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1. Internet update: 225 million websites, more malware and spam

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Netcraft and Symantec’s Message Labs released several new interesting numbers about the Internet today. Apparently, the internet is still growing at a record pace, spam is on the rise again and more ...

2. IBM X-Force report: Corporations are own worst security threat

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... recorded a 50% increase in Q4'2008 in the number of URLs that were hosting exploits compared to the sum total from all of 2007. Spammers are also switching to these compromised web-site tactics for an ...

3. Get ready for the 30th anniversary of e-mail spam

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   In 1978, the first unsolicited e-mail was sent, to hundreds of users of the government computer network Arpanet.  The phenomenon would later be demarkated as "spam" and revered as one of the most ...

4. Spammer attacks surging in early 2008

   (Security/Security Features)

     Spammers have increased their activities in 2008, adjusted their strategy and apparently are increasingly successful at getting more and more spam into email inboxes. Security firm MX Logic found ...

5. Cyber attacks getting more serious for home users

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... by HP with 53 days. Apple took an average of 37 days. Red Hat matched Microsoft's time of 13 days. Symantec said that bot networks were one of the major trends in spreading spam or phishing messages, download ...

6. Spammers use images to avoid spam filters

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Security software firm Sophos has published an updated version of its "dirty dozen" list of spam relaying countries. Among the main trends during the second quarter are image files that are used by spammers ...

7. Network neutrality "a phantom problem," says industry association

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... services." In a white paper published on Tuesday, the organizations aid that legislation to ensure network neutrality "will stifle innovation and cripple America's ability to deal with spam, viruses and ...

8. VoIP could hide botnets

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... concealed and controlled through VoIP's distributed network. Botnets have previously been used to send spam or extort money from websites. There have been several recent cases where hackers have demanded ...

9. AOL spam down 75 percent, net spam trends reverse

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   ... declined by more than 75 percent this year, based on its internal member reports. Junk e-mail, known as spam, accounted for about 83 percent of computer traffic at one point this year, and have cost Internet ...