Archive for the ‘Email (spam and Malware)’ Category
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
I was asked a simple question this week about the composition of email....basically, what percentage of email is spam? I have seen stats on this several times before...but I decided to look into this myself.
I decided to run some simple tests and produce some stats on a portion of the ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
My day job is managing the worldwide network of spam filtering servers used to provide the EmailCloud service. I have been managing email servers for almost ten years and have quite a bit of experience in the area. Recently I have been using several cloud computing providers to host parts ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
I have spent almost 10 years writing software to protect my clients from spam and viruses. I am continually asked why do spammers send out their filth. Is there a reason, or is it just spotty teenagers having a laugh?
The first thing that people must understand is that there wouldn’t ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
I was amased to see that the University of Calgary runs a course by a Dr. John Aycock which students to write malicious viruses!
The course, titled "Computer Viruses and Malware" is described by university literature as focusing on "developing malicious software such as computer viruses, worms and Trojan horses that ...
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