Has the Internet Outgrown Spam?
The evolution of work and life online has changed the role -- and profitability -- of spam.
MSN's Hotmail hires anti-spam company
Aiming to fend off the mounting spam sent to Hotmail public e-mail accounts, MSN on Wednesday is expected to announce a deal with BrightMail, which makes anti-spam filters. The deal expands on an...
New anti-spam company raises million
Software company MailFrontier said Monday that it raised million from a group of investors and launched a test version of its anti-spam technology, the latest in a string of new products aimed...
Spam volumes show massive drop - but why?
Botnets switched to denial of service duties. Yay! Spam levels have dropped massively in recent months, though researchers fear this is simply because botnet operators have switched their attention to more lucrative activities.…
Spam Hits Lowest Levels Since 2008 (Did You Notice?)
A new report of security company Symantec says that global spam is at its lowest levels since 2008. The geographic center of spammed accounts has also shifted from Russia to Saudi Arabia. Worldwide spam is now down to one in every 1.37 emails. In the United States, spam accounts for 73.7% of all emails. Spam levels are now the lowest they have been since McColo, a California-based ISP spam ...
