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New technology claims to defeat latest spam techniques. Security experts are advising users of MSN Messenger to be wary of untrusted web cam conversations after exploit code was posted today for a zero-day vulnerability in the instant messaging (IM) application. A district court judge has temporarily ordered a pharmaceutical company to halt the delivery of spam messages promoting herbal pills claiming to help shed pounds. Security experts have warned of an outbreak of malicious spam emails that use log-in account confirmation details as a hook to get users to visit an infected website.
94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual web
servers. Peer to peer technology (P2P) has been described as the “new national security risk” by a retired general at a recent Government Reform Committee hearing. Spammers have turned to ZIP files to push pump-and-dump scam emails past filters, researchers said this week. Apple late Tuesday patched the first-ever vulnerabilities in its popular iPhone, including a critical flaw that could allow attackers to steal sensitive information, nearly one month after the year's hottest gadget went on sale. Spammers are increasingly adopting PDFs as a new technique in the war against spam filters.
In the first true hack of this summer's hottest item, white hat researchers today revealed the Apple iPhone is susceptible to a remote exploit that can give attackers complete control over the device. Businesses must address the security issues around instant messaging (IM) as it becomes the preferred method of real-time communication, Gartner has said today. Spammers are finding new ways to bypass filters, but that doesn't mean you have to let them bombard your inbox. Rob Buckley reports We've all heard about the recent rise in spam, and while I dislike spam as much as the next person, I recently received a spam message that got me quite excited. Email security vendors reported a spike in PDF spam this week that, because of the size of the messages, increased global spam traffic by as much as a third. Levels of image spam dropped again in June, but researchers also saw increased use of PDF spam. Computer users should watch out for a talking virus that infects their machine, an anti-virus company has warned. This product has many useful features and protection capabilities. Features include anti-virus scanning for protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, FTP and POP3. New spam campaign attaches PDF files to gain trust of recipients, security vendors have warned. As a fast growing company that has developed its business around proprietary technologies, WebEx faced the same dilemma. Levels of image spam held steady last month at 15 to 20 per cent of all junk mail, but phishing emails were at their highest levels this year, according to just-released research from MessageLabs.