US Wins Dirtiest Web Hosting Country Title: Sophos Report

February 3, 2010 -- Security experts have called the US the "dirty man of the web world" in a report released by security firm Sophos, which identifies the US as the hosting location of the most infected sites.

Spammers Exploit Free Web Hosting Services: McAfee Report

January 11, 2010 -- Temporarily benefiting from a host’s legitimate reputation, spammers are taking advantage of “free-hosting” services for their nefarious purposes, according to a new report from computer security company McAfee.

CNNIC Suspends New Foreign .CN Registrations Indefinitely

January 6, 2010 -- In its latest attempt to save the reputation of China's domains, the administrative agency responsible for China's Internet affairs, CNNIC, has announced an indefinite suspension all ".CN" registrations from overseas registrars.

Canadian Government Prorogation Stalls Anti-Spam Law

January 5, 2010 -- As little as 14 days from undergoing the final stage in becoming an Act of Parliament, a Canadian bill promising to cut down on the abusive email marketing practices, known as spam, is being put on hold as the government suspends Parliament until March.

Australian Court Fines Spammer Atkinson $210,000

December 22, 2009 -- According to a story appearing Tuesday in Australian newspaper the Sydney Morning Herald, a man from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast has been fined $210,000 Australian for sending billions of spam emails.

Godfather of Spam Sentenced to Four Years

November 27, 2009 -- Four men including the "Godfather of Spam" were sentenced this week by US District Judge Marianne O. Battani in federal court in Detroit for their roles in a wide-ranging international stock fraud scheme involving the illegal use of spam emails.

One Year After Its Shutdown, Spam Host McColo Still Casts Shadow

November 11, 2009 -- It has been a year since notorious spam host was taken offline. Now, the group that led to its shutdown has found that more than 3,000 Internet addresses it used are a veritable "Internet ghost town," haunted by the spectre of spam and malware hosting.

Tucows Adds Return Path Email Feedback Loop to OpenSRS Email

October 15, 2009 -- Making it harder for spam to infiltrate its millions of hosted online mailboxes, Internet services provider Tucows has added an email feedback loop (or FBL) service in partnership with Return Path, an email reputation services firm.

Idaho Most Spammed State: MessageLabs Report

September 25, 2009 -- Business security services firm MessageLabs announced on Wednesday it has unveiled a list of the top US spammed states, with Idaho leading the rest of the nation.

LCN.com Adds MailGuard Email Security

August 26, 2009 -- Domain registration and web hosting company LCN.com has launched a state-of-the-art email security and protection system called MailGuard, which will be added to all new LCN.com hosting packages at no extra cost.

TeliaSonera Drops Alleged Latvian Spam Host

August 10, 2009 -- Nordic telecommunications provider TeliaSonera cut the connections of Latvian web host Real Host last week after investigators alleged that it hosted sites distributing botnet software for infecting personal computers and coordinating the theft of financial information, according to a report from the Financial Times.

Roaring Penguin Software Adds IPv6 Support

August 6, 2009 -- In an effort to bring its spam fighting capabilities to the next generation of the Internet, email filtering software vendor Roaring Penguin Software has announced its support for Internet Protocol version 6, which is gradually replacing IPv4 as its address quickly run out.

New Video on WHIR tv: Interview with Jeffrey Cohen - Part 2

Posted on 2009-07-24

Today’s video features lawyer Jeffrey Cohen in the second installment in a three part series.

NY Attorney General Accuses Social Network Of Spam Scheme

July 10, 2009 -- As government officials continue to take more direct action against online crime, New York state Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo is planning a lawsuit against social-networking site Tagged.com, accusing it of devising an illegal plan to attract new members and getting their email addresses, which it then used to deliver tens of millions of spam emails in the past two months.

Researcher Declares China Spam Crisis

June 26, 2009 -- The widespread availability of “bulletproof” hosting in China has made that country a haven for spammers, according to a blog post by University of Alabama researcher Gary Warner, referenced in a Friday article by PC World.

