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Code from slain spam botnet recycled to steal passwords
arstechnica.com | 18 hours 28 minutes ago
The Waledac botnet taken offline two years ago is still dead, but a newly upgraded version is being used to steal passwords.

Infosecurity - OpenDNS finds phishing attacks targeting credit card rewards programs
www.infosecurity-magazine.com | Feb 13, 2012
Credit card rewards programs are becoming a popular target for phishing attacks, according to statistics from OpenDNS.

PCSDesk » Blog Archive » Spam Filter Update
www.pcsdesk.com | Feb 13, 2012
As of Sunday at 11:35am CST, a large update was put in place that should have a significant impact on the amount of spam that makes its way to your inbox. If you or your co-workers are experiencing any oddities as a result of this update (IE: delays or rejections in receiving email from certain

Email Filtering Software can detect configuration problems., Roaring Penguin Softwa
news.thomasnet.com | Feb 13, 2012
CanIt 8.0.12 Adds Monitoring for Unexpected Errors, Roaring Penguin Software Inc.

Directory of UK Internet Marketing Agencies, Companies & Services
www.approvedindex.co.uk | Feb 6, 2012
Directory of Approved internet marketing companies. Browse through a range of internet marketing agencies, or sign up and get your own internet marketing company listed (subject to Approval).

CanIt 8.0.12 Adds Monitoring for Unexpected Errors | SYS-CON MEDIA
www.sys-con.com | Feb 2, 2012
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Technology News: Communication Systems: New Email Spec Aims to Tangle Phishing Lines
www.technewsworld.com | Feb 2, 2012
Fifteen leading email service providers and tech companies have announced a joint effort to fight phishers. Google, Facebook, PayPal, Yahoo and Agari are among the companies behind the Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance spec. DMARC is a technical specification that

PayPal, Yahoo, Google, Others Declare War On Spam And E-mail Fraud - Business Insider
articles.businessinsider.com | Jan 31, 2012
We've all gotten those messages claiming to be from eBay or Bank of America and asking for our account information. They come from the land of cyber crooks. The problem with e-mail is that it's an

Email Giants Move to Slash “Phishing” - Ben Worthen - News - AllThingsD
allthingsd.com | Jan 30, 2012
Email-service providers Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and AOL Inc. are backing a new effort intended to dramatically reduce "phishing" emails -- which attempt to trick recipients into thinking they come from a legitimate source.

Finextra: Financial services firms and Internet giants team to fight spam
www.finextra.com | Jan 30, 2012
Bank of America, Fidelity Investments and PayPal have joined with Google, Microsoft and Facebook to develop a set of e-mail authentication standards ...