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August 2007 - Posts

• Storm Worm Continues to Rage

  The Storm Worm is proving to be among the most resilient, persistent pieces of malware ever. If you don't remember, the Storm Worm first burst onto the IT Security scene in January 2007. The worm got it's name because the first wave of propogtion spam Read More... Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:46 AM by Joel | 2 Comments Filed under: storm worm

• PDF Spam on the Wane

  The PDF Spam Spike appears to be over...at least for now. But the Storm Worm Continues to rage across multiple vectors. Read More... Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:44 AM by Joel | 1 Comments Filed under: PDF Spam

• Workers Use Email More Than Telephone

  Email is the top choice for business communication. A Datamonitor poll found that 100% of workers in the US and Pacific Asia use Email to perform their jobs, while only 80% use fixed line Telephones (76% also use Mobile Phones). 66% of those surveyed Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:53 AM by Joel | 0 Comments

• PDF Spam Escalates Spam War

  The PDF Spam Spike marks an escalation in the spam war. Spam rates, which have seen triple digit annual growth rates over the past two years, spiked dramatically last week. Spammers are sending larger and larger batches of spam and using ever-evolving Read More... Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:03 AM by Joel | 1 Comments Filed under: Spam Spike, Spam War, PDF Spam

• Attachment Spam / Pump and Dump Scam Combo Behind Spam Spike

  Last week's spam spike, marked by the single biggest one day jump ever (445%), put a new twist on an ever-evolving combination of spam and scam campaigns. A massive flood of PDF Spam was used to propogate a Pump and Dump Stock Scheme . The scam-paign Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:11 AM by Joel | 0 Comments Filed under: Attachment Spam, Pump and Dump Spam, Spam Spike

• Cyber Crime Cost US Consumers $7 Billion in the Past Two Years

  A Consumer Reports study found that US Consumers lost a total of $7 Billion during 2005 and 2006. Roughly $2 Billion is attributed to Phising Scam losses and the remaing $5 Billion was spent to replace virus and spyware infected computers. Read More... Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 12:43 PM by Joel | 0 Comments Filed under: cyber crime

• Spam and Virus Rates Still At All Time High

  Spam Spammers and Hackers have been busier than ever this summer. June set the record for all time high in spam messages, and spam rates continue to hover at around 90% of all messages sent. The Spackers (Spammer/Hacker) continue to hone their techniques Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:52 AM by Joel | 1 Comments Filed under: spam rates, virus rates