METANET Adopts Commtouch Anti-Spam Technology

June 16, 2009 -- Swiss web host METANET is now using Commtouch Anti-Spam to provide cloud-based threat detection using Commtouch's proprietary "Recurrent Pattern Detection" technology, which automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time, identifying new spam and malware outbreaks as soon as they emerge.

MailChannels Upgrades Spam Defense

June 15, 2009 -- Email traffic shaping software provider MailChannels has substantially increased the capacity and performance of its email security add-on, Traffic Control, an Nginx-based, light-weight solution able to support millions of email accounts on a single CPU.

Facebook Spammer Could Face Jail Time

June 15, 2009 -- A longtime spammer may potentially serve jail time in relation to a Facebook lawsuit after a California judge ordered him to appear in front of the US Attorney General's Office for criminal proceedings.

3FN.NET Issues Statement On FTC Shutdown

June 10, 2009 -- In an effort to clear its name following the US Federal Trade Commission's takedown of its web hosting brand 3FN.NET, which has been accused of hosting spam, Pricewert has issued an official announcement in which it claims to have never intentionally provided illegal businesses any services, and that there is no evidence to prove otherwise.

Web Host 3FN Protests FTC Shutdown

June 8, 2009 -- Following the US Federal Trade Commission's takedown of accused spam host 3FN, the company is countering the FTC's claims that it knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of spam, phishing schemes, botnets, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content, and it is accusing the FTC of providing no prior warning to the shutdown.

3FN Takedown Has No Effect On Spam Volume: MX Logic

June 5, 2009 -- Following the US Federal Trade Commission's takedown of accused spam host 3FN, the total spam level has fallen by no noticeable amount, according to managed email and web security services provider MX Logic.

FTC Shuts Down 3FN For Hosting Spam

June 4, 2009 -- At the request of the US Federal Trade Commission, a district court judge has pulled the plug on Internet service provider 3FN, which knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content, according to FTC allegations.

Spam Volume Back To McColo Levels: McAfee

June 1, 2009 -- Spam levels for May 2009 have risen to the volumes seen before spam haven McColo was taken down in November, according to computer security provider McAfee, having risen nine percent compared to May last year.

Spam Enabling Hosts Proliferate

May 11, 2009 -- Bulletproof hosting, a hosting method that many individuals and groups have exploited to register domain names for the purpose of spamming and online attacks, has become a rampant problem, according to a report by IDG News Services.

Web Host PacHosting Adds Anti-Spam Firewall

March 23, 2009 -- Hong Kong-based business hosting provider PacHosting has introduced its new Advanced Anti Spam Firewall service for its web hosting, email and Hosted Exchange clients without users having to install software or change local settings.

Cisco Creates Flexible Email Security Suite

March 6, 2009 -- Global networking solution provider Cisco has announced new line of managed, hosted and hybrid hosted email security services, giving businesses demand greater agility and flexibility in how they collaborate by filtering malicious messages and and spam emails, which account for approximately 90 percent of the world's email traffic.

Barracuda Adds New Web App Firewalls

March 5, 2009 -- Email and web security appliance developer Barracuda Networks has launched Barracuda Web Application Firewall 860 and 960, which secure web applications for enterprises and large organizations, including corporate websites and XML web services.

McAfee Reports on February Spam

February 12, 2009 -- McAfee's security technology research division, Avert Labs, has launched its second monthly spam report, which "E-ticket" airline scam, abuse of free hosting services, and the rise of Chinese spam have topped the security provider's list of online threats

Q&A: Jamie de Guerre, Cloudmark CTO

January 28, 2009 -- An email conversation with Jamie de Guerre, chief technology officer of email security company Cloudmark, in which he discusses the content of his session “Stop Spending, Start Saving: Integrating an Email Security Solution That Works for You,” which will take place 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 4th at the Parallels Summit.

Stealthy Attacks Are The New Threat: AVG

January 28, 2009 -- Shedding light on a new model for malware production and distribution, Netherlands-based online security software developer AVG Technologies has released statistics that unlike viruses, which make a point of being obvious and staying around for as long as they can, today's web-borne threats use stealth and transience to hit their marks.

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