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• 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 | 0 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, trojan

• Phishing Scam Targeting Network Solutions Customers

  From: Domain Name News Fast on the heels of the recent Enom phishing scam, another phishing attack attempting to con domain name registrants into providing their customer information is under way. Network Solutions (NSI) domain customers are the target Read More... Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 9:52 AM by Wendy | 0 Comments Filed under: Network Solutions Phishing Scam

• 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 | 1 Comments Filed under: Spam and Virus Filtering, Spam, Spam Filtering, messaging security, Spam Tactics, spam rates, Spam Spike, Email Services

• NDRs (Non-Delivery Reports)

  NDR spam: Why am I receiving an NDR for a message I didn’t send? NDRs are a normal part of email exchanges, but spammers' activities can cause spikes in NDR activity. Spammers send junk messages to thousands of email addresses, some of which exist and Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:17 AM by Wendy | 2 Comments Filed under: NDR 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

• Telnet: the best email diagnositc tool

  Oftentimes it is very helpful to remove your mail server from the equation to see if there is an underlying network / reputation problem blocking mail flow. Here's how you can manually send a test message using the telnet command built into every operating Read More... Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 10:29 PM by rachale | 0 Comments Filed under: Email telnet test

• Fixing ORDB Blacklist (ordb.org) Bounce Back Problems - Exchange

  If you are encountering problems with mail referencing ORDB.org on your Microsoft Exchange 2003 or 2007 server, or mail being blocked with a return message stating that the sender's IP was on relays.ordb.org, please ensure that you do not have relays.ordb.org Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:17 PM by Peter LeBlond | 0 Comments Filed under: Blacklist, Exchange, Bounce, Microsoft Exchange, ORDB

• MxToolBox Announces the FlexBox Email Platform

  FlexBox Email Platform Exciting things are happening here at MxToolBox . Monday marked the official launch of the MxToolBox FlexBox Email Platform, a one-of-a-kind email services suite built on Patent Pending Technology and designed specifically for the Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:22 AM by Joel | 0 Comments Filed under: FlexBox, Managed Email, Email Continuity, Emergency Mail, Email Services

• Starloop Blacklist

  We have disabled lookups to the STARLOOP Blacklist. Our lookup tool is not checking Starloop as of 9 AM CST 9/10/07.Starloop began listing all IP Addresses sometime late Sunday evening. These listings are false positives. The Starloop website is down Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 10:59 AM by Joel | 0 Comments Filed under: Starloop

• 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