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• Spam volumes are increasing again...

  Since the removal of the large spam source, McColo last month, everyone thought that spam would decrease immensly and immediately. While we did see a a drastic reduction of spam and viruses directly after it was shut down, we knew better that it would Read More... Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 7:36 AM by Wendy | 0 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, mccolo spam, spam levels, spam volumes

• Penis-Pill and Viagra Spam Email Returns

  Credit: Mx Logic Security News A botnet that was castrated with the shutdown of McColo last month has apparently returned to email accounts to ask why you don't want to be a bigger man. According to the net security firm Marhsal8e6, the Mega-D botnet Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:54 AM by Wendy | 0 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, mccolo spam, penis viagra spam

• Spam Volume has Risen Back 37%

  from: Washington Post & Web Marketing & Industry News In the fallout resulting from knocking McColo Corp. offline , this past week may prove to be a missed opportunity in the prevention of a dramatic reappearance of junk e-mail, as a botnet that Read More... Posted Friday, December 05, 2008 3:42 PM by Wendy | 1 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, Spam, Spam Filtering, messaging security, Spam Tactics, spam rates, Spam Spike, Email Services, mccolo spam

• Spam Drop Could Boost Trojan Attacks

  Credit: John E. Dunn, Techworld.com The dramatic fall in spam traffic reported last week after alleged rogue ISP McColo was taken offline will only be a temporary reprieve and could actually generate a new wave of Trojans, experts have warned. ISPs disagree Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:16 AM by Wendy | 1 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, trojan

• Major Spam Vendor is Caught, Beware that Spam will Continue!

  A massive reduction in Spam has been witnessed since an alleged Californian based ISP was closed down last week. Industry bodies have long been raising awareness of the volume of Spam which appears to come from the San Jose based business, McColo Corp., Read More... Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 9:39 AM by Wendy | 4 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, Spam, Spam Filtering, messaging security, Spam Tactics, spam rates, Spam Spike, Email Services, mccolo spam

• Threat Advisory: CNN and MSNBC Spam

  Over the past two weeks, we've seen waves of high-volume attacks (over 15% of all spam messages) using false CNN and MSNBC content. Our botnet protection has blocked the vast majority -- over 99% -- of these attacks and mutations, and we continue to release Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:10 AM by Wendy | 0 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, CCN and MSNBC spam

• Rising Trend of Mass Mailer Worm Infections

  MX Toolbox blacklist consultants report a significant upward trend in the number of mass mailer worm infections leading to blacklisted mail servers. These infections are spewing third party spam from legitimate mail servers and landing businesses on email Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:27 AM by admin | 0 Comments Filed under: Blacklists, Spam and Virus Filtering, Email Worms