NetAlert filters not given a chance: Webroot 

NetAlert filters not given a chance: Webroot

In Web/client - By Ry Crozier, 17 December 2008 1:59 PM
The Rudd government has served an injustice on Internet users by prematurely cutting the previous government’s NetAlert family-side filter program and replacing it with an ...
Spammers bypass filters with SWF file redirects 

Spammers bypass filters with SWF file redirects

In Messaging - 29 August 2008 9:50 AM
Spammers are stepping up their use of Shockwave Flash file redirects to avoid detection.
Spammers use third-party tools to bypass email filters, report 

Spammers use third-party tools to bypass email filters, report

In Messaging - By Sue, 8 April 2008 7:01 AM
The first quarter of 2008 saw an increased trend for spammers and malware developers to leverage legitimate content sites in order to bypass email filters.
Storm makes house calls: New messages lead to bogus medical sites, evade filters 

Storm makes house calls: New messages lead to bogus medical sites, evade filters

In Messaging - By Jack Rogers, 31 January 2008 10:47 AM
The notorious Storm worm botnet, which has mounted phishing attacks on major banks and spawned several waves of holiday-themed messages in recent weeks, is generating spam that ...
Spammers use PDFs to beat filters 

Spammers use PDFs to beat filters

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 24 July 2007 10:28 AM
Spammers are increasingly adopting PDFs as a new technique in the war against spam filters.
Phishers using Flash to evade filters 

Phishers using Flash to evade filters

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 5 January 2007 7:10 PM
Cutting-edge phishers are creating websites in Flash to evade detection by toolbars, security experts said this week.
Marshal: Puzzle-like image spam perplexes filters 

Marshal: Puzzle-like image spam perplexes filters

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 28 November 2006 9:46 AM
Researchers from Marshal today reported a sharp increase in image spam, as well as new techniques used to slip the unwanted emails past filters.
Image-based spam defeating filters 

Image-based spam defeating filters

In Messaging - By Clement James, 21 November 2006 10:20 AM
Overall spam levels have soared by more than 67 per cent, and image-based spam by more than 500 per cent, since August, according to new figures from security vendor Barracuda ...
Spammers evade filters with Russian novel 

Spammers evade filters with Russian novel

By René Millman, 30 March 2006 3:20 PM
A new spam campaign using text from a classic Russian novel to evade anti-spam software has been uncovered by security experts.
Spammers bypass filters with anti-phishing tech 

Spammers bypass filters with anti-phishing tech

By David Quainton, 13 July 2005 1:08 PM
Spammers are using technology designed to prevent phishing to beat spam filters.
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