mail campaigns. And no wired country is immune to the ubiquitous Nigerian scam spam.

McAfee study takes surfers to depths of spam

(06-30) 20:28 PDT -- Internet users in the United States receive more spam than those in any other country. Spammers are shifting toward more-sophisticated e-mail campaigns. And no wired country is immune to the ubiquitous Nigerian scam spam.

Phishers target Google AdWords users

Yahoo and McAfee team to secure search results Social networking site for hackers is unveiled Massive hacker server discovered US State Department loses a lot of laptops US government increases wiretraps by 20 per cent Internet broken in Sydney Mozilla Messaging fixes five bugs in Thunderbird email client Storm bot's stranglehold slipping: report RSA president shares risk management secrets "Byzantine" botnet uses military, education servers for spam A reason not to celebrate: Spam turns 30

Bharti Airtel and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to India

NEW DELHI, India and SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bharti Airtel and Apple(R) today announced that they will be bringing the highly anticipated iPhone(TM) 3G to customers in India later this year. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK. "We are delighted with the opportunity to bring the innovative iPhone 3G to India," said Manoj Kohli, president and CEO, Bharti Airtel. "As India's leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has always stood for innovation and customer delight.

A reason to not celebrate: Spam turns 30

And while junk mail only really started picking up with the rise of the internet in the late 1990s and early 2000s, experts say the financial motivation and sophistication of bot-enabled spam will keep it going strong for years to come.

Adept signs Menzel Vision and Robotics as distributor in India

July 2, 2008, Adept Technology signed Menzel Vision and Robotics Pvt. Ltd. of India as an exclusive distributor in western and northern India. India is one of the fastest growing robot markets in Asia where there is a growing demand for high speed, intelligent robotics in many labor-intensive and quality sensitive applications.

Spam Still a Problem; Finance Tops Spammers Favorite Topics

Without spam protection, the average web user can expect to get 70 spam messages each day, according to a survey by McAfee, the BBC reports (via MarketingVOX).

Vogue India presents India's first female and youngest owner of a cricket team Preity Zinta

Vogue India presents India’s first female and youngest owner of a cricket team – Preity Zinta. Photographed by industry’s most adored Farrokh Chothia, Preity shares the highlights of her IPL moments exclusively with Vogue.

Spam Still a Problem; 'Finance' Tops Spammers' Favorite Topics

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Email: Spammers celebrate 30 years of annoyance

LAST week the world marked an anniversary that has changed the face of email in-boxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago last Saturday.

MySpace spammers given largest fine in CAN-SPAM history

MySpace won the largest CAN-SPAM judgment in US history this week when the defendants failed to show up in court. The US District Court for the Central District of California made a default judgment against Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines for using MySpace to send more than 700,000 spam messages to users of the popular social networking service. The result is $234 million in damages for MySpace—assuming, of course, that Wallace and Rines can be tracked down and forced to pay up.

Compact robot has high speed, high payload

TM Robotics said that the Toshiba compact robot, offering high speed and high payload, will find uses in packaging, electronics and laboratory industries.

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