Messaging

Malware-laden messages on the increase. The crisis on Wall Street is contributing to the largest rise in email-borne malware since February 2007. A new wave of malicious spam relies on requests for delivery confirmations for unsolicited emails. Symantec has announced plans to acquire MessageLabs for nearly US$700m in cash. Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama has been showing up in seven times more spam emails than his US presidential election rival, Republican nominee Senator John McCain.  

 

User names and passwords aren't secure, and momentum continues to build across the industry to solve this problem in a manageable way. The first months of 2008 has seen spam levels rise with the economic situation and Olympics adding fuel to the fire. Smaller than my hand. More intelligent than a mini-computer. Able to detonate bombs from remote locations. Look! It’s a camera. It’s an electronic organiser. It’s the “cell phone”! Most spam is sent to non-existent addresses, but that can still generate annoying messages for genuine users. A look at two of the signing technologies PayPal plans to use to improve sent email authentication, which would allow ISPs to drop each email that isn't properly verified.  

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