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Forwarded mails and viruses I’ve been warning about forwarded mails. Hoaxes, chainmails etc. I’ve said they’ll eventually end up with spammers. And I forgot one thing: It’s probably too much work to manually collect all those e-mail addresses. Enter viruses. We know they check address books. I don’t positively know there are viruses scanning through the bodies of e-mail on a victim’s […] [via: Spam Huntress ] ... more

Banks block gambling sites We’ve been discussing what must be done to curtail webspam. The big industries are porn, pills and poker. And there’s something that can be done to make gambling spam less attractive. Simply put: Block payment to gambling sites from banks and credit card companies. There’s a new law underway in the US to ban credit card payment […] [via: Spam Huntress ] ... more

Rejecting e-mail before it?s accepted by your mailserver I wasn’t going to write more about mailspam for a while now, but then I saw that someone on another blog was very curious about something I mentioned: I reject the majority of spam before it’s accepted by my mailserver. It’s a collection of filters that reject mail based on certain behaviors. Similar filters could probably be […] [via: Spam Huntress ] ... more

Why Phishers Don’t Fear SSL Toolbars In the rosy scenario provided by SSL Certificate Authorities, users would be instantly warned off when a web site contained no certification that verified its authenticity. Thus, the anti-phishing toolbar would protect the unwary from the moral turpitudes of predators. In practice, however, researchers have found that anti-phishing toolbars for web browsers that depend on verification of SSL certificates are the least likely of all to stop phishi... more