Spam falls back from December's high

Data collected by SonicWALL from its Smart Network database of over 1.3 million e-mail users shows ongoing growth in the volume of spam, virus and phishing attacks, increased use of PDF spam and the emergence of a new wave of...

A survey by PineApp of 400 medium to large organisations in the UK has found that whilst 97% have anti-spam solutions, half of the respondents complained that they were not dealing effectively with the growing problem of image...

Winter, Spring, Summer of Fall – whatever the season, we should all be vigilant about what is received in our email. Last week I posted an alert about “You've received a postcard from a family member!”Spammers have cottoned on to...

The “I Love You” spam caused untold damage. A subtle version of this email has just been released with the Subject line:You've received a postcard from a family member!You should delete this email immediately. Opening the card...

After a full year of testing ClearMyMail offers the world’s first 100% Spam blocking guarantee for home and small business users. Northampton based tech company ClearMyMail has today launched the world’s first ever 100% no-spam...

Internet Defense Technologies (IDT), a provider of Internet security solutions, announced the availability of its Total Mail Defense, an anti-spam tool that identifies and screens out unwanted email. Total Mail Defense is a...

SoftScan announced today that spam levels have risen sharply in the past month to 89.07%, reaching highs last seen in July. Unlike the summer months though, which bring about misleading statistics as the amount of legitimate...

New energy drink called SPAM. Link here via John Murrell.

Spam stats from TQM3Link here (thanks Kurt).

SoftScan announced that nearly 90% of emails scanned during July were spam. Although it acknowledges that the percentage increase last month is due to less legitimate email as users are on holiday, rather than more spam, SoftScan...

Eegawds, I have never seen an attack like this on this blog. Massive comment spam attack. I’ve cleared them out, but may have inadvertently killed one or two comments. Sorry, nothing intentional.

Nigel’s back soon – so my last blog here for a while will be on what I call the four layer defence model to spam. The four layer defence model involves using:-1. A web-mail address2. An external mail checking agency3. A spam...

Let’s really really hope that SPAM filtering software is not going to turn into the old virus checking software syndrome. You know how it is – you buy an anti-virus checker and then every year you have to keep renewing the...

So - here are ten common reasons why people get spam together with a few practical tips to avoid getting spam.1. When they receive an email with a little GIF file attachment – they click on the GIF file to see the pretty picture...

For those of you who are knew to spam filters here are some links to lab tested reviews.However lab tested reviews are one thing but what about you guys put there who are using these things every day. I don’t expect many people...