The News Review:
- Spam Protection You Can Trust
- New law puts ‘hefty price tag’ on spam
- New laws to punish spam senders
- Spammers will face fines up to 250000
- Web Security Appliances deliver multi-layed protection.
- Cisco Identifies Spam Threats
Spam Protection You Can Trust
MxToolbox TX
Spammers know that people are expecting mail from places like Sears and JC Penny and the spammer will use people?s trust to get to them using false addresses. This is called spoofing and can cause you all sorts of headaches. The spam protection you get with MxToolBox will stop this spam from reaching your computer so that you only get legitimate email from these companies. They have the use of a variety of anti-spam technologies that is able to recognize a message from a legitimate company and one that is from a spam site. However one of the loopholes spammers can use is created when a personal whitelist is used by the computer user. Many email programs will allow the user to whitelist an email address or a domain name which allows all the email that has been whitelisted to get straight through to the computer. This can open the door to the Whitelist Exploit.
New law puts ‘hefty price tag’ on spam
Irish Times Ireland
The regulations which come into effect immediately relate to all unsolicited mail sent by e-mail text message or fax. Unsolicited mail for direct marketing purposes will be treated as an indictable offence under the legislation. The new laws will allow the Data Protection Commissioner to refer serious breaches of the legislation for prosecution through the Circuit Court where fines of up to €250000 or 10 per cent of the offending company’s turnover may be imposed. The number of complaints made to the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to spamming increased from 66 in 2005 to 538 last year. ffenders were previously prosecuted in the District Court where the maximum fine was €3000. This figure has now been increased to €5000. Mr Ryan said spam was a serious threat to the internet posing security risks and that such communications were a serious invasion of privacy.
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New laws to punish spam senders
The Press Association
Complaints made to the Data Protection Commissioner about unsolicited marketing information jumped by 800% between 2005 and last year. Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said spam which costs millions of euro to businesses every year usually increases during the Christmas and New Year period. He said: “Unwanted communication either by email or to a mobile phone is more than a nuisance – it wastes money and energy. Millions every year are lost to Irish companies through lost productivity as spam clogs inboxes and crashes servers.
Spammers will face fines up to 250000
Siliconrepublic.com Ireland
Communications Minister Eamon Ryan has signed new legislation to tackle spamming and other unsolicited communications. Under the new regulations unsolicited mail for direct marketing purposes will be an indictable offence. The Data Protection Commissioner can refer serious breaches of the legislation for prosecution through the Circuit Court where fines of up to €250000 or 10pc of the company’s turnover whichever is greater can be imposed. Fines for less serious offences will increase from €3000 to €5000. The new regulations are known as ‘European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy)(Amendment) Regulations’. “Unwanted communication either by email or to a mobile phone is more than a nuisance – it wastes money and energy” said the Minister for Communications Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan. “Millions [of euros] every year are lost to Irish companies through lost productivity as spam clogs inboxes and crashes servers.
Web Security Appliances deliver multi-layed protection.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) NY
a leading provider of solutions that protect businesses against spam viruses and malware and now part of Cisco has recently introduced the industry’s fastest Web security appliances capable of supporting up to 30000 end-users with a single device. Delivering up to 100 percent improvement in speed compared to previous models the new IronPort S-Series(TM) hardware platforms feature multiple processors running IronPort AsyncS(TM) which offers IronPort Web Reputation Filters(TM) and multiple anti-malware scanning engines running in parallel to eliminate performance degradation and end-user latency. Hardware upgrades to the IronPort S-Series product line include the IronPort S660(TM) (designed for large enterprise data centers and able to support up to 30000 users from a single box) and the IronPort S360(TM) (a powerful option for medium-sized enterprises up to 10000 end-users). Additionally the company has introduced the IronPort S160(TM) which expands its comprehensive and user-friendly Web security solutions to the small and mid-sized business market. Web traffic is expected to grow by 51 percent in 2008 according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index – Forecast and Methodology 2007-2012.
Cisco Identifies Spam Threats
Web Host Industry Review
“Their tailor-made messages – a method called spear-phishing – are coming in at an alarming rate attacking personal and business accounts alike and shows no sign of easing up. “While Spear-phishing according to the report currently represents only about one percent of all phishing campaigns it is expected to become more prevalent because the higher “jackpots” criminals score when they succeed in obtaining personal data from specially targeted victims is worth the time and resources it takes to make messages seem credible. With security suites and antivirus software most consumers are armed with some kind of spam protection however well-targeted messages often slip under the radar undetected. Some of the major trends for IT companies to watch for in the new year include insider threats data loss and remote working issues. Intensified by major cutbacks during the economic downturn insider threats include negligent or disgruntled employees who threaten corporate security making better collaboration between IT HR and other lines of business crucial to mitigate threats. Data loss whether through carelessness hacker breaches or from insiders is a growing problem that can lead to grave financial losses causing companies to turn to technology education and clear well-enforced data security policies to make compliance easier and reduce incidents. While network technology advances have made remote working increase productivity Web-based tools mobile devices virtualization “cloud computing” and similar technologies will prove a challenge for security personnel.