Tag: spam
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ROPEMAKER email exploit is of limited practical use
Researchers at Mimecast have published details ( pdf ) of an email exploit they call ‘ROPEMAKER’ (short for ‘Remotely Originated Post-delivery Email Manipulation Attacks Keeping Email Risky’), which allows an email sender with malicious intentions to modify the appearance of an email after it has been delivered. The idea is rather simple: a lot of…
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ROPEMAKER email exploit is of limited practical use
Researchers at Mimecast have published details ( pdf ) of an email exploit they call ‘ROPEMAKER’ (short for ‘Remotely Originated Post-delivery Email Manipulation Attacks Keeping Email Risky’), which allows an email sender with malicious intentions to modify the appearance of an email after it has been delivered. The idea is rather simple: a lot of…
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Throwback Thursday: Ten memorable Virus Bulletin conference presentations – part 1
With an excellent conference programme (and still some gaps to fill !), we have much to look forward to when it comes to VB2017, the 27th Virus Bulletin conference . But we also often look back at past conference presentations, not just because we are proud to have had them presented at our conference, but…
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Throwback Thursday: Ten memorable Virus Bulletin conference presentations – part 1
With an excellent conference programme (and still some gaps to fill !), we have much to look forward to when it comes to VB2017, the 27th Virus Bulletin conference . But we also often look back at past conference presentations, not just because we are proud to have had them presented at our conference, but…
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Book review: Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet
This review, by VB Editor Martijn Grooten, was originally published in the Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICON). It is republished with their kind permission. Title: Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet Author: Finn Brunton Publisher: The MIT Press Cambridge, MA, 2013. ISBN: 9780262018876 / 9780262527576 / 9780262313933 Those…
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Book review: Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet
This review, by VB Editor Martijn Grooten, was originally published in the Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICON). It is republished with their kind permission. Title: Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet Author: Finn Brunton Publisher: The MIT Press Cambridge, MA, 2013. ISBN: 9780262018876 / 9780262527576 / 9780262313933 Those…
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Mostly blocked, but still good enough: Necurs sending pump-and-dump spam
Over the past few days, the Necurs spam botnet has increased its activity, sending large amounts of pump-and-dump spam, in which a cheap stock is pushed with the aim of making a profit for those behind the campaign. The Dynamoo blog lists examples of the various emails sent, while Cisco ‘s Talos group provides some…
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Mostly blocked, but still good enough: Necurs sending pump-and-dump spam
Over the past few days, the Necurs spam botnet has increased its activity, sending large amounts of pump-and-dump spam, in which a cheap stock is pushed with the aim of making a profit for those behind the campaign. The Dynamoo blog lists examples of the various emails sent, while Cisco ‘s Talos group provides some…
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Throwback Thursday: Legal attempts to reduce spam. A UK perspective
This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to November 2003, when spam was such a hot topic that VB decided to launch a dedicated ‘VB Spam Supplement’. While, today, spam is a problem that is generally very well mitigated, 12 years ago it was a subject of growing concern and was becoming of increasing…
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Full house in VB’s latest spam filter test
All participating full solutions earn VBSpam certification, while little delay is observed in spam filters. There is good news for those who rely on spam filters — which means everyone who uses email — as for the first time since July 2014, all participating full anti-spam solutions achieved a VBSpam award in VB ‘s latest…