Tag: proofpoint
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Is your fridge sending spam?
It’s possible that smart devices are sending spam, but it wouldn’t make any difference. Last week, security-as-a-service firm Proofpoint published a press release on a recent spam campaign in which emails had been sent from Internet-connected devices such as televisions and even a fridge. At Ars Technica , Dan Goodin did a good job debunking…
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Average spam message size at record low
No decrease of bandwidth usage as number of spam messages keeps increasing. The average size of spam messages has decreased to a record low of just over 2KB, security company Marshal reports . The average size of spam messages was almost 11KB early in 2007, when spammers hid the content of their messages in images…