Stories about: MessageLabs

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    Symantec says spam levels fall to lowest in three years 07/12/2011 04:06:59

    Global spam fell to the lowest level in three years in a sign that spammers may be getting a better rate of return by hitting social-media websites instead, according to the latest figures on Tuesday from Symantec.
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    Spammers create short URL systems to beat security 25/05/2011 04:23:00

    Spammers have started setting up bogus URL shortening services to act as relay points for traffic generated by their emails, Symantec's MessageLabs division has reported in its May 2011 Intelligence Report.
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    Five big security threats for 2011 11/03/2011 01:56:00

    Online malicious activity was a major headache in 2010, and so far, 2011 is no different: We've seen scams and malware on Twitter, Facebook, and the Android Market, as well as a rise in politically motivated online attacks. But that's no surprise to security experts such as Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for security firm Sophos. Cluley says that Sophos analyzes about 95,000 pieces of malware every day that is either brand-new or a variant of an older attack.
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    PDF files most trusted...and most targeted 09/03/2011 06:06:00

    PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs makes the Adobe file format one of the most targeted and exploited by malicious attacks as well.
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    After holiday lull, spam plague returns 13/01/2011 07:57:00

    After a holiday hiatus, spammers have returned to ply their trade boosting bogus products, security researchers said today.
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    Spam Traffic Returns after Holiday Break 13/01/2011 01:17:00

    Spammers are people too...apparently. They have families and want to take a vacation to spend quality time with them over the traditional holiday break just like everyone else. Or, at least that is the way that it appears if you follow the trends in spam traffic.
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    Targeted attacks rise, retail sector under siege 27/10/2010 04:34:00

    Targeted attacks via fraudulent and dangerous e-mail are on the rise, according to a Symantec report published today. These attacks are typically aimed at corporative executives, to fool them into opening malicious attachments or links so the perpetrators can take control of desktop computers.
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    Rustock botnet responsible for 40 percent of spam 25/08/2010 00:06:00

    More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's MessageLabs' division.
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    New cyber attacks more malicious than Love Bug: Symantec 01/05/2010 09:01:00

    A decade after the Love Bug virus attacked millions of computers worldwide and put the Philippines in the IT world map in a negative way, computer security experts have noticed that today's computer attacks are more malicious than the original computer security threat.
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    Linux machines surprisingly linked to spam 28/04/2010 04:27:00

    Although Linux holds only a small market share, Linux computers appear to send a disproportionate amount of spam compared to other operating systems, according to new research from Symantec's MessageLabs messaging security division.
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    Spam, e-mail threats high in the Asia Pacific in January 05/02/2010 07:29:00

    Incidents of unwanted e-mails and attacks on computers ran high last month for countries in the Asia Pacific region, according to the monthly report of IT security firm Symantec.
 
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