SEC suspends stock trading of 3 companies over spam; We want a spam cannon!

Antispam News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. Network World's Anti-spam News Alert, 10/05/07 SEC suspends stock trading of 3 companies over spam: As part of its Anti-Spam Initiative, the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday announced the temporary suspension of trading in the securities of Alliance Transcription Services, Prime Petroleum Group, and T.W. Christian saying that they haven't provided adequate and accurate information about themselves to the investing public. The companies are susceptible to spam stock promotions because they have inadequately disclosed their assets, business operations and/or management, their current financial condition, and/or financing arrangements involving the issuance of the companies' shares, the SEC stated. Podcast: We want a spam cannon!: Jason and Keith discuss the latest wacky government tech antics, why GPS mapping companies are getting scooped up, and why they're boycotting the local McDonald's for the next 30 days. Blended threats targeted by Avinti’s latest e-mail software, 10/02/07: Avinti on Tuesday announced the beta release of an e-mail gateway plug-in designed to stop malware hidden inside spam. 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. Storm: the largest botnet in the world?, 09/27/07: Storm may not be the most creative or malicious piece of malware ever written, but it’s on track to become the most productive; threat researchers’ recent estimates put the number of PCs it has infected at more than 1 million. EBay: Phishers getting better organized, using Linux, 10/04/07: When it comes to launching online attacks, criminals are getting more organized and branching out from the Windows operating system, eBay's security chief said Tuesday. U.S. government e-mail server turns into spam cannon, 10/04/07: Subscribers to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security daily e-mail bulletin were inundated with dozens of e-mails on Wednesday due to a glitch with the mailing list. Frequently asked question about Storm worm, 09/27/07: Is Storm really a worm, Trojan horse or something else entirely? Lewd celebrity photos mask Trojan payload, 10/02/07: Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry were unwilling vectors of a massive spam campaign last month, in which naked pictures of the two actresses obfuscated a Trojan payload. Number of malicious e-mails with bad links balloons 10-fold, 09/27/07: The percentage of threats arriving in e-mail that rely on links to malicious sites -- rather than arriving as a file attachment -- has ballooned 10-fold since the first quarter of the year, a security company said today. Consumers only think they're cyber safe, 10/01/07: Most U.S. consumers believe they're protecting their computers against cyberattacks, but their actions indicate they aren't as safe as they think, according to a study released Monday.

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