Phishers won't stop as long as users continue to click; France kicks off nationwide spam fight

Antispam News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Akamai Tolly Group: Web Acceleration Testing In this whitepaper learn the results behind Tolly's extensive tests pertaining to improving performance for Web applications. Read it today. Network World's Anti-spam News Alert, 10/12/07 Phishers won't stop as long as users continue to click, 10/09/07: Carnegie Mellon University is researching the best ways to educate e-mail users about the dangers of phishing, such as how to distinguish the URL of a fraudulent Web site from a legitimate one. Not exactly rocket science…or is it? Antiphishing education requires real-world techniques, 10/08/07: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is conducting research into why phishing attacks work, and has learned that a little bit of education regarding online fraud goes a long way. France kicks off nationwide spam fight, 10/05/07: France is hoping to shut down spammers more quickly through a system that makes it easier for users to notify ISPs when unsolicited e-mails are coming from their network. Improve App Performance with Web Acceleration Find out how to improve the delivery of Web applications to geographically dispersed users with Web acceleration tools. Learn, in this webcast, how to shop for these products and the best and worst applications to accelerate. View this Webcast now. Microsoft plays 'Detective' to determine phishing frequency, 10/05/07: Microsoft's research arm has been quietly collecting data through an add-on service to its Windows Live Toolbar to determine how often Web users actually fall prey to phishing attacks. .Asia registry to crack down on phishy domains, 10/11/07: The registry for the new .asia TLD (top-level domain) plans to ban domain names that are consistently used for phishing sites. The Network World IT Buyer's Guides provide comprehensive, detailed information on how to select, test, buy and deploy thousands of network and IT products. The new Network World IT Buyer's Guides offer even more features than before, here's just one that's worth checking out: Messaging Security

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