http://www.circleid.com/ Latest Spam related postings on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-08-29T10:37:00-08:00 130 45 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/first_letter_email_address_spam/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/first_letter_email_address_spam/ More...]]> 2008-08-29T10:37:00-08:00 internetspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88214_spam_fighters_revenge/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88214_spam_fighters_revenge/ More...]]> 2008-08-21T16:47:00-08:00 internetcyberattackspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88212_damn_lies_anti_spam_vendors/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88212_damn_lies_anti_spam_vendors/ As ITWire reported, "Marshal were not only interested in how many people were purchasing from a spam source, but also what goods and services they were buying. Perhaps less surprisingly this revealed that sex and drugs sell well online." But at downloadsquad, Lee Mathews discovered the shocking truth: "the survey only involved 600 people." More...]]> 2008-08-21T14:32:00-08:00 internetspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/internet_users_buying_from_spam/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/internet_users_buying_from_spam/ More...]]> 2008-08-20T09:52:00-08:00 internetspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88137_georgians_use_spam/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88137_georgians_use_spam/ More...]]> 2008-08-13T07:38:00-08:00 internetcyberattackspamweb http://www.circleid.com/posts/88122_spam_arrest_ultradns/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88122_spam_arrest_ultradns/ More...]]> 2008-08-12T11:51:00-08:00 internetdnsspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88184_cnn_spam_outbreak/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88184_cnn_spam_outbreak/ More...]]> 2008-08-10T16:05:00-08:00 internetsecurityspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/aclu_anti_spam_laws_and_the_first_amendment/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/aclu_anti_spam_laws_and_the_first_amendment/ an article published by the Technology Liberation Front, Cato Institute adjunct scholar Tim Lee dissects a recent argument by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) regarding free speech & anti-spam laws. It's been interesting to watch the ACLU wrestle with anti-spam legislation. Their entire purpose is to work through the legal system to protect our civil rights, as defined in the First Amendment -- which is why I've been a card-carrying member since before I was old enough to vote... More...]]> 2008-08-08T10:43:00-08:00 internetlawpolicy_regulationspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88715_technologists_vs_marketers/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88715_technologists_vs_marketers/ wants to redefine long-standardized terms such as "header" and "message." More...]]> 2008-08-07T13:49:00-08:00 internetspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88711_spam_kings/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88711_spam_kings/ gave Jeff Slaton the name "Spam King." Less than a year later, Sanford Wallace earned the title -- and soon had to share it (and his upstream provider) with Walt Rines. Others have come and gone; Sanford and Walt reappear every few years, together or separately, only to be sued away again... it seems as if any spammer noticed by law enforcement is immediately crowned "the Spam King," even when there are multiple such crownings happening at the same time. More...]]> 2008-08-07T11:42:00-08:00 internetlawspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/87312_is_anti_virus_dead/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/87312_is_anti_virus_dead/ SANSFIRE, the Handlers who can make it to DC get together for a panel discussion on the state of information security. Besides discussion of the hot DNS issue, between most of us there is a large consensus into some of the biggest problems that we face. Two come to mind, the fact that "users will click anything" and that "anti-virus is no longer sufficient". These are actually both related in my mind... More...]]> 2008-07-31T13:29:00-08:00 internetsecurityspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/replacing_smtp/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/replacing_smtp/ SMTP. Answer: No. Truly, spam isn't a technical problem, it's a social one. If we could figure out some way to make mail recipient networks and hosts willing to shun known bad actors, even at the cost of losing some real mail for a while until the bad actors cave, it would make vastly more difference than any possible technical changes. More...]]> 2008-07-30T07:59:00-08:00 internetspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/spammer_eddie_davidson_found_dead/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/spammer_eddie_davidson_found_dead/ More...]]> 2008-07-24T18:14:00-08:00 internetlawspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/social_engineering_attacks_record_levels/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/social_engineering_attacks_record_levels/ recent report by iDefense Labs estimates that there have been 66 distinct spear phishing attacks between February 2007 and June 2008, with the rate of attacks continuing to accelerate. Spear phishing groups have claimed more than 15,000 corporate victims in 15 months, with victim losses exceeding $100,000 in some cases. Victims include Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, government agencies, and legal firms. More...]]> 2008-07-23T09:01:00-08:00 internetcyberattacksecurityspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/spam_king_4_years_prison/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/spam_king_4_years_prison/ who was charged with defrauding people through tens of millions of spam has been given four years in prison for mail fraud, electronic mail fraud, and failing to file a tax return. According to recent reports, federal prosecutors allege that from November 2003 to May 2007, Soloway sent tens of millions of email messages to advertise his company, which offered software to send out broadcast emails. For $495 customers could have an ad sent to 20,000,000 emails, or receive software allowing them to send up to 80,000,000 e-mails. Judge Marsha Pechman said laws governing Spam are very new territory for the courts, and the CAN-SPAM Act allows for only a maximum sentence of only five years. More...]]> 2008-07-22T16:48:00-08:00 internetlawspam