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One of five image spam emails captured during July contained a scam PDF document, according to research released this week by messaging security vendor MessageLabs. Scammers bypassing authentication systems. 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. The financial industry has been hit hard by the increasing sophistication of web-based threats, including online phishing and identity theft attacks. According to Gartner, these attacks caused losses upwards of US$2.8 billion in 2006 and the numbers don't seem to be abating in 2007. In the last six months, image-based spam has pushed its way to the forefront of spam technique discussions. Image-based spam is not new, but it is now wreaking havoc on the effectiveness of many anti-spam products. Despite its UK address, the spoofed Dell email targeted Australians. Yet more reasons not to open email from unknown sources. Researcher held back news until patch was released. Romania and Russia emerge as riskiest domains. Microsoft’s new Vista operating system has placed more emphasis on security than any previous version of Windows. P2P is here to stay, so shore up your defences and embrace the technology's potential for a distributed architecture. Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important. The use of image spam continues to grow, now accounting for as much as two-thirds of all spam, security researchers said this week. Growing numbers of cyber criminals are using complex code to bypass traditional signature-based filters to spread malware, according to the latest Security Trends Report from Finjan. Long viewed as a major vector for incoming threats such as viruses, malware and worms, organisations are also increasingly viewing laptops as a primary weakness in the fight against the theft, loss and misuse of information. 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. The hacker responsible for the upcoming "Month of Apple Bugs" project (MoAB), in which one Mac OS X flaw will be publicly posted each day during January, today defended his undertaking to SCMagazine.com. Anti-virus vendor Sophos has warned of a new image-based spam campaign offering end-users a cut-price edition of Microsoft's Vista. Financial group Suncorp has signed on security vendor RSA to help protect its internet users from unauthorised transactions.
While most major security vendors worked out the kinks in their Windows Vista-compatible offerings this week, some niche vendors were taking advantage of the corporate launch to unveil new security solutions.