Pump-and-dump spam goes Top 40; Free antispam appliance on tap from Clearswift

Antispam News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by ProCurve Networking by HP Network Immunity Solution IT professionals can learn how to better protect their network from internal threats including viruses, worms and user sabotage with this whitepaper. Read about a cost-effective software platform that also promises to deliver maximum network availability and regulatory compliance assistance. Click here to download now. Network World's Anti-spam News Alert, 10/19/07 Pump-and-dump spam goes Top 40, 10/18/07: You think you’re getting Fergie, but instead you get a bogus stock tip. Talk about bait and switch. Free antispam appliance on tap from Clearswift, 10/17/07: In a move that illustrates the growing importance of data-leak protection and the commoditization of antispam technology, Clearswift announced on Wednesday a gateway antispam appliance that will be available to existing customers for free. Phishers move beyond eBay, PayPal, 10/16/07: EBay and PayPal, once the primary lures used by phishers to trick e-mail users into giving up personal information, aren’t as popular as they used to be. 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. Reported assassination of Russian spammer deemed a hoax, 10/12/07: The reported assassination of an alleged Russian spammer is a hoax, according to security researchers. 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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