The News Review:
- Chinese Web users face wave of phishing and spam
- Twitter’s Real Time Spam Problem
- FTC Shuts Down ‘Worst ISP In US’
- AIT Announces Anti-Spam and Domain Name Bundle
- Trend Micro Boosts Worry-Free Security
- Earlier post
Chinese Web users face wave of phishing and spam
InternetNews.com
as there were attacks originating in China. “Poorly configured PCs in China are often part of the attack but a full investigation often shows that China is not the source” he said. Those poorly configured PCs are taking their toll on the quality of the Internet in China.
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Twitter’s Real Time Spam Problem
Search Engine Land
For a start they should pull trends. By listing trending topics they’re in turn helping to generate all this spam some of which may harm their own users. Pull trends until some actual spam protection is in place. The US Federal Trade Commission has pretty strict rules on misleading consumers. Putting out a tweet on a topic with a link when you have no relationship to that topic is misleading. It’s even more so to pretend to retweet someone.
FTC Shuts Down ‘Worst ISP In US’
InformationWeek
The FTC said it had identified more than 4500 malicious programs directed by the command-and-control servers hosted by 3FN. Weafer doesn’t expect a repeat of the 50%. Those behind Pricewert are already taking their business elsewhere.
AIT Announces Anti-Spam and Domain Name Bundle
HostReview.com (press release)
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Trend Micro Boosts Worry-Free Security
Computing News
This next-generation security infrastructure provides a unique approach to blocking viruses spyware spam and Web threats before they reach business networks. The Smart Protection Network is at the core of both previous and new technologies integrated with Worry-Free Business Security. With its underpinnings of automatic Web Threat Protection all-in-one integrated defense against a variety of threats and zero administration Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security 6. 0 has “smart” new features that deliver a smarter and more effective approach than conventional antivirus:- New URL Filtering unique to Trend Micro helps maintain business productivity and adds another layer of protection against Web threats by proactively blocking inappropriate risky or non-business related Web sites.
Earlier post
ZDNet UK
In an effort to curb spam and reduce phishing risks we filter out any Talkback or comment that includes more than 2 URLs and then manually reinstate those that check out. ne way to make the second part of this a bit faster is to provide some context so that it is clear that it isn’t a malicious post. I have now revived the quarantined post you mentioned and this should show up live soon. I hope you understand why we have introduced this protection.