http://www.silicon.com Results for spam war unsolicited en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60496067p,00.htm The cost for spammers to send an unsolicited campaign to a harvested email database is next to nothing, particularly when compared to other forms of advertisements. In the war between spammers and legitimate mail users, spammers are winning, and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:41 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60461714p,00.htm Spam, or unsolicited e-mail, has become a tremendous problem in recent years, evolving from being a minor nuisance as late as year 2000 to today comprising on average over 80% of all enterprise e-mail traffic and costing billions of dollars in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39167615,00.htm Image-based spam, in which unsolicited emails evade anti-spam filters by including their messages within attached images, is also on the decline according to McAfee, declining from 65 per cent at the start of the year to less than 20 per cent now. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:04:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39158961,00.htm A prominent crusader against unsolicited email ads withdrew from an escalating cyber war with spammers on Wednesday after his website and numerous others came under a massive retaliatory attack. Almost as old as the internet, unsolicited email... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 18 May 2006 08:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39157652,00.htm Australia, already regarded as the world's champion of anti-spam law, has taken the latest step in outlawing unsolicited bulk email with the introduction of a Code of Practice which, among other measures, will force ISPs to be more proactive in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:05:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39131378,00.htm Sender ID has not been a success because it is not very highly regarded, said Ray Everett-Church, co-founder of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail and co-author of the book Fighting Spam for Dummies. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39124883,00.htm Representatives from a variety of worldwide legislative and governmental bodies, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), are meeting in London this week to discuss how a united front can help to crack down on the problem of unsolicited... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:40:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39123943,00.htm The volume of election spam appears to be made up of two distinct types of unsolicited email - those which use such social engineering, just to get messages opened, and those which do carry specific political messages. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:10:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39123908,00.htm Stopping spammers at the source is always going to be the most effective way of cutting down on the levels of unsolicited email circulating out there. In truth, given the speed that others - such as legislators - have moved in the war on spam, a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:20:17 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39123801,00.htm Nicholas Tombros, 37, is charged under the US CAN-SPAM act, which aims to clamp down on unsolicited junk mail. If Tombros is convicted or pleads guilty then 'war spamming' - also known as drive-by spamming - will move from being just a theoretical... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Sep 2004 08:50:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39122385,00.htm Much of Microsoft's rhetoric is about 'stopping spam' and 'cracking down on those who would send unsolicited email', but much of the wording actually relates to trademark infringement, false advertising and 'cyber-squatting'. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:35:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39117486,00.htm Other quirky stories from the world of spam included Hormel, the largest producer of spam - the meat product - throwing its toys out of the pram and threatening to take legal action against companies using the word in association with unsolicited... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:15:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39117398,00.htm However, porn-related pitches represented only 14 per cent of all spam last month, with finance-oriented messages accounting for 12.5 per cent of unsolicited emails. A new study issued Tuesday by antispam software maker Clearswift showed that... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:45:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39117390,00.htm Washington state has granted email recipients the right to sue spammers, and California and Delaware have mandated an "opt-in" approach that prohibits unsolicited commercial email without a prior business relationship. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:05:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39117235,00.htm Some of the leading companies fighting on the front line of the spam war gathered in Dublin this week to discuss the growing problem of unsolicited email and offer practical advice on ways to beat it. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:05:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39117226,00.htm Speaking at an EEMA conference in Dublin, entitled 'Spam - The Death of Email' Meade set out tough measures to crack down on unsolicited email and made clear his intention to enforce them, calling spam "a major intrusion on our privacy". editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 05 Dec 2003 14:10:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,10005930,00.htm China has woken up to the problem of spam email and blocked 127 servers which were identified as being the source of high volumes of unsolicited email. While the blockade will have little short-term impact on the amount of spam being received in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:09:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,10004834,00.htm Microsoft has become increasingly active in the anti-spam crusade, most recently filing 15 lawsuits against spammers it said were responsible for sending a collective 2 billion unsolicited messages to Microsoft addresses. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:11:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,10004773,00.htm This legislation attempts to combat the growing problem of spam by making it illegal for UK firms to send unsolicited emails to people who aren't existing customers, and should come into law in Britain before the end of this year. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:58:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,10004694,00.htm Computer users overwhelmed with spam believe technology offers the best way to escape the mire of unsolicited email. While only one third of email users believe tightening legislation is the way to go, governments worldwide are becoming more... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:54:00 +0000