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Phighting cybercrime together

Martijn Grooten (Virus Bulletin)

Martijn Grooten presents a round-up of the first annual APWG eCrime Researchers Sync-Up.

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Hiding in plain sight

Raul Alvarez takes a look at a lesser known stealth technology - the alternate data stream.

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No mail for Alisons, Alberts, Algernons...

McAfee glitch prevents addresses starting with the letter 'A' from receiving mail.

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Old breach rears its head

Two years on, stolen card details from Heartland breach still being used.

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Sender authentication – practical implementations

Terry Zink (Microsoft)

Previously Terry Zink has looked at how SMTP works, email headers, SPF, SenderID and DKIM. But what about some practical realities? How well do these technologies work in real life? Can we use them to solve actual problems? Here he describes a real…

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What next for rogue AVs?

Dmitry Bestuzhev (Kaspersky Lab)

'The issue facing even the most experienced users is how to distinguish between fake and legitimate antivirus solutions before installing them on a computer.' Dmitry Bestuzhev, Kaspersky Lab

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China starts to clean up its act

China slides down the rankings of top spam-producing countries.

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Messaging anti-abuse award

MAAWG introduces memorial award to honour the behind-the-scenes contributors who make the Internet safer for all.

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Hackers hacked

Russian cybercrime forum gets taste of its own medicine.

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Canada’s new anti-spam law

With the passage of bill C-28 in December, Canada became the last of the G-8 countries to make spamming illegal. John Levine, who was involved in the development of the bill, outlines the new law and its implications.

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