Monday, October 27, 2008
Hackers have begun spamming users from legitimate email accounts, making the automated tracking and blocking of this kind of email filtering more difficult, it has been claimed.
Network World has reported that spammers have now found ways to send emails from legitimate mail servers and domains, rather than through known spam email IP addresses or infected bot servers.
Email security expert Abhilash Sonwane commented: "Malware-linked spam can still slip in through personal email accounts.
"Building user awareness and enforcing responsible surfing behavior in corporate networks prevents such threats significantly."
Meanwhile, investigators in the US have shut down a criminal network which they claim is responsible for up to a third of all spam emails on the internet.
The US Federal Trade Commission has frozen the assets of Australia-based New Zealander Lance Atkinson and Texas-based Jody Smith who are accused of making millions of dollars from spam emails.
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