Spam & E-mail Marketing

This white paper takes a brief look at how spammers are taking advantage of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to develop new methods of concealing text in spam. This new web language is also being used to recycle old HTML-based tricks to fool spam filters that do not understand CSS. tech news

This white paper provides a detailed discussion of non-delivery report spam technique, examining how a standard email non-delivery report(NDR) can simply be faked by a spammer to mislead the recipient into opening it, believing that it is genuine, and subsequently opening an attachment that is spam. tech news

Spammers, virus writers and hackers were once distinct communities with distinct motivations. However, the success of spam has brought the three together in an underground economy with a single purpose:to make money from unsolicited email. This paper examines how the convergence of the spam and virus threats is developing a new spam economy.It details the level of protection that businesses need to combat the threats, and demonstrates how Sophos can help keep organizations spam- and virus-free. A glossary of spammers, tricks and related terms is included at the end of the paper. tech news

A new messaging medium has emerged to offer shelter from the storm of spam. RSS, (really simple syndication or rich site summary) offers a noise free alternative for retrieving important messages and news promising to help consortia open a direct and dependable channel of communication with committee members. With a new release of the Kavi Groups collaborative system for technical committees and working groups, Kavi has integrated RSS for notifying committee members of important events, new documents, calendar items, action item assignments, ballot openings and more. RSS makes committee and working group participation easier and more productive by simplifying communication with group members and making it easy for committee members to stay informed of committee activities. tech news

MessageLabs Intelligence is the leading source for email security news, information and data. Providing a range of information on global email security threats, the service is based on live data feeds from MessageLabs global messaging infrastructure, which scan tens of millions of emails daily, offering the latest and most comprehensive data and analysis. tech news